Glorious Noise March 2004

The Mountain Goats: Documenting sordid little scenes in living color

The Mountain Goats roll their old-time revival into Chicago for a show at the Empty Bottle, and John Darnielle and Peter Hughes let us know that we shall all be healed.

1974 Interview with Jack Nitzsche

1974 Crawdaddy interview with Jack Nitzsche....

Coldplay - Live 2003

Shins - Kissing the Lipless

The Shins - Kissing the Lipless via Subpop. By way of Fingertips....

Elliott Smith 7" Back in Print

Elliott Smith's 2003 single, "Pretty (Ugly Before)" b/w "A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free," is back in print on Suicide Squeeze Records. Get it while you can....

The Grey Album: The Return of Sampling, The End of New Music, and The Fall of Western Civilization

DJ Danger Mouse has created the most significant rap album since Paul's Boutique, and the only one that can lay claim to a significant political stance in the upcoming battle over copyright laws.

Kanye West - The College Dropout

Phantom Planet: Escape to The OC

The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th installments of a guilty pleasure that's tailored not only to the 99 percenters, the dullards, but also those highfalutin track jacket-wearing motherfuckers you see skulking at Diesel with cigarette eyes.

Wright, Shannon - Black Little Stray

Shannon Wright - Black Little Stray via Touch & Go. By way of Fingertips....

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Decemberists - Grace Cathedral Hill

The Decemberists - "Grace Cathedral Hill" via Hush Records. By way of Fingertips....

Acoustic Bright Eyes Disappoints

Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket and M. Ward come together on an acoustic tour that was supposed to celebrate a passion for music and camaraderie. Someone should've told Conor Oberst.

Kill Your Idols

Kill Your Idols - "A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics." A collection of all negative reviews!...

Pilot To Gunner - Get Saved

Marcie Loves Chachi

The Von Bondies shake the Magic Stick, playing a preamble to their inevitable summer tour for a largely happy-for-them hometown crowd made even larger by the influx of suburban blank slates who'd heard their single on the FM radio.

Wired on Piracy

The history of piracy in the content industry - "Every important sector of big media today - film, music, radio, and cable TV - was born of a kind of piracy." By Lawrence Lessig....

Okkervil River - "It Ends With A Fall"

Okkervil River - "It Ends With A Fall" via Jagjaguwar Records. By way of Fingertips. (More mp3s.)...

Mission of Burma - Wounded World and Dirt

Mission of Burma - "Wounded World" and "Dirt" via Matador. By way of Fingertips....

Jet - Get Born

Jay-Zeezer

Jay-Zeezer - The story of how an Indie Rocker learned to like Rap Music....

Intersexion - Liz Licks GR

Liz Phair plays nasty in the world's haven for Reformed Christianity and the social conservatism that comes with it: Grand Rapids, Michigan. The kneepads aren't for praying, mister.

Wilco - Cars Can't Escape

Wilco - "Cars Can't Escape" from the YHF sessions. (M4A too.) Via Wilcoworld....

The Heart of Rock and Roll

Dr. David Thorpe uses the power of scientific analysis to determine which band will be the true savior of rock and roll....

Elliott Smith's Studio For Sale

Elliott Smith's recoding studio is for sale....

I Walked Off to Look for America

The emotional distance between an estranged father and a daughter of divorce can be wider than the Atlantic Ocean. Can Charley Patton and Cat Power help to bridge the gap and salve the feelings of abandonment?

Multimedia-enhanced 80s Records

Multimedia-enhanced 80s Records - Almost impossible to believe, but apparently some records from the late 70s and early 80s contain computer programs as part of the audio. Insane!...

Making It

So what does it take to be a musician? We take a look at Lyle Lovett's career and wonder whether or not his comfortable-but-marginal success could be repeated in today's consolidated recording industry.

Tristeza - Espuma

I Beat Up Jason Von Bondie t-shirts

I Beat Up Jason Von Bondie t-shirts. Design by Matt Ardinger. ...

BannedMusic.org

BannedMusic.org - Download banned albums via BitTorrent and then leave your torrents open so other folks can download them too....

Moore, Abra - "I Win"

Abra Moore - "I Win" via the Village Voice. By way of Fingertips....

Broken Social Scene - Bee Hives

The OC: What's Your Obsession?

Escape once again from actionable intelligence and political stammering with another installment of our "OC" post-game. The clunkiest melodrama is magically transformed into compelling television – it's the world's best fantasy league.

Music Memorabilia Auction

An amazing collection of music memorabilia is up for auction. Includes guitars from Kurt Cobain and Gram Parsons, tons of Beatles stuff, Funk Brother James Jamerson's upright bass, and lots more. Wow....

Early May - Stay Off Your Heels

One More From the Road

In response to our article where we explored the origins of yelling "Freebird" at shows, Emily Bohannon, a nice southern girl, sent us this email. To her and her father, the song is more than just a lame gag uttered from the lips of drunken dopes.

Darkness: The Milk's Gone Good

Live in Pontiac, Michigan, the Darkness proves that — in spite of the hype — they're just a hardworking band, here to have fun and rock. In catsuits...

Elf Power - Never Believe

Elf Power - "Never Believe" via their website. By way of Fingertips....