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Lost Captain Beefheart Album Finally Gets a Release Date

Bat Chain Puller, a previously unreleased album by experimental rock artist Captain Beefheart (real name Don Van Vliet), will finally see the light of day on Jan. 15, 2012 — the same day the late singer, who died on Dec. 17, 2010 of multiple sclerosis, would have turned 71.  read more

15 Really Bizarre Album Titles

Today we look at 15 of the most unusual names ever bestowed upon an album.  read more

10 Pop Musicians Gone Composers

With the release of yMusic's debut album this week, we thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the spirit of American crossover with some of the greatest pop musicians who've become legitimate composers.  read more

Twenty More Ridiculously Literal Album Covers

From green onions to sailin' shoes, guys named Hurley to guys digging chicks, these album covers are nothing if not literal...  read more

A Gallery of Music's Best Mustaches

Happy Movember, y'all!  read more

Frank Zappa: Greasy Love Songs

An iconoclast kicks back with the sounds of his ‘50s adolescence Ever contrary, Frank Zappa released Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, a vigorous ode to the doo-wop and R&B of his youth, in 1968, when the boundaries of rock were being stretched by the likes of the Beatles, Hendrix and Zappa’s own Mothers of Invention. Greasy Love Songs unearths that highly entertaining album, presented here in the “original 1968 vinyl stereo mix,” along with alternate versions and related ephemera. Leading a cast that includes crooning lead singer Ray Collins and bassist Roy Estrada (pre-Little Feat), Zappa celebrates “cretin simplicity,”...  read more

Download New Frank Zappa Track, "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"

Download “Jelly Roll Gum Drop” from Frank Zappa’s Greasy Love Songs. Greasy Love Songs will be released May 1 on Zappa Records....  read more

Ten Creatures Named for Entertainers

Last month, scientists announced they'd named a species of prehistoric bird for...  read more

Ten Killer Rock 'n' Roll Photographs

On Oct. 22, you can purchase the new book Who Shot Rock & Roll, which compiles iconic music photographs from 1955 to the present. On Oct. 30, if you're in the New York area, you can see some of these images in an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that runs through Jan. 31, 2010. And right this very moment, you can see 10 of our favorites from the collection, complete with notes from the book's editor Gail Buckland, written exclusively for Paste....  read more

Frank Zappa: Lumpy Money

The second installment in Zappa Records’ “4tieth Anniversary FZ Audio Documentary” series exposes...  read more