Have a very Zappa Halloween
Although the comparison might seem to be a strange one at first glance, Duke Ellington and Frank Zappa had an awful lot in common. Obviously both…
Music Archives: 10/2019
‘A Schoolgirl’s Day’: Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier team up for epic ‘Corpse Flower’ album
A collaboration between French composer-arranger Jean-Claude Vannier (best known for his influential orchestration of Serge Gainsbourg’s classic Histoire de Melody Nelson) and Faith No More/Mr.…
Brown Acid, The Ninth Trip: More heavy rock from the underground comedown
After eight installments in their legendary Brown Acid heavy ROCK compilations (or “trips” as they’re called) you would think that the fine folks at RidingEasy…
Listen to ‘Amnesia’ from the new Swans album ‘Leaving Meaning’
M.Gira by Jennifer Gira The latest Swans album ‘Leaving Meaning‘ was released last week on Young God Records. It’s the band’s fifteenth studio album and…
Marvin Gaye’s triumphant return to the concert stage after a four-year layoff, 1972
On May 1st, 1972, Marvin Gaye returned to the concert stage after not performing live for four years. The previous year, his groundbreaking and commercially…
Sex, Nazis, and classical music: Ken Russell’s ‘Lisztomania’
Scene: Opening titles. A group of sunny So-Cal cheerleaders kick and shake: “Give it an L. Give it an I. Give an S. Give it…
Enter the bizarre world of Vader Abraham, lover of Smurfs and Weepuls
If you owned a desktop PC in the nineties, then you must remember weepuls. Your friend’s mom might have even had one on the dash…
Get your mind blown by the glorious acid rock of Pretty Things side project, Electric Banana, 1969
From 1967-1978, the British band the Pretty Things recorded five albums under an alias, though none were sold in stores. Amongst the tracks they put…
Spooktacular album covers for Halloween
Fuck Winter–Halloween’s coming! Moving apartment, packing and unpacking boxes of belongings, I rediscovered a few old LPs and cassette recordings of the likes of Vincent…
Gene Clark’s sublime, treasured cult album, ‘No Other’ (with DM premieres)
In the early 1970s, the original lineup of the Byrds reconvened, and though the reunion was short-lived, a self-titled LP was produced for David Geffen’s…