Glorious Noise July 2004

Cake: Revenge of the Nerds

Cake has managed to stick around for ten years. Johnny Loftus discovers the key to their longevity is their secret, tight-knit crowd of freaky-dancing fans.

My Head is the Event of the Season

Tribute shows can be cool when the variety of performers is mixed with the consistency of an inspired songwriter. Kristy Eldredge finds out what happens when a bunch of hipsters get together to cover Neil Young.

The Magnetic Fields - i

The Guardian Agrees: Jason Stollsteimer is a Baby

The Guardian likes our I Beat Up Jason Von Bondie T-Shirts. Thanks! I think Jack White would agree....

The Mooney Suzuki: Substitute

The visceral electricity that had once defined the Mooney Suzuki was painfully absent. Where once there was leather was now covered in pinwheels and orange; the quartet looked like "Hullabaloo" hopefuls dressed by clueless network executives.

John Darnielle on R Kelly's latest

Last Plane to Jakarta takes on R Kelly's latest single: "I can't decide whether it's extremely subtle or completely devoid of any subtlety whatsoever, which is the usual tension present in Kelly's best songs."...

Jesco White, the Dancing Outlaw, struggling

Jesco White, the Dancing Outlaw, finds hard times after glitter of cult fame fades. Write to him at PO Box 57, Peytona, WV 25154....

Junior Boys - Last Exit

P.J. Harvey - Uh Huh Her

Elliott Smith album details revealed

Elliott Smith's From a Basement on the Hill is set to be released on ANTI- records on October 19th, 2004. Details at sweetadeline.net. More info here....

Daedelus - Of Snowdonia

Make Believe - Make Believe

Notes on the Viability of Imitation

Stephen Macaulay muses over the ideas surrounding tribute concerts and tribute bands. What happens when a tribute goes too far? Is an accurate tribute ever better than the real thing?

MP3Blogs Aggregator

MP3Blogs Aggregator gathers feeds from several mp3 blogs....

RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke

Black Keys - The Lengths

"The Lengths" by Black Keys off Rubber Factory. Via Punknews....

Nedelle & Thom - In Time It Snows

"In Time It Snows" by Nedelle & Thom....

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: The First Rehearsal

Gary Benchley, Rock Star: The First Rehearsal with his yet-to-be-named band....

The Hives Make a Beautiful Mess

The Hives and the Sahara Hotnights visit Chicago and prove there's more to Swedish pop than Abba.

Uncle Tupelo Chickamauga Video

Uncle Tupelo - "Chickamauga" video (50MB Windows Media) live in 1994. We'll leave it up until we run out of bandwidth. Thanks to JHamm for encoding....