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Of Bosses and Bastards (and Vaginas)
Zappagram 148: Boss move by The Boss, dick move by The Foos, cool move by Thom Yorke, vagina-scented vinyl is now a thing, and much more...
May 26
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Zappagram 147: Steve Albini's Closet, QOTSA in the Catacombs, 800+ Fugazi shows, cars crash into buildings, Smokey Robinson is a dirty old bastard, and…
May 14
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
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For those about to rock—or still rocking after all these years—we salute you
Zappagram 146: Tennis' last serve, two stories of human scum, the Melvins' Melvan, trans artists cancel U.S. tours, AC/DC still kicks ass, and more...
Apr 20
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For those about to rock—or still rocking after all these years—we salute you
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You like your music newsletters jam packed? Hot damn, it's your lucky day.
Zappagram 145: Matt Pinfield, get well soon! New Butch Bastard on the way! New Radiohead on the way? Gere Fennelly rocks! RIP David Johansen. Tour news…
Mar 19
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Every band you love is touring in 2025—R.I.P. your bank account
Zappagram 144: RIP Roberta Flack, buy CBGB's original awning and give it to me, new TOOL album in the works, more concerts than you can shake a credit…
Feb 28
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Chris Zappa
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Every band you love is touring in 2025—R.I.P. your bank account
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The Best Ways to Discover New Music
Oct 6, 2024
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Radio Silence: Tuned Out to the Slow Death of American Radio
Dec 8, 2024
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Spotify’s Broken Model: How the World’s Biggest Streaming Platform Crushes Artists for Profit
Dec 30, 2024
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Spotify’s Broken Model: How the World’s Biggest Streaming Platform Crushes Artists for Profit
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Music vs Musician: Prioritizing the Art Over the Artist
Oct 20, 2024
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Music vs Musician: Prioritizing the Art Over the Artist
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A monument to irrelevance: the decline and fall of music award shows
Zappagram 143: New music from Prinze George, Tennis, The Ocean Greys, Nolan Green, Primus' new drummer, buy Leonard Cohen's hair, RATM RSD release, and…
Feb 9
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New year, new albums, new tours—at least 2025 is on track to be good for music if for nothing else
Zappagram 142: New song from Butch Bastard, plus catch him on tour with Father John Misty soon, RIP Garth Hudson and David Lynch, stream FireAid on Jan…
Jan 27
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New year, new albums, new tours—at least 2025 is on track to be good for music if for nothing else
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FireAid: How to help all those (including musicians) in Los Angeles who really need us right now
Zappagram 141: FireAid benefit concert, tons of ways to help those in need, Khruangbin + other tour announcements, RIP Sam Moore, Ethel Cain supports…
Jan 14
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FireAid: How to help all those (including musicians) in Los Angeles who really need us right now
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Spotify’s Broken Model: How the World’s Biggest Streaming Platform Crushes Artists for Profit
Zappagram 140: Spotify sucks, Morrison Hotel burns down, a possible Fugazi reunion, Kendrick Lamar mural vandalized (again,) RIP Stanley Booth, and much…
Dec 30, 2024
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Playing the Holidays By Ear: Merry Everything and Happy Whatever To You and Yours
Zappagram 139: RIP Slim Dunlap and Alfa Anderson, Prince, The Clash, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Bonnie Raitt, Melvins, and much more...
Dec 23, 2024
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Playing the Holidays By Ear: Merry Everything and Happy Whatever To You and Yours
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London Calling: Celebrating the Birthday and the Punk Ethos of Paul Simonon
Zappagram 138: Nick Cave, Kate Bush, a Blood On The Tracks 50th anniversary concert, The Swell Season and Danzig go on tour (not together, how weird…
Dec 16, 2024
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London Calling: Celebrating the Birthday and the Punk Ethos of Paul Simonon
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Radio Silence: Tuned Out to the Slow Death of American Radio
Zappagram 137: tons of tour announcements, AI is killing the music industry, new NIN in the works, RIP Eminem's mom, Zeppelin doc, and much more...
Dec 8, 2024
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Zappagram 136: The Ballad of Tom Waits—Seventy-Five Years of Poetic Genius
In this issue: Tom Waits turns 75, Courtney Love calls PJ Harvey "rude," Steve Albini Way, a Patti Smith tribute concert, Billboard fucked up, and much…
Dec 1, 2024
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Zappagram 136: The Ballad of Tom Waits—Seventy-Five Years of Poetic Genius
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Zappagram 135: Thankful for Music and for All of You
In this issue: New Bands For Old Heads, RIP Alice Brock of "Alice's Restaurant" fame, Wilco, Kendrick Lamar, Father John Misty, Primus needs a drummer…
Nov 25, 2024
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