Glorious Noise March 2005

The OC: Sandford & Son

After a few weeks of caving in to lame clichés of standard TV drama, a hard rain finally fell over Newport and washed away some of the bullshit that's been building up over previous episodes.

Mountain Goats prepare tour-only vinyl LP

The Mountain Goats are preparing a limited-edition vinyl version of their new album, The Sunset Tree (due April 25 on 4AD), featuring "home-recorded versions of most of the songs and a few LP-only adult-contemporary love jams." Update!...

Black Lipstick - Grandma Airplane

"Grandma Airplane" by Black Lipstick courtesy of Insound. From the album Sincerely, Black Lipstick (Peek-A-Boo)....

Benchley: Meet the Label

Update: Rock Star Gary Benchley's True Identity Revealed!

Ralph Malph's 1976 Record

Empty-Handed discovers a 1976 Donny Most (a/k/a Ralph Malph) album and offers up an mp3 of "Hey Baby." Bad music, indeed....

Universal Music Group Video Policy

Adding one more nail to the major label coffin, the conglomorate that owns Interscope, Geffen, Lost Highway and several other labels has decided to start charging people to watch their music videos.

Decemberists - The Engine Driver

"The Engine Driver" by the Decemberists from Picaresque. Courtesy of Kill Rock Stars....

Quasar Wut-Wut's Taro Sound on iTunes

The first release on Glorious Noise Records, Taro Sound by Quasar Wut-Wut, is finally available on iTunes! It's still, of course, also available on cd....

Tommy Stinson: Pleased to Meet Him

Tommy Stinson has been playing in rock and roll bands since he was 13. Twenty-five years later, he still throws himself into impassioned, no-nonsense performances that can convert subdued crowds into throngs of noisy believers.

Johnny Loftus on MAN Inc.

Johnny Loftus covers MAN Inc. at the Hamtramck Blowout for Motor City Rocks. Check out "Blue Law Sunday" at download.com....

Meet John Doe, Sued by the RIAA

Meet John Doe - The RIAA runs its lawsuits as a volume business, and sometimes downloaders just gotta settle....

New York Times on Beck

Beck at a Certain Age - Profile from New York Times Magazine....

Biirdie - Morning Kills the Dark

Riviera - Revolution Blues

"Revolution Blues" by Riviera, live Neil Young cover from the show where they opened for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. More Riviera mp3s. They've got an album, At the End of American Century, coming out on April 5 on Glorious Noise Records....

Sights - Circus

"Circus" by the Sights from their self-titled album due April 12, 2005....

Iron & Wine - Woman King

Lee Hazlewood

"A Taste of You" by Lee Hazlewood from For Every Solution There's a Problem (City Slang). Via Audiofile....

Andrew Bird: The Stuff of Dreams Sung by Dreamy People

Andrew Bird has been making music for over a decade, playing his violin for everyone from the Squirrel Nut Zippers to the Handsome Family. And now he's getting the recognition he deserves as a frontman. Sarah Horne catches him in Wisconsin.

Benchley: Adjusting the Levels

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: Adjusting the Levels. Our hero heads into the studio and tries to find his voice....

John Darnielle on Fiona Apple

John Darnielle says "the new Fiona Apple is a fascinating and unique document" but its release is being held up indefinitely by the label: "Don't like the major labels? Downloading their releases while refusing to buy them won't help; to...

Help out an Uninsured Blogger

Gapers Block's creative director, Naz Hamid, was in a bad bicycle accident, spent a couple days in the hospital, and he has no insurance. Help him out if you can....

Albatross: The Eagles and the Power of Success

An "unauthorized" biography of the Eagles gets scrubbed clean after Warner Books buys out the original publisher. And Don Henley still tried to get it banned! In a new paperback edition, the author admits he was manipulated.

Interpol: We Refuse to be Ushered Out of the Discussion

Interpol seemed almost as bored as their audience in Milwaukee. They clearly have some kind of passion for something, otherwise they wouldn't be doing what they're doing. Right?

McSweeney's: Lyrics to "We Didn't Start the Fire" If They Were Written by a Muskrat

The Lyrics to the Billy Joel Song "We Didn't Start the Fire" If They Were Written by a Muskrat Instead of by Billy Joel....

The Decemberists - Picaresque

Davis, Devin - Iron Woman

"Iron Woman" by Devin Davis off Lonely People of the World, Unite! More Devin Davis mp3s....

Jimmy Chamberlin: Life Begins Again

A devout Pumpkinhead takes a stroll down the long road leading up to the Smashing drummer's solo debut: a heavy, progressive jazz-rock album.

Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence

Kasabian - Club Foot

"Club Foot" by Kasabian, courtesy of Insound. From their self-titled album on RCA. Sounds like the Happy Mondays....

Benchley: Working on the Mix

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: Working on the Mix...

Evan Dando and Sabrina Brooke - Summer Wine

"Summer Wine" by Evan Dando and Sabrina Brooke from Total Lee: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood (CitySlang). Via Audiofile....

Spoon - I Turn My Camera On

"I Turn My Camera On" by Spoon from Gimme Fiction. Due May 10, 2005....