Glorious Noise April 2005

Eels - Old Shit/New Shit and Hey Man

"Old Shit/New Shit" by the Eels from the double album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, due April 26. Also, "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)."...

Phil Taylor and The Astoria

Phil Taylor and The Astoria - Driving Audio Standards on the River Thames (PDF). Amazing interview from TapeOp with Pink Floyd's recording engineer and steward of an absurdly high-end recording studio. On a boat!...

Stephen Malkmus - "Baby C'mon"

"Baby C'mon" by Stephen Malkmus from Face the Truth (Matador) in stores May 24, 2005....

Interview with the Music Supervisor for The O.C.

You know what the best job in the world has got to be? Music Supervisor. Except when you have to do interviews to promote your show's latest cd release. Glorious Noise talks to Alexandra Patsavas.

Music From The O.C. Mix 4

Blivit - Unhand the World

2004 National Recording Registry

The Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board adds 50 recordings to its registry....

The Stella Link - Mystic Jaguar...Attack!!!

Medication: Buddyhead's MP3 Blog

Medication: Buddyhead's MP3 blog includes downloadable tracks by artists from Captain Beefhart and the Allman Brothers to New Order and Wolf Eyes....

The Murdocks - Surrenderender

Glorious Noise Release Party Wrapup

Last Saturday, Glorious Noise hosted a very special party at Schubas in Chicago to celebrate the release of the new Riviera album. If you couldn't make it, we'll make you feel like you were there.

Tijuana Hercules - Skinned Alive

"Skinned Alive" by Tijuana Hercules. More MP3s....

Who Owns Culture?

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and law professor Lawrence Lessig discuss file sharing and copyright law at the New York Public Library. But with all the talk about sampling and copying, did everyone forget about the music?

Benchley: The Commitments

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: The Commitments - "We had planned to buy our T-shirts from American Apparel, in order to avoid sweatshop labor, but when we saw the prices, we had to compromise on our principles and...

Riviera News

Riviera's new album debuted in the Top Ten for its week of release on Miles of Music's Top Sellers chart, and their song "Ashes on the Moon" was featured on WBEZ's Hello Beautiful. The album is now also available at...

Thrill Jockey - Looking for a Thrill DVD

Reid Jamieson - The Unavoidable Truth

Thom Yorke Photos by Andrew Kendall

Photos of Thom Yorke at Methodist Central Hall Westminster, 15th April 2005, where he played a new song called "House Of Cards."...

Hot Hot Heat - Elevator

The Beatles' 1965 Concert Rider

The Beatles' 1965 Concert Rider....

Pas/Cal - What Happened to the Sands

"What Happened to the Sands" by Pas/Cal from Oh Honey, We're Ridiculous. Via Fingertips....

29 Thoughts on the Apparent Sexiness of Britney Spears' Pregnancy

29 Thoughts on the Apparent Sexiness of Britney Spears' Pregnancy. By Adam Boyle....

Sleater-Kinney - Entertain

"Entertain" by Sleater-Kinney from The Woods courtesy of Subpop. Update: video too!...

White Stripes - Blue Orchid

Stream "Blue Orchid" by the White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan, due June 7 2005 on V2. You can also download "Blue Orchid" from iTunes for a buck....

Rock Star Gary Benchley's True Identity Revealed!

We've all been following the story on The Morning News for months. But now Glorious Noise has made a startling discovery about the real-life true story behind Gary Benchley, Rock Star.

Amazon interview with John Darnielle

Amazon interview with John Darnielle where you can also stream four full tracks from The Sunset Tree....

Fucked: the Motor City Music Conference

The long, sordid tale of how GLONO's own Riviera got screwed by the Motor City Music Conference and a two-bit local celebrity.

The Hold Steady - The Swish

"The Swish" from the Hold Steady's debut album, The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me. Their new album, Separation Sunday, comes out May 3....

The Sights - The Sights

New Arcade Fire video

The Arcade Fire video for "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" made by the same animation crew that made the "So Says I" video for the Shins. Via Stereogum....

Elvis Costello: This Could Be the Last Time

Elvis Costello and the Imposters put on the perfect rock and roll show in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And Stephen Macaulay might never bother seeing him in concert again. Why tamper with perfection?

Billy Joel, Driving Toward a Holiday Party

What I Would Be Thinking About If I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano. By Michael Ian Black....

Benchley: Right Before the Tour

The Letters of Gary Benchley, Rock Star: Right Before the Tour. Ah, the glory of indie-rock touring: the drugs, the groupies, the rock. But are all those things negated when you’re forced to wear costumes?...

Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

"Twin Cinema" by the New Pornographers from Twin Cinema due August 23, 2005 (Matador)....

M. Ward: Dusting the Bones

Tom Mantzouranis heads down to the Bowery Ballroom to discover that the immediacy found on M. Ward's records is really just Ward himself.