The Pixies cover the theme song from an ultra-violent video game, 1991
In addition to their fabulous full-length records, the Pixies issued a number of great B-sides during their original late ‘80s/early ‘90s run. One of their…
Author: Bart Bealmear Archives: 05/2019
The transcendent psychedelic country rock of one-album-and-out ‘70s band, Space Opera
I recently heard the song “Holy River” by ‘70s group Space Opera and was blown away. Space Opera are a little-known act. Widely believed to…
‘Lost in a Whirlpool’: The earliest known recording of both Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart
In the mid 1950s, after Frank Zappa moved from San Diego to Lancaster, California, he and Captain Beefheart (a/k/a Don Van Vliet; born Don Vliet)…