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At long last, The Mountain has arrived. Gorillaz' ninth album also promised to be their best one, prompted by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's lengthy odyssey to India in the wake of their fathers' nearly simultaneous passings. From the word go, The ...

Buddy Guy is one of the last living links to the Chicago electric blues that shaped rock and roll. He came up playing with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf in the early '60s, and musicians from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton have named him as a direct ...

Neil Sedaka (previously at Boing Boing), among America's most prolific and enduring singer-songwriters, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 86. "Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather," his family ...

My first keyboard was a Yamaha Portasound PSS-170, and that compact 44-key bed remains my awkward sweet spot: 32-key models are just too small, whereas good 49-key models generally have full-size keys and just aren't that portable. Of the few modern ...

Moroccan Tape Stash is an excellent blog that features music from Moroccan cassettes and aims to spread appreciation for Moroccan music and artists. The blog has been around since 2011 and is curated impressively. Many of the cassettes, according to ...

You've already experienced the wonders of Belgian musician Max Vandervorst's porciphone, the fantastical (and fantastic) instrument that Rare and Strange Instruments describes as a "tuned pipe instrument played with two plastic pigs." Now, behold ...

If you can, think for a moment about the most stressful multitasking you've ever done. You got it? Good, but I'm afraid it won't hold a candle to this intense cover performance of Linkin Park's Chop Suey, done while actually cooking the classic ...

Kid Rock, an upper-crust car dealership scion who grew up in a 22-room mansion on 6 acres, has spent his adult life posing as a working-class rough. But you'll need real money to buy the $5,000 "first class" tickets for his shows, a fact he evidently ...

This country/gangsta rap mash-up is a lot of fun:

Amid awful news, mudslinging, and AI slop, it's great to remember what the internet truly excels at: memes and cats. Combine those with synthesizers and space themes, and you've got the perfect combination. If this intersection appeals to you, check ...