‘In Circles’: The Surrealist Paintings of Sunny Day Real Estate album artist Chris Thompson
Probably one of the most iconic rock album covers of the 1990s was Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate. The record, which was released on…
Music Archives: 04/2018
Watch Bob Dylan’s seldom-seem ‘Hard Rain’ TV concert, and the better version that was shelved
When Hard Rain, Bob Dylan’s much ballyhooed NBC TV special aired on September 14, 1976, I was nine years old. I’d “discovered” Dylan earlier that…
God’s Children: This lost Chicano psychedelic soul group sounds like a Latino 5th Dimension
If you found yourself lining up for the abuse/rewards of Record Store Day last weekend, you might have noticed–and perhaps purchased if you did–a newly…
‘King Kong’: Watch a 10-year-old blind pianist play Frank Zappa’s concert showstopper
In the clip below you can watch a 10-year-old blind Swedish pianist by the name of Mats Öberg play the shit out of Frank Zappa…
Meet the David Bowie of Brazil: The wild, weird glam tropicália hybrid of Secos e Molhados
Secos e Molhados (“The Dry & Wet”) was a hybrid glam-rock/Tropicália band formed in Brazil in 1971 during the most repressive phase of the military…
BANG: Proto-doom metal cult band of the early 1970s return!
BANG (L to R): Frank Gilcken (guitar), Tony Diorio (drums), Frank Ferrara (bass) If you’re a fan of the druggy, pimply, riff-laden hesher rock as…
‘I did one and I’ll never do it again’: Tom Waits’ dog food commercial
Tom Waits is in some sense the poster boy for the notion of willful independence from the clutches of corporations tempting musical artists with advertising…
Steve Allen’s fake jazz records that duped critics
The posthumously celebrated boogie-woogie pianist Buck Hammer was legendary, and the reason he was legendary is that he had four hands. When his debut and…
In their own write: Fonts made from the handwriting of David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon & more
For some, the first step towards a chosen career is imitation. Peter Capaldi is a fan of the great horror actor (and big screen Doctor…
‘Toy Porno,’ the video the Frogs made for Kurt Cobain
Dennis Flemion, Mark Arm, Kurt Cobain, and Jimmy Flemion (via Matador) When Everett True recalls watching “videos of puppet sex created by insane Midwest band…