Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan’s short-lived Leadbelly tribute band
Before either of their bands achieved major national prominence, Screaming Trees’ Mark Lanegan and Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain were briefly members of a tribute band honoring…
Music Archives: 11/2014
Meet Slim Twig: He’s been compared to Nick Cave, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, David Bowie, even Elvis
Although I’m fairly firmly of the opinion that no man under the age of 40 should sport facial hair–a beard is earned, a reward for…
‘Knockin’ ‘Em Down in the City’: Iggy Pop rocks the Cleveland local news, 1979
Not sure how or why this happened, glad it did: Cleveland-by-god-Ohio’s blandly caucasoid time-filler news magazine show Afternoon Exchange visited Iggy Pop during his rehearsal/soundcheck…
Bob Dylan, slapstick comedy hero? It almost happened.
Larry Charles is a force in contemporary comedy, but to most people he’s little more than a name. Odds are pretty decent that he’s been…
The Madcap’s Last Laugh: Syd Barrett tribute concert w/ Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Chrissie Hynde
Here’s a real treat: On the 10th of May, 2007 at London’s Barbican Centre, a diverse group of great musicians got together to honor the…
Karen Black fronts L7 and Exene Cervenka reads her conspiracy poetry in ‘Decoupage 2000’
Decoupage! was a fever dream of a public access show cooked up in 1989 by visionary amateur producer Kathe Duba and drag queen Summer Caprice…
If Philip K. Dick had a rock band: Chrome’s ‘alien soundtrack’ radio special, 1981
Australian radio aired an unorthodox 45-minute special about the music of Chrome in 1981. Built around a wide-ranging interview with the band’s late singer and…
Listen to four electronic music tracks, supposedly by Aphex Twin’s young son
Earlier this year Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) released Syro, his first studio album since 2001’s Drukqs. Evidently the name of the album came from…