Guardian Music — Is he a genius or a hoaxer with too much time on his hands? Possibly bothHometown: London.The lineup: Ergo Phizmiz (vocals, music).The background: Listening to Ergo Phizmiz, we're torn between declaring him a genius and wondering aloud, as per Greil ... more info

Altsounds — Dweezil Zappa will release the double CD set live album “Return Of The Son Of…” on 12 July 2010 [Cat No 0205552ERE]. The album is to be released on Edel's international rock label, earMUSIC distributed in the UK & Republic... more info

XLR8R — Most people are aware of the famous Frank Zappa quote, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." And while, obviously, we still give it our best shot, we like to keep the sentiment in mind when describing the various intangibles of ou... more info

Guardian Music — My friend Stella Nova, who has died of cancer, aged 50, was one of punk rock's most underrated guitarists. He played with the Rich Kids, Public Image Ltd, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Johnny Thunders. He was born Steve New, but by the time I met him, on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Amd said... SOUTH AFRICA VOL. 1 The first of four weekly post to coincide with the World Cup, discussing aspects of the event amnd featuring randomly-chosen songs from the host country: Nancy Jacobs & her Sisters – Meadowlands (1955) Mandoza – Nk... more info

Totally Fuzzy — waves said... POPTOPIA ! powerpop from the 70ies,80ties and 90ties, ripped to wave with full bookletscans http://thewavesblog.blogspot.com jeffen said... Y'all remember Billy Idol don't ya? Had a string of massive hits back in the eighties and, more... more info

Guardian Music — A droning, pulverising sound with shamanic origins, this is ancient soul music from the EastWhat is it? A catch-all term covering different disciplines of extreme vocal technique from around the world, often recognised as a low, pulverising, drone-gr... more info

Guardian Music — Southbank Centre, LondonNigel Kennedy may be the Michael Jackson of classical music: a prodigy whose boy-man persona is essential to his success. And if Jackson had Neverland, Kennedy has Poland. Thrilled by his adopted homeland's culture, he has tur... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fermo said... Mezzoforte - Octopus (1980) Genre: Jazz fusion/funk http://electronicjazzproject.blogspot.com reservatory said... greg copeland - revenge will come - geffen (1982) peter kowald quintet - s/t - 'pmf' (1972) rock-a-mambo - african retro ... more info

Altsounds — *Dweezil Zappa *continues to keep the amazing music of his father alive with the *June 22nd *release of *_Return Of The Son Of..._*, a sprawling two-disc live collection of 14 Frank Zappa classics performed lovingly by the... more info