Lists News Check out these 10 music documentaries on YouTube, ready and waiting for your next big binge by Riley Fitzgerald YouTube is full of weird, unofficial music documentaries. We’re here to help you wade through the garbage with this list of 10 worth-your-while doco’s. Did someone say free documentaries? When…
Features The 10 most groundbreaking avant-garde albums of all time by Luke Saunders These 10 albums redefined what was thought possible of their respective genres. Dive into the swirling pot of madness that is avant-garde. Let’s be honest, avant-garde is not for everyone….
Music News Watch rare footage of Frank Zappa jamming through Interstellar Overdrive with Pink Floyd in 1969 by Happy Watch rare footage of Frank Zappa jamming through Interstellar Overdrive with Pink Floyd at a festival in Belgium in 1969. In 2012, whispers began emerging about some mythical footage of…
Features Pro Audio Gibson SG: 11 guitarists who made this iconic axe their own by Jeremy Span After 60 years, the Gibson SG remains the Les Paul’s rebellious cousin. If rock ‘n’ roll’s the Devil’s music, then the SG was made in his image. In 1960, Gibson…
Film and TV Interviews Music “Frank loved tongue sandwiches”: a conversation with Ahmet Zappa by Emily Elvish Innovator, composer, visionary. Throughout his 30 year career, Frank Zappa recalibrated the face of music, and his legacy stands to prove it.
News A new box set of Frank Zappa’s The Mothers of Invention is coming soon by James Peppercorn To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Frank Zappa‘s most famed band, The Mothers of Invention, we are getting a brand new box set. Even though the group’s roots date back…
Features Quantity over quality and the dangers of being labelled ‘prolific’ by Luke Saunders In modern music, it seems studio perfection is increasingly favoured over genuine alchemy. It is now common for artists to be spending anywhere between three and five years on albums….
Features Pro Audio The electronic genius of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Jonathan Mendolicchio If you were to name 5 composers who changed the path of music or realised music’s potential, Karlheinz Stockhausen would be one of them. He is considered one of the…
News Dweezil Zappa is bringing the ‘Hot Rats Live Tour’ to Australia in 2020 by Luke Saunders Dweezil Zappa has just announced that his ‘Hot Rats Live Tour’ is coming to Australia in April 2020, adding to next year’s irresistible array of Bluesfest sideshows. Byron Bay’s world-famous…
News Pro Audio Zappa’s Gear details the gear collection of the multifaceted icon by Josh Clarke Zappa’s Gear is the book from author Mick Ekers that illustrates the gear collection of musical mastermind, Frank Zappa. As a master of rock, pop, jazz fusion and orchestral music,…
News Vinyl Frank Zappa’s estate announces 50th Anniversary reissue of Hot Rats by Sarah Gillard Yesterday marked 50 years since the release of Frank Zappa‘s innovative sophomore album Hot Rats. In commemoration of its anniversary, it will be getting a six-disc reissue that will delve deep…
News Lost in a Whirlpool: the earliest Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart track by Happy Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet) enjoyed a musical relationship that stretched back into their Californian high school days. Lost in a Whirlpool is their earliest known collaborative cut….
News Frank Zappa’s hologram has been revealed for the first time by Patti Burton Ahead of legendary rocker Frank Zappa’s controversial tour as a hologram, a promotional video has been released and it is freakishly realistic. Brought together by the Zappa Family Trust and…
