Glorious Noise March 2006

Jack White, Billy Childish Feud

Jack White vs. Billy Childish. This could get ugly. Jack's message. Update: Childish strikes back! Update #2: White calls in the lawyers!...

Hummer vs. Indie Rock Integrity

Bah Hummer - Indie rockers reject big money from the king of gas guzzlers. 50-large would buy a lot of High Life. Would you say no? Via lhb....

Chuck Klosterman On NIN in SPIN

Klosterman in Spin: "I sometimes think it would be to my benefit if I never listened to any album until two years have passed since its release date. I suspect I would avoid a lot of crap whose only value...

Editors - Munich

"Munich" by the Editors from The Back Room. Via Fingertips....

Arctic Monkeys: Feel Flows

Music obsessives not only listen to music, they analyze it and attach personal relevance to it, creating non-linear relations between genres and artists. So where on your CD rack do you put the Arctic Monkeys?

Johnny Cash, Personal File

Johnny Cash's Vault Opens - Revelatory, stripped-down tapes from the early 1970s discovered in archive: "Personal File delivers a Cash even his most devoted fans have never heard before: at the height of his career and vocal power, telling the...

RIAA: Fostering the Climate

The RIAA says its mission is "to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes [its] members' creative and financial vitality." How's that?

Poet Ivor Cutler Dead at 83

Legendary poet and musician Ivor Cutler dies. Hearing him read is the best, but his Glasgow Dreamer is an essential read. Lots of audio here....

Liz Phair Named in Payola Suit along with Avril and Jessica

Liz Phair named in new payola lawsuit along with Avril Lavigne and Jessica Simpson. So that's how you explain hearing "Why Can't I" and "Extraordinary" on the radio. Busted!...

Black Sabbath 1971 Rolling Stone profile

How Black Was My Sabbath - "Twelve homesick hours with the dark princes of downer rock" from Rolling Stone in 1971: "They're dynamite, man. They're what's happening. They got it together, they're a cool group. I dig 'em, man, they're...

Intonation, Pitchfork and Lollapalooza 2006: Chicago Rocks

Jeez, between Intonation in June (Streets, Bloc Party), Pitchfork in July (Mountain Goats, Ted Leo, Spoon), and Lollapalooza in August (tba), it's going to be a rocking fucking summer in Chicago. So who's all going to which festivals?...

Ryan Adams Fans Busted by Feds

Feds bust fans for pirated Ryan Adams tunes: "RIAA chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol said the indictments were particularly gratifying as they come from the heart of music country." Remember kids, be careful out there. The Man is out to...

Simon Joyner - One For the Catholic Girls

"One For the Catholic Girls" by Simon Joyner from Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999, out now on Jagjaguwar....

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Isaac Hayes Intolerant of Intolerance

Isaac Hayes is quitting South Park due to the show's "intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs." Oops! Don't fuck with those Scientologists....

Belle and Sebastian: Cuckoo at the Ceilidh

Belle and Sebastian glam it up in Chicago but retain what's always made them interesting: their charming, crafty pop songs. The New Pornographers, meanwhile, need to figure out how to put on a show.

The Latest in the Jack White/Billy Childish Row

A Childish spat: 'Whingy' White calls in the lawyers - The latest in the ongoing feud between Jack White and Billy Childish. Previously. Update: Round two....

Dave Chappelle's Block Party: Bigger Than Hip-Hop

What would you do if you had a million dollars? If you were Dave Chappelle, you'd throw a big-ass party in Brooklyn and invite all your favorite groups to perform. And have a blast!

Lollapalooza 2006 complete lineup

Lollapalooza has announced the full 2006 lineup....

OK Go: Damian Kulash arrested

OK Go singer arrested in Florida for not submitting to the inane demands of over-aggressive cops. "'What part of move don't you understand?" Mugshot....

Dynamic Range: Louder But Not Better

What Happened To Dynamic Range? "Our music today doesn't have any life. It's been squashed to death. There's no excitement, no texture, and certainly no reason to buy it." Louder does not equal better....

Hedi Slimane New Yorker Profile

New Yorker profile of fashion designer Hedi Slimane: "He will also sometimes cast band members as models, or seat them in the front row, so that the aging pashas of Paris couture (and aging rock stars) get to witness the...

AM/FM: The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

AM/FM abandoned the music scene in favor of a "normal" life. But now, a few years later, they're poised to pick up where they left off. Glorious Noise interviews Brian Sokel.

Douglas Coupland interviews Morrissey

Papal attraction - Douglas Coupland interviews Morrissey: "Morrissey is interview-proof. Don't bother. He's not an asshole and he's not the Dalai Lama, but you could interview him for a thousand years and you'd learn nothing." Via lhb....

The Shangri-Las' Mary Weiss Signs to Norton

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, has signed to Norton Records. This spring in New York, she'll begin recording her first new material since 1965, backed up by Memphis punks the Reigning Sound with Billy Miller and Greg Cartwright...

Elefant's Lolita video (nsfw - nudity)

Stream the director's cut of Elefant's new video for "Lolita" (Windows, Real, QT). As you'd expect, it contains brief nudity (boobs). MP3. From The Black Magic Show....

Billy Bragg Salon Interview

3 Questions for Billy Bragg: "[T]he true enemy of those of us who wished to make a better world were not the conservatives -- neo or cultural -- nor the capitalists -- corporate or alternative -- but the cynics: Those...

Canadian RIAA Proves P2P Helps

Canadian record industry's own study suggests file sharing might actually increase sales. The pollster denies this, but their arguments are debunked....

Flaming Lips Book Contest: Staring at Sound

Two lucky winners will receive a copy of Staring at Sound, the new Flaming Lips biography by Jim DeRogatis! Staring at Sound site Jim DeRogatis' site Purchase from Amazon...

Mountain Goats new EP, album coming soon

The Mountain Goats have announced a new EP, an upcoming album, and a west coast tour: "The EP's called Babylon Springs, and it has four new songs plus a cover of a Trembling Blue Stars number. 4AD and Beggars Banquet...

New short film by GLONO founder

Watch Foreman, a nine-minute documentary by Glorious Noise co-founder and current New York Times stringer, Jeff Sabatini. Soundtrack by GLONO recording artists, Riviera....

New Raconteurs video, cover art: Steady, As She Goes

New video for the Raconteurs (Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al) first single, "Steady, As She Goes" (QT, Win). Also, download the single from iTunes. Cover art:...

Intonation Music Festival Interview from Chicagoist

Chicagoist interviews Intonation's organizers. And the claws come out quick: "We do find it interesting that although Pitchfork is supposed to be an authority on music news, they haven't reported anything about our festival." Intonation lineup....

Warner Music buying Rykodisc

Warner Music is buying Rykodisc for $67.5 million. Rykodisc owns Frank Zappa's catalog and controls Restless Records (Replacements, etc.). What's going to happen to those green-tinted jewel cases?...

Pete Doherty Rolling Stone profile

Over the Edge With Pete Doherty - A sensationalist and humorless Rolling Stone profile wherein our doomed protagonist does drugs, drives his Jag, and behaves erratically. "Just take your shoes off, please."...

Billy Bragg - The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie

"The Lonesome Death of Rachel Corrie" by Billy Bragg from Guardian Unlimited Arts. Also: "Bush War Blues" from Bragg's new label, Anti....

Chuck Klosterman's Final Spin Column

Klosterman gets heavy in his final column for Spin. Also: why he left. One more thing: Chuck's review of Chinese Democracy. April Fool!...

People In Planes - As Far As the Eye Can See

Swizzle Stick interview with Warrant's Joey Allen

After waiting nearly 18 years for the opportunity, Swizzle Stick interviews Warrant, "the band that got me through my senior year of high school."...

Carl Barat's Post-Libertines Band: Dirty Pretty Things

Carl Barat Finds Life After the Libertines with Dirty Pretty Things: "It comes from the ethos and way of life as the Libertines -- but it's also completely different. There's urgency, passion and romance." Their official site has news and...

Stars: More Songs About Love and Sex

Stars, a band that puts even Belle & Sebastian to shame when it comes to twee, are great songwriters, and their cinematic electro-pop can weaken even the most cynical music fans, as GLONO discovers at Webster Hall in New York.

Replacements Reunion

Replacements Reunite For New Songs - Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars recorded two new songs for a best of comp due June 13. Josh Freese played drums; Mars sang backing vocals....

Beastie Boys interview in Onion AVC

A fantastic Beastie Boys interview that goes a long way to prove it's possible to age gracefully and still be funny, relevant, and cool....

Courtney Sells Nirvana Rights

Courtney sells Nirvana publishing - Love sold 25% of her share for $50+ million: "My goal is to keep the music very true to who the songwriter was and what his passions and tastes would be," Mestel adds, "and to...