Music for Maniacs

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...

By request, now back up: - Strange novelty songs collection " Fun Music" - Zoogz Rift "M urdering Hells Happy Cretins...

More indie album wonderfulness courtesy of sites like Bandcamp (and remember, you can always listen for free) from geniuses that would other...

Like I was saying ...Listen for free, buy if you like. This batch is loosely associated by a shared fascination with the surreal and fanta...

I love the creepy, creaky sound of the Wheelharp, a newly invented instrument developed and sold thru L.A.'s Antiquity Music company....

One of the most unlikely stars of the late '70s-to-early '90s punk/college rock days wasn't a musician at all, but a taciturn, e...

It took me a while to track down some albums by this very obscure group, but it was worth it - The Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra is as won...

I'm sure we all have our own favorites, but my pick for best cover of Sisqo's ubiquitous 1999 hip-hop hit "The Thong Song...

Making music out of music is common currency now (not so much back when this blog was founded and mashups were regularly featured), so soun...

"Oh, the shark bites With his teeth, dear And he shows them pearly white..." Yeah, you know it, "Mack The Knife", #...

Tim from Radio Clash asked me if I had the Tiny Tim/Bruce Haack album "Zoot Zoot Zoot Here Comes Santa In His New Space Suit." Al...

The greatest thing I've ever seen (lately) is this excerpt from " Multiple SIDosis," a famous short from 1970 by outsider fi...

Musical artists are still trying to mix rock'n'roll with theater, classical and easy-listening musics - why? Look at this playlist...

Tho I've written about Ergo Phizmiz numerous times in the past, I can't even begin to fully immerse myself in the brilliant Bri...

UPDATE 7/25/11: album back on line F rank Pahl is one of the most criminally underrated composers/mad scientists at work today. And while I ...

Originalljudet are indeed original. From Sweden, the land that gave us Tor Johnson, comes this five-piece who make dreamy/nightmarish mo...

What ho, Maniacs! Jolly nice rapper, or "MC," as it were, I've got spinning on my gramophone right now. The king of "Ch...

We've been writing about British nutter Ergo Phizmiz for a while now, but he's outdone himself this time. Actually, he's outdo...