Best albums of the 1990s
Best albums of the 1990s: Unpop.com's best independent releases and Nude as the News' list that includes the majors. [via pptl]...
Est. 2001
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Glorious Noise January 2002« December 2001 | Archives | February 2002 » Collector ScumYeah, this site hasn't been updated in almost two years, but it's still as punk rock as a Web site can be: collectorscum.com.... An unbelievably awful-sounding tapeLast Plane to Jakarta has an unbelievably great new article about an unbelievably awful-sounding tape. Yes, a cassette tape. By a band called therefore. Yes, with a period at the end. Be sure to read his pop-up annotations. They're wonderful.... Grasp the RockWeezer Lets the Hardcore Fans Produce their New Album Weezer's "Green" album, which ranked 83rd in Billboard's top albums of 2001, disappointed many of the band's original fans—myself included—because of its repetitive song structures, dispassionate singing, impersonal lyrics, simplistic... Advertisement
Futures of MusicFutures of Music - a great article from the Times (free registration required). Includes picture of Ian MacKaye.... CALL ME DIDDYCALL ME DIDDY The 29th Annual American Music Awards Drive Home the Point: Being a Celebrity Sucks. Johnny Loftus Everyone has dreams of Celebrity. Publicly or in private, we all eventually indulge the daydream of becoming a revered tap dancer/rock... Find the cost of freedomFind the cost of freedom buried in the ground.... The Reel WorldThe Reel World Television is an entertainment medium. With the exception of ostensible news programs (let's not overestimate the veracity of them: there is an array of reasons why the networks can be less than forthright in providing the "news"... Sympathy for the DevilWe just can't stop talking (or reading) about this damned song. One of the greatest rock songs written gets another look.... Heavy MetalHeavy Metal Word on the street is that when Cadillac prepares to launch its SRX, which is a variant of a sport utility vehicle that's somewhat smaller than an Escalade, it will be doing so with the background music of... DOCTOR, DOCTOR, GIVE ME THE NEWSDOCTOR, DOCTOR, GIVE ME THE NEWS Truthful Music Industry Press Conferences? Welcome To The Machine. Johnny Loftus The music industry needs their own Ari Fleischer. As White House press secretary, Fleischer meets with the national and international press to answer... Look at Us!The Chicago contingent of the Glorious Noise posse. Update: a few more photos, this time from the Blue Ribbon Brothers show at the Edgewater Lounge. [Full disclosure: Derek Phillips (a.k.a. Phil) is both a contributor to Glorious Noise as well... Defacing BritneyDefacing Britney: A Look at New York's Newest Folk Art - from Mr. Beller's Neighborhood.... Three new albums from Jay BennettThree new albums from Jay Bennett this year? Wow.... Yellow Matter Custard. . .Yellow Matter Custard. . . While doing a bit of research for something other than this, I chanced upon the John Lennon biography on the Rolling Stone website. Prior to reading it, I anticipated that the unsigned item would be... SMILING THROUGH THE PAINSMILING THROUGH THE PAIN Annika Bentley — Live at the Abbey Pub, Chicago, 1/24/02 Johnny Loftus Annika Bentley is a young artist creating insightful, pretty music that will inevitably be compared to nebulously similar musics, previously created by female... 30,000 Glorious Noise fans30,000 Glorious Noise fans can't be wrong - Thanks, everybody!... Nonesuch reveals Wilco's new albumNonesuch reveals Wilco's new album cover art.... "24 and there's so much more""24 and there's so much more" Like becoming completely out of touch and irrelevant: Today on NPR on my drive to work, I heard a segment about Hot Topic, the chain of teen-focused mall stores that sell rebellious music-related clothing... Brian's TilesBrian's Tiles - purchase a tile from Brian Jones' swimming pool at Cotchford Farm in Sussex.... ARE THE BRITISH COMING?ARE THE BRITISH COMING? Coldplay and Starsailor make a case for intelligent music on the radio. Johnny Loftus For a few years in the mid 90s, Oasis had its moment in the American sun. With the larger US pop audience... |
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