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The Country/Eastern Music of Shoji Tabuchi
If you are a good, decent person, you will not laugh at a Japanese guy sincerely trying to sing American country hits. The Dalai Lama (or Adam Yauch, were he alive) would probably comment that, hey,...
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Wild Man Fischer: "Wildmania!"
Paranoid schizo/sometimes homeless outsider legend Larry "Wild Man" Fischer sang the first ever release on L.A's pioneering maverick indie label Rhino Records, "Go To Rhino Records" in 1975, when Rhino...
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Creeps And Pervs Like Pop Music, Too!
There are no doubt scads of great releases in the Free Music Archive, but with hundreds (thousands?) of album downloads on the site, there's no way I can listen to even a fraction of 'em (any...
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The First Man On The Moog
"Herbert Deutsche: From Moog To Mac" is shaping up to be the reissue of the year. It's a long-overdue career retrospective of an electronic music pioneer who was Bob Moog's right-hand man. I was happy...
View ArticleDOWN BY LAW: NYC PunkFunk '78-'84
New York, you need to dance.Jeez, first Hurricane Sandy, now another freezing storm is hitting your sorry ass. It makes me sad to see the Land of My Ancestors getting knocked around like this - I had...
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Well, Now, Who WOULDN'T Want A Free EP Of Saw Music?
They're not just for cutting down trees, y'know. In the hands of master musicians like Kev Hopper, when bowed the humble saw can produce lovely ethereal sounds, such as those featured on his EP...
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Devil's Music: The Satanic Panic Paranoia of Pastor Gary Greenwald
Anyone who was around in the 1980s, esp. music fans, remembers well the 'Satanic Panic' that swept that era, at least in America (did this happen elsewhere?). Apart from ruining lives by claiming that...
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Music For Saw Blades, Wood Planks, and Rolling BBs Around in a Dish
I am woefully behind in heppin' you-all to the latest and greatest releases awaiting your cold cash. I have so many samples of new releases that I'm splitting them into the...
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Behold! The Kaleidocosmicorgrig - The Strangest Instrument EVER?!
I don't usually pay $10 for obscure old records - that's like real money - but how could I resist this description from the back cover: "This is a recording of The Kaleidocosmicorgrig... it is 35' in...
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ALBUM(S) DU JOUR #1: Reposts
Took time off for Thanksgiving holiday, will take more time off in Dec/Jan. So let's try to catch up with a post a day. They said it couldn't be done!First up, some old business: have had some...
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ALBUM(S) DU JOUR #2: Experimental Music From A 3-Year-Old Girl
These free/name-your-price download albums come from a Land Down Under. First, it's: STINKY PICNICfeaturing 3-4 year-old Indigo Loki Aurora singing about butterflys and elephants, joined by her father...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #3: Tiny Tim Plays In Your Living Room
Tim from Radio Clash asked me if I had the Tiny Tim/Bruce Haack album "Zoot Zoot Zoot Here Comes Santa In His New Space Suit." Alas, I don't - do any of you out there have this true meeting of outsider...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #4: POLLUTING THE MAINSTREAM
The Eagles! Fleetwood Mac! Styx! Marie Osmond! That's the kind of stuff I listen to now. All that weird, experimental stuff - what was I thinking? Writing a blog about music that so few people care...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #5: IT'S A HIPPIE FREAKOUT!!
Pneumershonic is a crazy old guy named Paul and his pal Matt. These New Hampshire-ites recorded an album in 1997 called "Frequencies of the Beast," a very entertaining collection of Paul's improvised...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #6: The Toy-Pop Sounds of Carton Sonore
The French invasion of wonderful naive/toy-pop continues with the loveable Carton Sonore (Sound Card). The three all-too-brief "Petit Themes" albums available for download are well worth the few...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #7: Better Science Communication Through Hip-Hip
Oh Baba, Baba, why do you bother? The emcee behind "The Rap Guide To Evolution" and "The Rap Guide To Human Nature" is again trying to use music to hip the kids to science. Baba Brinkman has dropped a...
View ArticleALBUM DU JOUR #8: ...To The Ridiculous
There's just no way you can dismiss today's music scene as not being as good as that of some mythical golden-age. I have so many new releases to cover, I split them up into last months' "From The...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #9: Eno: The Lost '70s Pop Album
No, this isn't an actual album, but a collection of b-sides, bootlegs, and appearances on other artist's albums from Bri-Bri's glam-rockin' heydey. It would have made a great album, tho, for fans of...
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ALBUM DU JOUR #10: Tiny Tim's Christmas Album
Still trying to post an album a day, to keep you-all fully loaded for when I take my holiday break. The Iron Man of Blogging continues!Today's album pretty much does what it says on the tin - unlike...
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WE WISH YOU AN ANNOYING ANIMAL-SOUNDS NOVELTY MUSIC CHRISTMAS
My attempt to post an album a day has failed miserably after only 10 days. I blame society. No matter, for look at the goodies laid out under our tree by St Nick's filthy ne'er-do-well cousin, St....
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