The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
A new film season showcases the work of pop's oddballs, from Björk to Captain Beefheart - characters we should treasure, says Neil Spencer
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
The singer sounds uncannily like Eddie Vedder, and the guitars snort and whine in a dirty tangle, like Radiohead’s “My Iron Lung” played by one of Captain Beefheart’s early Magic Bands. Where are we and when? Greece, 1973. Socrates Drank the Conium were a quartet from Athens popular enough to make a few albums. But [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
in post Good Rocking Mama (Blues) from Motel de Moka .
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Once a classic, always a classic. I'm talking about Frank Zappa's 1969 Hot Rats . Mostly instrumental and filled with long fusion jams between Zappa, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, multi-instrimentalist Ian Underwood, Zappa's long-time friend Don Van Vliet/Captain Beefheart on the only vocal, "Willie The Pimp," and folks like Lowell George, Shugie Otis (yeah, that's right) and future Joni Mitchell studio...
The Sound of Young America (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Captain Beefheart - “I’m Gonna Boogiarize You Baby” Captain Beefheart is that rare artist who just gets better and weirder to me over time. Captain Beefheart - Electricity Ol’ Don mostly keeps to himself these days, painting and making occasional non-musical appearances, but he’d be near the top of my list for Sound of Young America dream guests. He did a helluva job whenever he appeared on Letterman...
Yellow Dog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Ted Nugent Gene Simmons Jack Kerouac Captain Beefheart Bert (from Bert and Ernie) Jessie Ventura Allen Ginsberg Billy Joel
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
This week's column features Captain Beefheart, Tommy Jordan, Syreeta, Josephine Foster, Reverend Gary Davis and Grizzly Bear.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Formed in 1976 by Mark E Smith , The Fall sounded as discordant as a cutlery drawer sliding downstairs. The teenage Smith was a fan of Captain Beefheart and the garage sound of early-Sixties America.
Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
"I'm not a rock star. I'm a soft person. I'm not a rock." The Captain Beefheart Radar Station
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
in post The seven deadly songs from Asleep on the compost heap .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
in post atjf interview :: extra life from music is art .
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
There’s not a whole lot of overlap between my musical tastes and my daughters’ (and actually not that much between theirs either). I like to think my music choices cover a very broad range of styles, broader than anyone’s I know. (Ornette Coleman/Rufus Wainwright/Captain Beefheart/Paolo Conte/Lefty Frizzell/Vince Guaraldi/Caetano Veloso–to name a handful.) My two natural [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
in post Captain Beefheart - Floppy Boot Stomp from Doklands .
Sterne (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Speaking of tribute albums , I have been listening to one called Fast 'n' Bulbous: A Tribute to Captain Beefheart . Released in 1988, the album is OOP or at least that's the claim of the blog I got it from. It is not an especially good album, although it is interesting to hear XTC doing "Ella Guru" and I could listen to Sonic Youth's version of "Electricity" again if I was suddenly divested of every...
