Julian Cope

MP3 of the Day: San Francisco Water Cooler

Track of the Day: Gunslingers

Who knew the missing link between Japan and Detroit was in France? Grenoble act Gunslingers profess to perform "massacre rock," and yeah, that pretty much sums up the group's heavy on the fuckedupeffects whitenoisefeedback powerdrumming...lemme just say the music's a doozy. It's a dirty bomb of Stoo ... More >>

A Long, Strange Trip

An originator of acid rock in the '60s, Tommy Hall used LSD to expand his consciousness. He’s still psychedelic.

Letters to the Editor

An originator of acid rock in the '60s, Tommy Hall used LSD to expand his consciousness. He’s still psychedelic.

The Italian Job

Local imprint offers prog-rock masterworks from Italia's other Renaissance

The Big Bang

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

Music Awards Nominees

Entering Comets on Fire's blazing parallel universes

Julian Cope's Massive Detroit Rock Sampler -- and the Weed to Go with It

Julian Cope: rock archivist extraordinaire, weird dude.​Listen to this while high: Detroit Rock Sampler Part 1, by Julian Cope, courtesy of Head Heritage. Behind the buzz: The blogged musings of onetime rockstars aren't normally considered any "public service," but there's little normal about Ju ... More >>

Get High on Motor City: Here's Detroit Rock 'N' Roll and the Fat Buds To Go with It

​Hear this while high: Part 2 of Julian Cope's excessive and entirely essential Detroit rock sampler. (Click for free download.) Behind the buzz: This second massive installment of vintage Motor City psychosis provides the Yang-like get-down-everybody's-gonna-leave-their-seat to last week's tum ... More >>

Saturday Night: Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, and Glitter Wizard Rattle Thee Parkside

Romana MachadoGlitter Wizard​Greg Ginn, Big Scenic Nowhere, Glitter WizardMarch 19, 2011 @Thee Parkside Marginally better than: Listening to Billy Joel records in a Seattle parking garage. It's SXSW season, and few things are longer than the faces of Facebook non-attendees this year. My ne ... More >>