Reviews
Thursday, October 12 2006
Captain Beefheart: Astralwerks Reissues
These final two records in Beefheart's amazing recording career find an artist at his peak;
Blogs
Friday, October 14 2011
Counterbalance No. 54: Captain Beefheart’s 'Trout Mask Replica'
Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica is like a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag—it’s fast and bulbous and bound to end badly. Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn try to clean up the ensuing mess in this week's Counterbalance.
Friday, January 28 2011
Al Lover's Remixes Captain Beefheart on 'Safe as Milk Replica'
San Francisco-based producer Al Lover has honored the late great Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) with Safe as Milk Replica, a “distorted reworking” of…
Monday, December 20 2010
O Captain! My Captain!: The Unique Magic of Captain Beefheart
If Captain Beefheart should be worshipped for anything it’s that he never once pandered for the sake of critical or commercial expediency.
Friday, April 3 2009
Got a Beef? Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do
As T.S. Eliot portentously opined: April is the cruelest month. Apparently someone once pulled an April Fools’ Day joke on him too. What’s really sad…
