Behold, the Daxophone! The FUNNIEST Instrument Ever?!?

The late, great Hans Reichel gets a lot of props in the modern jazz world for his guitar playing, which is all well and good, but Maniacs sh...

Thelonious Moog - "American Standard"

Thelonious   Mo og's debut album was, as you might expect, jazz cats playing Mr. Monk on vintage  synths . Their 2007 follow-up, "A...

The EZ-Listening Gangsta Rap of DJ NoNo

 By request, the marching-band versions of Stooges classics is back up. "Planned 10 years ago, the Ballroom EP (now album) has been a l...

HOOSIER HOTSHOTS: One-and-a-half Albums

 Just realized a couple days ago that my emails have been getting deleted. If you've written to me in the past couple weeks, sorry. I am...

TALES OF MANHATTAN: The Cool Philosophy Of Babs Gonzales

In this 1959 album of rhymed poems set over a cool jazz beat, Babs Gonzalez posits himself as the hippest of the hip, here to school all you...

Ross Bolleter's Music For Ruined Pianos

A reader left a comment today: " How does one download from Google on a Mac? I cannot figure it out..." I'm not a Mac-intologi...

HERB ALPERT GOES MOD

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass sold more albums than almost anyone else in the '60s, so it's no surprise that any goofball with a...

R.I.P. ORNETTE COLEMAN

By request, the Guatemalan garage psych album "Electronicos La Fuente" is back. -------------------------------------------------...