[Go to site: main page, start]
Zappagram

Zappagram

Home
Gonzo Report
Archive
About
Requiem for the Prince of Darkness
A personal tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
 • Chris Zappa
If Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, This Issue Is a Long-Overdue Love Letter
Zappagram 149: Lizzie Weber's haunting Soundgarden cover, The Kills & QOTSA melted my face off, Jeff Buckley documentary coming soon, RIP to legends…
 • Chris Zappa
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...
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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...
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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...
 • Chris Zappa
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…
 • Chris Zappa
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...
 • Chris Zappa
Zappagram
Zappagram
Zappagram is the mother of all music newsletters
Recommendations
View all 44
So It Goes
So It Goes
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
This Song Changed My Life
This Song Changed My Life
Grace Lilly
This Is a Newsletter!
This Is a Newsletter!
Sam Colt
Herizon Music
Herizon Music
Thea Wood
Listening Sessions
Listening Sessions
Robert C. Gilbert
Explore
About
TikTok
Instagram
Threads
Email
© 2026 Chris Zappa · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture
    This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts