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Frank Zappa's Unreleased 'America Drinks & Goes Home' From Forthcoming Collection Available Now
by Josh Sharpe - May 21, 2024 Originally released on Absolutely Free in 1967, the track shows off the quick wit and crooning style of the wonderful singer Ray Collins. The song, played in the first of the three sets that night, was written as a parody of the days when Zappa played the Calif. bar circuit in the early ‘60s. This r...
Frank Zappa Releases New 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of Legendary 1973 Album 'OVER-NITE SENSATION'
by Blair Ingenthron - November 18, 2023 Frank Zappa's iconic 1973 album 'Over-Nite Sensation' is celebrated with a new 50th anniversary super deluxe edition. This expanded edition includes 57 unreleased and rare tracks, making it a must-have for Zappa fans....
Frank Zappa's 'Over-Nite Sensation' LP Fully Chronicled With 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition; Listen To Unreleased Demo For 'I'm The Slime'
by Michael Major - October 13, 2023 Frank Zappa's iconic 1973 album 'Over-Nite Sensation' is being celebrated with a new 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. The release includes a previously unreleased demo for the track 'I'm The Slime.' Listen now and dive into the fully chronicled history of this legendary album....
OSEES Share New LP 'Intercepted Message'
by Michael Major - August 18, 2023 The ever prolific and constantly frenetic OSEES finally share their brand new LP, Intercepted Message, via In The Red. Earlier this year, the record was preceded by a handful of singles — 'Intercepted Message,' 'Goon,' and 'Stunner' — which were received with widespread praise....
Tenor Eric Ferring to Release 'No Choice But Love: Songs of the LGBTQ+ Community'
by Michael Major - September 19, 2022 The two-CD length album seeks to highlight diverse LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives, through revelatory performances of important songs by some of today’s leading composers, including the world premiere recording of Ben Moore’s Love Remained in a new version for tenor, and the commissioned title wor...
Orson Wilds Share Acoustic Versions of 'Stand Up' and 'Mothers Daughters'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 After releasing their debut singles “Stand Up” and “Mothers Daughters,” Canadian duo Orson Wilds has pared down the grandiosity of the tracks, releasing stripped-back versions of each....
The Rentals Honor The Astronauts of Space Shuttle Challenger in New Video
by Abigail Charpentier - January 28, 2020 Today marks the 34th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster. To honor the fallen Space Shuttle Astronauts, The Rentals are releasing “Great Big Blue”, a song based directly on the tragedy....
Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band Share 'Nightmare Forever' LP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 25, 2019 Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band have shared their latest LP, Nightmare Forever via Castle Face Records. The record is filled with robust instrumentation and a beautiful arrangement that is both captivating and unparalleled to today's sound. Earlier this month, Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band shared the ...
SOFT BUTTER: A TRANS FANTASIA ON EDIBLE THEMES Will Release Album Recording
by Stephi Wild - July 06, 2019 'Our ancestors. Gertrude Stein, James Baldwin, Nina Simone, but also the mothers in my family, trans activists in the 60s, anyone who hung out with Yoko Ono. Process, Undoing, Space, Transformation.' This is Eamon Boylan's concoction of inspiration for Soft Butter: a trans fantasia on edible themes....
Anthony Anderson, T.I., Tiny, Luke James, La La Anthony & More Join VH1's 'Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom'
by Tori Hartshorn - May 01, 2019 VH1 today announced Grammy Award®-winning, multi-platinum recording artists and TV personalities T.I., Tameka 'Tiny' Harris, and Monica, along with Grammy Award®-nominee Luke James will all appear on its annual “Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom” premiering on Monday, May 6th at 10PM ET/PT. It was als...
Eddie Jobson To Release '1971-1979 The Band Years'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 09, 2018 Nominated for 2019 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his innovative work along with Roxy Music, Eddie Jobson is considered the definitive musicians' musician. “1971-1979 The Band Years” is the first of five planned compilation albums, one for each decade of Jobson's outstanding career ...
Amanda Palmer Releases Anti-Trump Video for Cover of Pink Floyd's 'Mother'
by Caryn Robbins - November 15, 2017 Two years after the birth of her son, Amanda Palmer returns to form with her first high-production video since her Kickstarter-record-smashing album Theatre is Evil was released in 2012. Scripted and conceived by Palmer and independently crowdfunded by her 11,000 subscribers...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention's Revolutionary 1967 Album, 'Absolutely Free,' Celebrates 50th Anniversary
by Caryn Robbins - June 02, 2017 The Zappa Family Trust will mark the 50 th anniversary of Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention's politically-charged, envelope-pushing sophomore album, Absolutely Free, with an expanded vinyl-exclusive edition on September 29 via Zappa Records/UMe.... |