17-year-old Kathy Fletcher interviews Captain Beefheart, and discusses the origin of his and his band’s name, the group’s membership, and why their music is getting so popular. DIck Clark spins the Magic Band’s version of “Diddy Wah Diddy.”
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8-Year-Old Drummer Destroys Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times, Bad Times”
Yoyoka destroyed Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times, Bad Times” at the age of 8, and then came back to show even more power and finesse at the age of 11.
The Nightcrawlers: The Little Black Egg
This started out to be a post about how the Nightcrawlers’ “Little Black Egg” was covered by the Music Explosion, who then re-recorded it with new lyrics as “One Potato, Two Potato,” while One Way Streets re-recorded it with their own lyrics as “We All Love Peanut Butter.” But then this delightful homemade ode to “papa’s favorite song” presented itself.
Exordium/Outgrown
If Gerry and Sylvia Anderson had discussed surrealism with Roman Polanski in the mid-60s, they might have made a disquieting, space-age marionette film like this. Set to the music of Austin’s Man, Woman, Friend, Computer, it “tells the story of a spaceman who comes to terms with isolation and loss as he cares for an injured alien creature.” Filmmaker Yuliya Tsukerman combines “centuries-old Czech marionette techniques with modern materials and found objects” in this memorable short.
Peter Holsapple: Don’t Mention the War
A powerful new song from Peter Holsapple (dB’sContinental Drifters) about the emotional ripples that from a favorite uncle’s post-traumatic stress. Available on February 4 as a vinyl 7″, digital download and stream.
Christina Rubino: Down to the Sea
Piano, voice and a whole lot of soul on this advance track from Christina Rubino’s upcoming album Godspeed and Guns.
Led Zeppelin and Little Richard
Led Zeppelin borrowing from Little Richard, perhaps by way of Ritchie Valens.
Feral Ohms: Love Damage
If you missed the MC5 and Stooges at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom, Oakland, California’s Feral Ohms gives you a chance to tap a similar vein of unhinged rock ‘n’ roll. Their full-length debut, Live in San Francisco, drops October 21st, and the first single, “Love Damage,” streams below.
The Well Wishers: Here Comes Love
The Well Wishers recent album Comes and Goes is only the latest in Jeff Shelton’s catalog of superb power pop. Check out this one from 2012’s Dreaming of the West Coast.
The Embrooks: Nightmare 7″
It’s been more than a decade since the Embrooks dropped their second album, Yellow Glass Perspections, and parted ways. But they’re back with a terrific pair of freakbeat tunes that include the garage, mod and psych influences that made their earlier work so exciting. They’re as good as ever, if not better! Shades of early Who, Small Faces, the Creation and more. 