Allmusic Blog — We covered 2007 in a similar way before -- way back in 2007 -- but not to this extent. Some of these lists from our editorial staff go up to 20 rather than 10, so there is more Radiohead, Panda Bear, White Stripes, UGK, and probably M.I.A. (There is ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The irreverent, witty and determinedly complex classical side of Zappa has been strangely missing in action and grossly under-appreciated in L.A. more info

Mr. Keane was a record producer who discovered Ritchie Valens and helped start the careers of Sam Cooke, the Bobby Fuller Four and Frank Zappa. more info

MTV.com News — 'We had to call the women's prison every morning and tell them we were going to start firing guns,' Alison Mosshart says of the clip.By James Montgomery The Dead Weather's Alison Mosshart and Jack White Photo: MTV News Some of us here in t... more info

Music is Art — Recently Brooklyn, NY’s Cinema Cinema (Ev Gold and Paul Claro) kindly contributed to MIA. Please enjoy the following Q&A below. 1. Please share your earliest memory involving or creating music. Ev Gold: Frank Zappa.  How lucky am I, that my 1st... more info

411 Mania — …the X-Factor (including Girls Aloud, Kelly Clarkson, Will Young and more), Yusuf Islam and finally ZZ Top and Frank Zappa with an additional rant on Mosh Pit Etiquette more info

Stereogum — The Fiery Furnace is indeed fiery in his "Unedited Blog Post" and "Imaginary Response!" to Beck's "Harry Partch." Note: The sentence "That was written in a style I associate with a certain sort of Zappa fan" appears in one of them. Grab your decoder ... more info

All About Jazz — It's got to be love, hasn't it? Why else would someone bother to transcribe 200 of {{Frank Zappa = 11600}}'s tunes? For what other reason would someone dedicate himself for over 15 years to presenting his arrangements of Zappa's music in the setting ... more info

All About Jazz — Zappa vocal legend and 2008 Grammy Award recipient Napoleon Murphy Brock plans to release a CD of vintage live recordings in December 2009 entitled 'This is What Frank Zappa Heard - Just in Case You Were Wondering - Live at the Red Noodle in Waikiki,... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Roel Determeijer Dutch band C-Mon & Kypski rose from the dance music underground with their album Where the Wild Things Are ... in 2006. The wait for new material is over with We Are Square, an album that sounds tighter and more upbe at- an... more info