Is your band the worst in the world?
Take this quiz to find out:
1 How long is your drummer’s solo?
a) He doesn’t get one.
b) A couple minutes is all, and it’s very funky.
c) Which of our drummers are you talking about?
2 What is the secret of your success?
a) Inspiration.
b) Perspiration.
c) Butchering old soul classics in a [...]

Big Fish Audio, a company that specializes in audio sample libraries, sent us a press release about a new Glitch Hop sample library that mades us stop and ask “WTF?”
“Even when it’s beautiful, Glitch Hop is disturbing,” notes the release.
In fact, the entire press release for Glitch Hop is Dieteresque in the way it torments [...]

Obviously not, because we’re still sitting in front of a computer blogging about strange music sh##, and you’re sitting around reading it.
But, if you’re open minded about the possibility, you may want to check out totse.com.
Apparently, former child actor and musician Craig Huxley, who appeared in the Star Trek episode And the Children Shall Lead, [...]

Every week, Axehole looks for the most unusual music news or site we can find, the one thing that gives us that WTF? moment.
This week, we bring you the mobile music-making Tie Fighters of Weltklang, a German electronic electronic music duo.
The group was founded in Munich by Richard Aicher and Andreas Merz, and has [...]

Authorities in Scotland are racing against the clock to locate more than 30 people feared to be at risk from anthrax after they attended the wake of a man who apparently died from the disease.
Pascal Norris, an artist and musical instrument-maker, died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 8 July. He had been using untreated animal [...]

Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra beat Brahms and Beethoven at deterring hoons, the city council of Frankston, Australia (southeast of Melbourne) has found.
When we read about this at an Australian news site, we wondered WTF? What’s a hoon, and why are Australians so hot to deter them?
Apparently, hoons are what Australians call hot-rodding [...]

Brace yourself.
Paris Hilton, having conquered the worlds of reality TV and film, is taking on the music world.
Hilton collaborated with several top-notch producers to create here debut album, including hip-hop’s reigning hit-maker Scott Storch (50 Cent, Beyoncé), Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem (Rihanna), and Dr. Luke (Pink, Kelly Clarkson).
Hilton also worked with songwriting heavyweights Kara DioGuardi (Gwen [...]

What happens when a tabla drum machine loses its mind?
Classical hindustani glitchtronica.
According to its owner, Jesse Stiles, “My tabla machine, which i love dearly, has lost its freaking mind.
“It has a “composer” mode where you can program two beats of up to 100 steps each. I was programming a regular 32 step loop when it [...]