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Believe it or not it has been almost twenty years since Frank Zappa lost his battle with prostate cancer (the 18th anniversary of his passing being December 4, 1993), that’s almost two whole decades without any new material from one of the most singular talents to ever work in modern music, Fortunately for fans of FZ’s highly structured music his son Dweezil Zappa, after many years writing, recording and releasing his own - well worth investigating - albums, has taken up the baton and set about ensuring a whole new generation of music fans are introduced to the delights of ‘Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow’, ‘Inca Roads’ ‘King Kong’, ‘Camarillo Brillo’ and much, much more. Having recently released a live album (more here), and toured a complete live run through of Apostrophe (‘) we thought it was high time we caught up with the man for an e-chat about his dad's music...
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Jazz Is Not Dead
Not news as such but a debate raged here at TM-Towers over the Christmas period about who we would vote the finest guitarist of all time. Needless to say we arrived at no concrete results (comparing Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and Robert Fripp is a bit like comparing eggs, wind and a hairstyle), however what everyone did agree on was how incredibly underrated Allan Holdsworth was and how we should do our bit to combat that lack of profile, so we have and you can find Al' right now in our bright and shiny video section
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Alopecian Alien
With live dates announced for early in 2012 what better time to check in with Texan post rock titans Explosions In The Sky who have just released this rather splendid video for one of many highpoints from their recent Take Care, Take Care, Take Care album. The video for the track, 'Be Comfortable, Creature' features an alien who clearly hails from the same part of the galaxy as the Honey Monster, the Cookie Monster and that thing in cup-a-soup ads that hugs people who loses his hairy mate and... Well you'll just have to watch it and find out, won't you?
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Albums Of 2011
Yes alright, everyone does it but damn it who doesn’t want an easy ‘go-to’ list of the best albums of the year, saves you reading a whole years worth of reviews for one thing and ensures that, even those of you getting on in years, can still pass muster as one of the ‘with-it’ ones at your next family or social gathering (and let’s face it that gets harder when your jeans have creases ironed in them). So sit back and relax as we list the best of 2011 and then all you have to do is ensure that you have some, or all of the following albums...
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