NEW SUN RA RELEASE

A new (download-only) Sun Ra album popped up:

Available from Qobuz.
https://www.qobuz.com/be-nl/album/at-the-crossroads-of-destiny-sun-ra/s1c9wvh78v8xb

 

DWEEZIL ZAPPA 2019 CONCERT UP ON YOUTUBE

Dweezil Zappa's 2019 Bergen Performing Arts Centre concert turned up on YouTube.

UPCOMING RELEASES ON THE CUNEIFORM RECORD LABEL

"Horns & Hooves" by Honey Ride Me A Goat.
To be released on July 31.
Bandcamp & LP.

"Mirrors, Shapes, Objects" by Michael Columbia
To be released on July 31.
Bandcamp & LP.

ECLECTIC MAYBE BAND - DOMESTIC DRAGON

• Eclectic Maybe Band: Domestic Dragon
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp / discus music)
      (2026, cd, UK, discuss music)

Thank God for people like Guy Segers who aren't afraid to experiment.
Thank God for a label like Discus Music who has the courage and the risk to release such albums. Not just on Bandcamp, but also on CD.

Bandcamp adds:

Once again studio master / composer / bassist Guy Segers assembles a huge cast of progressive musicians to perform / improvise 8 new pieces. Guy's methods of composition and collage remain as before, but each new Eclectic Maybe Band release brings a new perspective to the music. This time round harder, more brittle sounds emerge from an album with a very punchy attitude. A mixture of avant pop and progressive complexity.

Beautifully packaged and including the detailed credits.
Love it.

BOOGIE STUFF - HAVE MERCY!

• Boogie Stuff: Have Mercy
      (2004, cd, Germany, sky records)

Another nice find.
German band Boogie Stuff released "Have Mercy!" in 2004.
The album presented 15 tracks and featured Jimmy Carl Black doing vocals on three (live) tracks:

• The Indian Of The Group
• Who Did You Love
• Black Limousine

Boogie Stuff is a great blues band. Jimmy Carl Black's guest appearance is the icing on the cake.

Here's 'Black Limousine' !

KOMMISSAR HJULER

Visual and experimental music artist Kommissar Hjuler is not new to this blog.

Pictured below are two books by Kommissar Hjuler: "Der Napfkuchenman" and "Der Napfkuchenman - Part 2".
Next to the standard edition of the books, 100 copies were made available with original art.

The books refer to the Napfkuchenman / Muffin Man, an 18th century murderer from London.
Nothing to do with FZ, except for the name.
Nevertheless, I asked der Kommissar to provide a link with FZ in the artwork  :-)

THE ALMOST THREE - VOL 5

• The Almost Three: Vol 5
      (2026, --, --, digital music platforms)
      (2026, cd, Germany, pottpeople)

The latest album by The Almost Three got released earlier this year, both on Bandcamp and on CD.
The trio did go through quite a change.
Leading man Martin Ettrich is still there, of course, but there are two new faces in the band:
Hannes Vesper on bass, and Mickey Neher on drums.

"Vol 5".
It's actually the 6th album in their discography if you count the "Limited" album the band did in 2019, but it's another excellent album.
Great blues / funk guitar work, plus a fine cover of Frank Zappa's 'Black Napkins' !!

The album can be ordered and streamed through their website.

https://almostthree.de/

MAURO PAWLOWSKI - UNSPECTACULAR TIMES

• Mauro Pawlowski: Unspectacular Times
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd, --, unday records)

Mauro Pawlowski remains Belgium's premier musical shapeshifter, a man whose DNA is permanently intertwined with the avant-garde, rock, and experimental scenes. From the noise-driven frenzy of Evil Superstars to the art-rock heights of dEUS and his various free-jazz and electronic alter-egos, predictability is not part of his vocabulary.

With "Unspectacular Times", his first proper solo album in two decades, Mauro pulls off his most shocking stunt yet: he delivers a meticulously crafted art-pop record, referred to by Mauro and his producers (Bruno Coussée and Stephane Misseghers) as a typical Yachtrock album.

The album got released about a week ago, I've enjoyed it at least once every day.
How's that for a recommendation.

ZAPPATITE

 

DARKO THE SUPER - EVERYTHING IS DARKO - THE MIXTAPE

Darko The Super's latest release has a couple of Frank Zappa references in the lyrics.

In 'Liquid Swords'

I’m like Van Gogh’s ear, plus the one from Blue Velvet
Seldom seen in public, too hell bent on the outcome
Of wild rhymes and loud drums
Conceptual albums I write on the daily
Feet don’t fail me
Frank Zappa Wowee Zowee
Holy cannolis and homemade raviolis

In 'Raspy Shit'

My name featured on the marquee
Next to Frank Zappa and Biz Markie
E-40 and Skateboard P
Kurt Cobain, Ghostface in Clark Wallabies

Out on Bandcamp.