Glorious Noise December 2004

Walkmen - Christmas Party

"Christmas Party" by the Walkmen....

New Iron and Wine EP

New Iron & Wine EP, "Woman King," due Feb. 22 on Sub Pop....

McCartney: After the Ball

McCartney — After the Ball - Stylus Magazine assesses Paul's solo output. It's fair and sharp, which is all too rare when discussing the "cute" Beatle....

Benchley: Finding a Manager

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: Finding a Manager - In a perpetual state of flipout, our hero sculpts the unique, simple, evocative, electric-guitar-free indie-pop (with prog leanings) sound of Schizopolis. Go, Benchley, go....

Loch Lomond - When We Were Mountains

John Darnielle on Analog vs. Digital

Last Plane to Jakarta: Bits - "It takes as much skill to make a decent digital recording as it does to make a decent analog one... You don't save any time, or money, or face if the recording you end...

Kimya Dawson: Baby Baby Oh Baby

Glorious Noise was almost run out of town the last time we criticized a Moldy Peach. The truth hurts sometimes. Kristy Eldredge takes a fair and balanced look at Kimya Dawson at a recent show in Brooklyn.

Ragz Mo' Rocka - Rising of the Pheonix

Revolution Rock

Revolution Rock - The Morning News traces the history of South American social uprising, and explains how rock music helped fuel the revolution....

Excerpt from the book "Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story"

Weezer: Out of the Garage - An excerpt from the book Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story....

Don't believe the hype

Don't believe the hype - The Guardian slams the Strokes, James Brown, the Clash, Pet Sounds, the Stone Roses and lots of other rock icons....

Merge Unearths Dinosaur Jr Reissues

Merge reissues first 3 Dinosaur Jr albums on March 22, remastered and with bonus tracks....

Benchley: The Waiting

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: The Waiting - On the heels of sudden success—a good show, a potential manager—arrives doubt, fear, and the means for everything to fall apart. Aspiring music god Gary Benchley discovers his dream of...

Whadya Lookin' For?

Search engine Lycos releases its list of top 50 search terms for the year 2004. Glorious Noise examines the list to find a few surprises. And some stuff that's just plain embarrassing.

Bon Jovi - 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong

Spoon - Revenge!

"Revenge!" by Spoon, from The Wired CD, a collection of songs produced under the Creative Commons License....

Top Shelf 2004

If you've been reading Glorious Noise for a while, you'll remember that we don't get too uptight about our top ten lists for the end of the year. But this is the stuff that moved us in 2004. Be sure to add your own faves in the comments.

Mos Def - The New Danger

The Wrens: It's Easy When You've Been Given Such Charms

Longtime GLONO message board member Stephan LaJaunie gets down with the Garden State's most beloved underground export, The Wrens. If ever we had an example of "doing it for the music," the Wrens are surely it.

Liz Phair, the Dixie Chicks and America's Recent Culture Wars

Perfect Sound Forever: Wide Open Exile: Liz Phair, the Dixie Chicks and America's Recent Culture Wars by Caryn Brooks....

The OC: Nobody Puts Julie Cooper in a Corner

In this hectic time of holiday frenzy, it's tough to set aside the time for good bad television. In case you missed anything, Glorious Noise offers this mid-season "O.C." recap.

Milton and the Devils Party - What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?

Wilco - A Magazine Called Sunset

"A Magazine Called Sunset" by Wilco, from the now free-to-download More Like the Moon EP....

Courtney Love Talks New Album

Courtney Love Talks New Album - Post-"coke-nutbag breakdown," she teams with Billy Corgan (again) and disses Dave Grohl (again)....

Lil Jon - Crunk Juice / Saul Williams - Saul Williams

Flaming Lips cover the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"

Stream the Lips covering the Stripes: "Seven Nation Army" (Real). Throw in some Butthole Surfers references and a little political mumbo jumbo and they've got themselves a hit! Via NME....

Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management

Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management - DRM doesn't make more content available; it doesn't make it cheaper; and the features that make DRM palatable to the market today can be rescinded tomorrow. Update: More....