ZZYRUS

I just wanted to point out the existence of this amazing new compilation of 1960s-70s tunes from Martinique and Guadeloupe. I’ve been liste...

A music and dance troupe from northeastern Brazil. My Portuguese is a little rusty and I had a hard time finding info online, but I really ...

Sadhu Sadhu are a noisy psych-rock three-piece from Chicago. This is a live recording that they released as a cassette/CD-R a while ago. I ...

Gypsy brass band music is characterized by rapturous arrangements stuffed with beautiful, yet rocking, melodies against an often-pounding l...

Joe Meek may well be the most important pop music producer there ever was. That’s not to say that he’s particularly popular or influential....

"Here, aesthetically at least, Loveless and “Windowlicker” collide at exquisite velocity... His buccaneering, semi-slapdash approach gi...

Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm a DJ. Eurythmics – Love is a Stranger Gold Panda – Quitters Ragga Virgin Prunes – Yeo Jackson 5 – ...

I’m a pretty big fan of just about everything I've heard off of Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound record label, and this is probably my favo...

Summer’s winding down, but it looks like we’ve still got plenty of hot smoggy days ahead of us (at least in my neck of the woods). So here’s...

German songstress records a stunning collection of intimate acoustic ruminations in the early 70s and keeps them locked away in her closet ...

I have really been digging this compilation the past few days. To be honest I hadn't heard of the Subway Organization until a few weeks...

This record recently found its way back to my turntable after a few year long absence. I remember being really excited when "Tender But...

I'm going to be in Europe for the next few weeks, so there won't be much posting going on here. But here's a parting gift, a wo...

I’ve been listening to a lot of old blues/roots music lately and figured I’d share some. So here are Barbecue Bob and Clifton Chenier . Bar...

"Richard Manuel was a whole show unto himself. He was hot. He was about the best singer I'd ever heard; most people said he reminde...

I just wanted to give you a quick introduction before I start posting here.  My name is Matt and as I have read ZZYRUS in the past I have ca...

Welcome Matt. Be sure to check out his site, Pacific Radio Fire . Lots of cool stuff to be found there.

Probably Can’s mellowest album; a surprising direction after the Stockhausen-inspired garage rock of Tago Mago and chaotic future-funk of ...

Here’s a reader submission that I’ve been enjoying quite a bit. In Heaven and You are a group from Washington D.C. that play brooding, noct...

Here’s a really cool little Japanese jazz record that I found on Soulseek a while ago. The band is led by drummer Hideo Shiraki and featur...