Music Archive: Z

Z

• Mikabe (Transduction)

Tom Zé

• Estudando o Pagode: Na Opereta Segregamulher e Amor (Luaka Bop)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  When so few albums are either entertaining from start to finish or have anything of import to communicate, Tom Zé's smart and zany Estudando o Pagode offers the best of both worlds.

   

Z-Trip

• Shifting Gears (Hollywood)
• All Pro (Decon)

ZOX

• Line in the Sand (Side One Dummy)

ZZ Top

• ZZ Top: 2006 Reissues
• Mescalero (RCA)
• XXX (RCA)

Sarolta Zalatnay

• Sarolta Zalatnay (B-Music/Finders Keepers)

Zaman 8 & Hafez Modir

• Suryaghati EP 2 (Six Degrees)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Its groovy yet sedate mix of diverse, international styles is bound to please the "planeterized" listener.

   

Zap Mama

• Ancestry in Progress (Luaka Bop/V2)
• Supermoon (Heads Up)

Frank Zappa

• Zappa Picks: By Jon Fishman of Phish (Rykodisc)
• Son of Cheap Thrills (Rykodisc)

Joe Zawinul

• Faces & Places (ESC)
• Brown Street (Heads Up)

Zea

• Insert Parallel Universe (Transformed Dreams)

Zeb

• Stop the Earth, I Want to Get Off! (Wonderwheel)

Zebrahead

• MFZB (Columbia/Red Ink)
• Playmate of the Year (Columbia)

Thalia Zedek

• You're a Big Girl Now (Kimchee)
• Liars and Prayers (Thrill Jockey)

Zeitkratzer

• Metal Machine Music (Asphodel)

Denny Zeitlin and David Friesen

• Live at the Jazz Bakery (Intuition)
• Solo Voyage (MaxJazz)
• Slickrock (MaxJazz)

Zelienople

• Pajama Avenue (Loose Thread)
• His/Hers (Type)

Zemog el Gallo Bueno

• Cama de la Conga (Aagoo)

Zen Guerrilla

• Shadows on the Sun (Sub Pop)

Zeni Geva

• 10,000 Light Years (Neurot Recordings)

Miguel Zenon

• Ceremonial (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
• Awake (Marsalis Music)

Zeph & Azeem

• Rise Up (Om)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Almost a classic. Almost the best hip-hop album of 2007. A few more songs matching the level of the ones already here would've wiped that "almost" away.

   
• Feature: The Best Hip-Hop of 2007

Benjamin Zephaniah

• Naked (One Little Indian)

Zero 7

• The Garden (Atlantic)
• Simple Things (Palm Pictures)

Zero Crossing

• My Kinda Funk (Perfect Toy)

Zero Zero

• AM Gold (Jade Tree)

Jordan Zevon

• Insides Out (New West)

Warren Zevon

• My Ride's Here (Artemis)
• The Wind (Artemis)
• Feature: Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy
• Preludes - Rare and Unreleased Recordings (New West/Ammal)
• News: The delightful and difficult Mr. Zevon

Harald Sack Ziegler

• Punkt (Staubgold)

Pete Zimmer Quintet

• Burnin' Live at the Jazz Standard (Tippin')
• Judgment (Tippin)

The Zincs

• Moth and Marriage (Ohio Gold)
• Dimmer (Thrill Jockey)
• Black Pompadour (Thrill Jockey)

The Zinedines

• Take Me Take Me (Rainbow Quartz)

Zion I

• True & Livin' (Live Up)

Zohar

• Keter (Knitting Factory)

Zombie Nation

• Black Toys (UKW)

Rob Zombie

• Past, Present, & Future (Geffen)

The Zombies

• Odessey & Oracle (CBS)
• Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London (Rhino)
• News: Colin Blunstone's voice reanimates the Zombies

Saul Zonana

• 42 Days (20/20 Music)
• Guinea Pigs (20/20 Music)

Zoo Story

• Come Out and Play (3:33 Music)

Zoodrive

• Not Fully Medicated (Zip)

Zookeeper

• Zookeeper (bellecitypop!)
• Becoming All Things (Bellecitypop!)

  Featured Article

  

  After some much needed time off, genre-jumping songwriter Chris Simpson and his new band offer up a debut that makes you re-evaluate your "best of the year" album list.

   

Billy Zoom

• News: Billy Zoom puts X in perspective

Zoot Suit Revue

• Bold, Borrowed and New (ZSR Entertainment)

Zox

• The Wait (SideOneDummy)

Zozobra

• Harmonic Tremors (Hyrdra Head)

Zs

• Arms (Planaria)

Zucchero

• Zucchero & Co. (Concord/Hear Music)

Zucchini Drive

• Being Kurtwood (2nd Rec)

Zuco 103

• Whaa! (Six Degrees)

Zukanican

• Horse Republic (Pickled Egg)

Natalia Zukerman

• Brand New Frame (Weasel)

Zulya and The Children of The Underground

• The Waltz of Emptiness (and Other Songs on Russian Themes) (Westpark)

Vinnie Zummo

• A Retro Cool Bossa Nova Christmas with . . . (VAZ)

The Zutons

• Tired of Hanging Around (Columbia)
• Who Killed the Zutons? (Epic)

Zwan

• Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise)

Zzzz

• Palm Reader (Polyvinyl)