Don Van Vliet, who recorded under the name Captain Beefheart, died on Friday, at the age of 69. I'm sure a lot of people who heard the news were only vaguely aware of him as an influential, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big – 28 tunes in one hour and 20 minutes – Trout Mask was originally released as a double album. The album features the Magic ...

Previously unseen footage of the legendary Captain Beefheart performing in Paris has been posted online. The footage, which was shot at the famed Bataclan nightclub on April 15, 1972, on the European ...

In 1970, Warner Bros. Records had an unusual philosophy: they'd sign artists and, instead of wanting a hit single immediately, they'd develop them... No Hits, No Problem: Captain Beefheart's Major ...

Experimental rock icons Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley, and Ethan Miller joined forces last year for a power trio record as Orcutt Shelley Miller. Fresh off their appearance at Big Ears, the band is back ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...