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Featuring: Golden Blue, Noah Yorke, Børns, Billie Eilish, Elliott Smith, Ray LaMontagne, Wilco, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Christopher Cross, Middle Kids, Jackie Venson, Mammoth WVH, Quarters Of Change
ZAPPAGRAM #68
ZAPPAGRAM PLAYLIST (ALL WEEKS)
MUSIC NEWS
:: WHAT’S GOING ON
Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor and Creator, Dies at 70
John Gosling, Keyboardist for the Kinks, Dead at 75
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Returning to North America for Additional Shows in 2024
Taylor Swift Handed Out $55 Million in Bonuses to “The Eras Tour” Crew
Replacements’ ‘Tim’ Gets Stacked With Unreleased Recordings, Live Album for Reissue
José González Announces Deluxe 20th Anniversary Reissue of Veneer
Wilco Announce New Album Cousin, Share New Song “Evicted”
Bad Religion Announces Fall U.S. Tour
Mac Sabbath Announce Fall 2023 US Tour
Paul McCartney Returning To The Road In Australia This Fall
Harry Styles’ Love On Tour Raises More Than $6.5 Million for Charity
Metallica Kick Off North American Leg of “M72 World Tour”
Incubus to Release Newly Re-Recorded Version of Morning View
Billie Eilish Using Solar Farm to Power Lollapalooza Set
Dan Fogelberg Estate Inks Deal With IAG to Bring the ‘Leader of the Band’ Singer to New Generation
Z-REX
:: ZAPPA’S RECOMMENDATIONS
See a First Look at ‘San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time’ Documentary: The two-part series highlights the rise of such Bay Area acts as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Sly and the Family Stone.
NEW RELEASES
:: RECENTLY DROPPED MUSIC
Depeche Mode: Sounds Of The Universe | The 12″ Singles [listen]
Mammoth WVH: Mammoth II [listen]
Tensnake: Stimulate (Deluxe) [listen]
Vinyl Williams: Aeterna [listen]
RELEASE RADAR
:: UPCOMING RELEASES
- AUG 11 -
Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22
Neil Young: Chrome Dreams
The Hives: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons
- AUG 18 -
Aerosmith: Greatest Hits
Cautious Clay: KARPEH
Grace Potter: Mother Road
Gregory Alan Isakov: Appaloosa Bones
Hozier: Unreal Unearth
Jon Batiste: World Music Radio
Sonic Youth: Live in Brooklyn 2011
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition)
- AUG 25 -
Cindy Wilson: Realms
Grandaddy: Sumday: Excess Baggage
Hiss Golden Messenger: Jump For Joy
Hüsker Dü: Tonite Longhorn
- SEP 1 -
Pretenders: Relentless
Slowdive: Everything Is Alive
Speedy Ortiz: Rabbit Rabbit
ON THIS DATE
:: MUSICAL HAPPENINGS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
- AUG 7 -
Birthday: Raul Malo (1965) • John Lennon began recording his final album, 'Double Fantasy' at The Hit Factory, in New York City. (1980)
- AUG 8 -
Birthday: The Edge (1961) • The photo session for the cover of The Beatles Abbey Road album took place on the crossing outside Abbey Road studios. (1969) • Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of her greatest influence, Bessie Smith, at the Mount Lawn Cemetery in Philadelphia. Smith had died in 1937 after tragically being refused admission to a whites-only hospital. (1970) • British-born Australian singer, actress and activist Olivia Newton-John died from cancer at her home in California, aged 73. (2022)
- AUG 9 -
Birthday: Whitney Houston (1963) • Ten original Gerald Scarfe drawings for Pink Floyd's album The Wall were stolen from the foyer of Earls Court, London, where they were being exhibited. (1980) • Jerry Garcia died from a heart attack at the Serenity Knolls rehabilitation clinic in San Francisco aged 53. (1995) • Baltimore's mayor proclaimed this day as the city's official Frank Zappa Day, citing Zappa's musical accomplishments as well as his defense of the First Amendment. (2007)
- AUG 10 -
Birthdays: Ronnie Spector & Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull (1947) • Singer/songwriter Julia Fordham (1962) • Isaac Hayes died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 65. (2008)
- AUG 11 -
Birthdays: Joe Jackson (1954) • Ben Gibbard (1976) • Led Zeppelin played their last ever UK show when they appeared at Knebworth House, England. (1979)
- AUG 12 -
Birthdays: Buck Owens (1929) • Mark Knopfler (1949) • Pat Metheny (1954) • The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and the Santa Monica Flyers all appeared at the Corral Club in Topanga, California. (1973) • Les Paul died at the age of 94 after suffering from severe pneumonia. (2009)
- AUG 13 -
Birthday: Dan Fogelberg (1951) • John Lennon flew from Heathrow Airport to New York, and he never set foot on British soil again. (1971) • Four masked robbers broke in to Todd Rundgren's New York house, stealing stereo equipment and paintings after tying the musician up. (1980) • Members from Oasis and The Verve were arrested after smashing up a hotel bar and breaking into a church to steal communion wine. (1994) • Singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith died at the age of 68. (2021)
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