Glorious Noise December 2003

Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love

The Strokes - Room on Fire

IRS - Welcome to Planet IRS

RIAA Information Awareness Activism

RIAA Information Awareness Activism from Downhill Battle and RIAA Radar....

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

Paul Westerberg - Come Feel Me Tremble

And the Ground Will Burn Beneath Their Feet

It's rare that something truly odd arrives in the Glorious Noise PO box. A package containing the music of "Deepgrave min og dog" caught the eye of Johnny Loftus.

Christgau hits an easy target: webzines

Dean of Schlock Christgau hits an easy target: webzines. If anyone deserves a googlebomb......

Mather, Cotton - Lost My Motto

Lost My Motto by Cotton Mather via Rainbow Quartz. (Recommended by Fingertips.)...

Brian Jonestown Massacre Is Our Music

Brian Jonestown Massacre releases the scariest batch of love songs since Charlie went down. Derek Phillips thinks it is beautiful.

Wilco's Other Voice: John Stirratt

Wilco's Other Voice: John Stirratt...

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham DVD

Dondero, David - Ashes on the Highway

Ashes on the Highway by David Dondero via Future Farmer. By way of Fingertips....

New Two Cow Garage

In February Two Cow Garage (GLONO review) will begin recording their second album at The Echo Lab outside of Denton, TX with Slobberbone's Brent Best producing and Centro-Matic's Matt Pence engineering....

Help the Girls Rock Institute!

The Girls Rock Institute's fledgling library needs materials. They are looking for all kinds of donations, so those of you in bands might want to send your cds to the library collection.

Good to Kind of Be The King

Good to Kind of Be The King - Interview with a more creative Elvis impersonator....

Bettie Serveert - Unsound

Unsound by Bettie Serveert via Audiogalaxy. By way of Fingertips....

Zebrahead - MFZB

Jack White Beats Up A Von Bondie

Jack White Beats Up A Von Bondie at the Magic Stick. More....

A Message from Glorious Noise

2003 has been an exciting year for Glorious Noise: custom t-shirts, contests, reviews, Google ads, RSS feeds, more MP3s. By Jake Brown.

Hem - Half Acre

Half Acre by Hem via Audiogalaxy. By way of Fingertips....

Independents Lost

Earlier this month, there was an announcement that Sony and Bertelsmann were getting together to form a new music company. Stephen Macaulay thinks we're doomed.

The Gits - Enter: The Conquering Chicken

What a Crappy Present

What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids. Via Metafilter....

The Casket Lottery - Possiblies And Maybes

Gay Marriage Poll

The American Family Association, an uptight, anti-freedom organization, is having a poll on gay marriage to send the results to Congress. They believe there's a Gay Agenda. Vote now....

Ladybug Transistor - Song for the Ending Day

Song for the Ending Day by the Ladybug Transistor. By way of Fingertips....

Wrens - Everyone Chooses Sides

The Wrens - Everyone Chooses Sides via Absolutely Kosher. By way of Fingertips....

2003: Who's Better Who's Better Who's - Ah, Who Cares

Johnny Loftus looks back at 2003 and forward to 2004, conjuring so many pop cultural highpoints it'll shake your brain...like a Polaroid picture.

Favourite Scribings of 2003

Jason Gross, founder of Perfect Sound Forever, has compiled a long list of his "Favourite Scribings" of the past year. Our own Johnny Loftus gets a nod....

GLONO's Top Stuff of 2003

The staff of Glorious Noise makes their Top 10 lists for 2003.

Johnny Cash mugshot

Johnny Cash's mugshot from a 1965 drug bust....

Farley, Mary Ann - For You To Do That

For You To Do That by Mary Ann Farley via Fish Records. By way of Fingertips....