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05 Feb ' 07:18
New Yma Sumac CD: The Voice
February 5, 2012New releasesA new exclusive release from www.yma-sumac.com “Yma Sumac: The Voice!”, twelve unheard tracks from the most exciting voice in the world. From 1950 to 1961, Sumac sings live, all over the world, in several languages.
We have no further details about the availability of this album at this time.
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03 Feb ' 06:54
Cacopohny Society block party and exhibition
February 3, 2012Festivals/Concerts, General news“The Cacophony Society Zone Show” is a retrospective look at the Cacophony Society, a national collective of guerrilla artists, dada pranksters, and various eccentrics pursuing “experiences beyond the mainstream.” Dedicated to activities mocking societal expectations, sacred cows, and good taste, The Cacophony Society evolved from the San Francisco Suicide Club and its members were chief organizers of the Burning Man Festival in Northern Nevada.
The Society’s pranking served as inspiration for the activities of Project Mayhem in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. The exhibition transforms the museums main gallery into a wildly immersive environment filled with photos, graphics, video, props, costumes, and original art from Society events. The exhibition runs through April 15 and admission is FREE!
The Feburary 4th opening will be celebrated with a block party featuring carnivalesque music and performance from artists associated with the Society including Fancy Space People (featuring Don Bolles and Nora Keys) art cars, competing protestors, dangerous stunts, an on-call ambulance, and other surprises.
Check here for all info regarding the exhibtion, block party and preview screening of the documentary “Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society”.
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02 Feb ' 19:10
De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 present First Serve
February 2, 2012First they brought you ‘The Goon Time Mixtape’ blasting from a late-night house party in a Parisian suburb. Then we saw our heroes getting endless grief from Deen’s overbearing mother in the Mrs. Whitter skit. That was all just a taste of things to come from De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 present ‘First Serve’; a dynamic hip-hop group, an album, a concept, the soundtrack to a movie that has yet to be made and a fable for our times.
‘First Serve’ is many things, but at its heart it is the story of two young boys from Queens, New York with big dreams and larger rhymes. Two friends, Deen Whitter (aka Plug 2) and Jacob ‘Pop Life’ Barrow (aka Plug 1), friends from seventh grade, are by their own admission, “different, but the differences seem to complement everything we do.” Their name ‘First Serve’ comes from their motto, “First come, First Serve, get what you deserve.”
Due to hit the streets 2nd April 2012, the ‘First Serve’ album tells the story of two dreamers in a basement struggling to start their musical career, the battles they face, through to the point that they eventually release their debut single, ‘make it big’ and their hard work and persistence finally pays off. As we know that is rarely where the story ends and the story of ‘First Serve’ is no different. Taking place in an animated world that could have been imagined by Hawley Pratt on Magic Mushrooms, the high spirited and often hilarious journey is pure old school hip-hop; skits, disco, beats, funk, quips, burns and hustlin’ all included. Ain’t nothing gonna stop them now.
Mixtape: soundcloud.com/firstserve/first-serve-mix-tape-1 Website: wearefirstserve.tumblr.com
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31 Jan ' 08:53
Slide guitarist Tony Duran dies
January 31, 2012ObituariesIt came to our attention today that musician Anthony (Tony) Philip Duran passed away on December 19, 2011 surrounded by family in his home after a two year battle with Prostate Cancer.
Tony Duran was born on October 14, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA to Leonard Lincoln Duran and Henrietta Adeline (Penny) Duran. He graduated from Garfield High School in 1963 in East Los Angeles. Tony then joined the U.S. Army in 1965 and served until 1967 when he was honorably discharged. He was an accomplished musician having contributed slide guitar and vocals to Frank Zappa’s albums “Waka/Jawaka”, “The Grand Wazoo” and “Apostrophe”.
He toured with Zappa’s Grand Wazoo Orchestra, September 1972, and with the Petit Wazoo Orchestra (or the Mothers, as they were called at that time) from October until December 1972. He can also be heard on “Joe’s Domage” and “Imaginary Diseases”. Tony was the lead guitarist of the band Ruben and the Jets, whose first album was produced by Frank Zappa in 1973. Tony had a passion for music and was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather and brother. He recently retired from the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Temple, Texas after 34 years of faithful service.
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16 Jan ' 03:50
10 years of Weirdomusic.com: let’s celebrate!
January 16, 2012General news, Weirdomusic.comSometime in january 2002 a young man from Heerlen, The Netherlands got a brilliant idea: he registered the domain name Weirdomusic.com and began a website. The rest, as they say, is history.
The 10th anniversary of Weirdomusic.com will be celebrated on March 3 in our hometown Heerlen [buy tickets], but for all you fine folks who can’t attend we have something else in mind: why don’t you celebrate with us from your own cosy homes?
Here’s the idea: send us your birthday wishes in a video message and we’ll publish them here and on YouTube! Talk, sing or dance, whatever you like, as long as you mention Weirdomusic.com
Some rules:
- Your clip should be no longer than two minutes.
- Please don’t use any exotic file formats. Use something we know, like mpeg or wmv.
- Please use a service like Sendspace.com or WeTransfer.com to send your video.
- The e-mail addres to use is marco@weirdomusic.com.
- Don’t forget to send us your name and contact details. We may want to give away some presents.
- We will publish your video on Weirdomusic.com, our YouTUbe Channel and our Facebook page.So, hook up your (web)cam and get to work! Questions? Just drop us a line.
‘s original “Bat Chain Puller” album from 1976 will be released on CD in february 2012. “All original tracks plus 16 minutes of fabulous bonus material”, according to their announcement.
. It is expected to be shipped during the week of February 13, 2012.
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10 Jan ' 20:50
Sun Ra Arkestra in Philadelphia
January 10, 2012Festivals/ConcertsThe Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen will start its 2012 World Tour with a rare Philadelphia, PA club appearance on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at The Blockley, 38th & Chestnut at 9:00 pm. Tickets are $15 and available at the Blockley Box Office by phoning 215-222-1234 or online at www.theblockley.com.
This manifestation of the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen at its Earth base of Philadelphia will be supported by a live radio interview of Marshall Allen and Danny Ray Thompson at 10:00 pm EST on Friday, January 20, 2012 conducted by J. Michael Harrison, host of “The Bridge” on WRTI (Philadelphia’s jazz radio station at 90.1 FM) which will stream live on the Internet at www.wrti.org.
For additional information about the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen, please visit www.thesunraarkestra.com.
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07 Jan ' 10:24
Tom Ardolino (NRBQ) dies
January 7, 2012On January 6, 2012, NRBQ Headquarters posted on Facebook: “We regret to inform you that Tom Ardolino passed away today. Tom will be missed but his spirit lives on through those who were touched by him.”
Tom Ardolino (born January 12, 1955) was a rock drummer best known as a member of NRBQ. Ardolino was initially a fan of the band, and began corresponding and trading tapes with keyboardist and co-founder Terry Adams. On one occasion, original NRBQ drummer Tom Staley did not feel up to returning for an encore, so Adams invited Ardolino to fill in. He performed well enough that when Staley decided to leave the band in 1974, his bandmates agreed that Ardolino was the natural choice as his successor.
Ardolino remained in the lineup until the band went on hiatus in 2004, returning for occasional reunion performances, and lending his support when Adams decided to reclaim the NRBQ name for his new band in 2011. While lead vocals were generally performed by other members of NRBQ, live shows often included a moment where Ardolino would come forward, take the spotlight, and sing, either with a karaoke backing track or with one of the other band members drumming.
Tom Ardolino’s solo album “Unknown Brain” was released by Bumble Bee Records, Japan, on CD in 2004 and in the USA on Mystra Records on vinyl LP, it consists mostly of basement recordings made in 1971-72. The cover states “WARNING: If out-of-tuneness bothers you, do not listen.”
Ardolino was also an avid collector of song poems, having contributed to the “MSR Madness” series of compilations.
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26 Dec ' 17:44
Original Mother Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood dies
December 26, 2011American musician Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood, notable for playing soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, tambourine, vocals and vocal sound effects in Frank Zappa’s original Mothers of Invention, died on December 25th.
Motorhead Sherwood appeared on all the albums of the original Mothers line-up and the posthumous releases “Burnt Weeny Sandwich” and “Weasels Ripped My Flesh”, as well as a number of subsequent Zappa albums. He also appeared in the films “200 Motels”, “Video from Hell” and “Uncle Meat”.
Sherwood and Zappa met in high school in 1956. Sherwood was in a class with Zappa’s brother Bobby, who introduced the two after learning that Sherwood was a collector of blues records. Sherwood sat in with Zappa’s first band, R&B group The Black-Outs. In 1964 Sherwood and Zappa lived in Zappa’s Studio Z in Cucamonga for some time.
Sherwood first joined The Mothers of Invention as a roadie and equipment manager, also contributing sound effects (using both his voice and saxophone) to their first album, 1966′s “Freak Out”. He became a full member around the time of the group’s experimental residence at the Garrick Theater in 1967.
The nickname “Motorhead” was coined by fellow Mothers member Ray Collins, who observed that Sherwood always seemed to be working on repairing cars, trucks or motorcycles, and joked that “it sounds like you’ve got a little motor in your head”. In later years, Sherwood contributed to various projects alongside fellow Mothers alumni, including records by The Grandmothers, Mothers keyboardist Don Preston, Ant-Bee and Sandro Oliva.
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood was 69 years old.
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22 Dec ' 10:25
New “birthday bundle” by Frank Zappa
December 22, 2011DownloadsFrank Zappa would have turned 71 on December 21st and to mark that occasssion the Zappa Family Trust have released another ‘birthday bundle’ on iTunes.
This download only compilation features some previously unreleased Zappa gems, like a live version of “Peaches en Regalia” from 1988 and the infamous “Dead Girls of London”, sung by Van Morrison. The rest of the album includes various cover versions of well known Zappa tracks. Artists include Jerry Lawson, Pete Griffin and Frank’s son Dweezil.
A belated happy birthday, Frank. We still miss you!
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18 Dec ' 13:42
Beach Boys reunite for 50th anniversary tour
December 18, 2011Festivals/ConcertsFifty years after they first played together, the Beach Boys announced Friday that they would release a new studio album and go on a 50-date tour in 2012, beginning with a reunion concert at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival in April.
The line-up for the reunion tour will include the group’s original leaders Brian Wilson and Mike Love, along with one of the first members, Al Jardine. Those three were part of the original quintet that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961, and fused Chuck Berry guitar parts with smooth harmonies to celebrate surf culture.
Two other early members will join them: David Marks, who joined the group in 1962 for their first album “Surfin’ Safari” on Capitol Records and Bruce Johnston, who joined the band in 1965 after Brian Wilson quit touring to focus on writing songs.
The Beach Boys said they have already recorded some songs for a new album that they plan to release on Capitol/EMI next year. Still untitled, the album will be the first to include all the band’s surviving members in decades. Brian Wilson and Mike Love will produce the album.
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