Party Like It's Only $19.99

What better way to note the shockingly sudden passing of Prince then with this 1999 release by mashup pioneers the Evolution Control Committ...

HAPPY (BAND)CAMPERS: CHILL EDITION

I don't even know how to deal with the death of David Bowie, at least so far as this blog is concerned. He was such a monumental figure ...

Oh Come On, MORE Experimental Psychedelic Bagpipe Music?!

Count 'em Yeah, I know, but this one's really great. Julia Wolfe, of New York's Bang On A Can posse, released this a few years a...

BANDCAMP IS THE NEW CASSETTE CULTURE: Dark Ambient Edition

It's fall, Halloween is around the corner, so let's get moody with these FREE! listening/download contemporary internet releases of ...

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...

I'm Bringing Weirdness Back...

If you feel like genuine musical weirdness died with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart, take heed! We have some  stone-cold freakazoids in our m...

The Psample-delic Psounds of Carl Stone's "Four Pieces"

If you think sampling in music means MC Hammer looping "Super Freak," you gotta another think coming: Los Angeles legend Carl Ston...

MUSIC MADE FROM SOUND EFFECTS

For newcomers looking for a crash course, or vets who want to relive old favorites, check out the now-archived 3 hour Music For Maniacs spec...

Ambient-Abstract-Noise

For those moments when you need to get away from the idea of music as, y'know, tunes , what with all those distracting rhythms, melodies...

Negativland Live - "Helter Stupid Tour" 1989

At the time this excellent board tape was made, multi-media collage/ performance art/ prankster legends Negativland had been around since th...