Glorious Noise May 2006
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"Let's Get Out Of This Country" by Camera Obscura from Let's Get Out Of This Country, out 6/6/06 on Merge. "We'll find a cathedral so that you can convince me I am pretty." This is great pop. Lush strings, and...
By Jake Brown May 1, 2006
Don't Let Congress Shackle Digital Music - The "PERFORM Act" would permanently hobble your ability to record off the radio and force webcasters to use DRM formats. Just say no! It's easy and important....
By Jake Brown May 1, 2006
For the third year in a row, Stacey K. Anderson heads out into the desert to cover Coachella for Glorious Noise. It's getting more commercial, but you might still find enlightenment if you know where to look.
By Stacey K. Anderson May 4, 2006
Interview with Greil Marcus by Nate Seltenrich for rockcritics.com: "If people think that the time they're living in is dull compared to some mythical time they've heard about, then it's up to them to make it more interesting, or to...
By Jake Brown May 4, 2006
Lee Hartsfeld, a collector of rare music, calls out Johnny Cash for referring to a 1956 hymnal as "old" and claims that My Mother's Hymn Book is "a feast for the cliche-hungry" and "just awful."...
By Jake Brown May 5, 2006
Dirty Dozen, a poronographic playlist compiled by John Darnielle: "Properly assembled, though, an end-to-end sex jams tape will keep your date laughing in the car as you drive from the restaurant to the movie theater, from the movie theater to...
By Jake Brown May 8, 2006
Bored in the U.S.A. Is Axl Rose's refusal to release a new record a powerful work of art all its own?...
By Jake Brown May 8, 2006
Trent Reznor Collaborates With Saul Williams: "Both of us tend to go very hard, and together we've created something that sounds more beautiful than hard. It's a middle finger up to the idea of genre, yet a beautiful, long, loving...
By Jake Brown May 9, 2006
"The Henney Buggy Band" by Sufjan Stevens from The Avalanche, out July 11 on Asthmatic Kitty....
By Jake Brown May 9, 2006
Apple v Apple, Round 2: John Lennon invented the iPod! Who knew? Via sg....
By Jake Brown May 10, 2006
"Blackened Blue Eyes" by the Charlatans, off Simpatico, out now on Sanctuary....
By Jake Brown May 10, 2006
The music of two artists from Japan presents a globe absent of boundaries and borders. Shugo Tokumaru and Nujabes prove you don't have to be an anime geek to to appreciate what's coming across the ocean.
By Tom Mantzouranis May 11, 2006
Audiophiles Become Ipodiophiles: "The quality of the components used in the iPod are on the same level as low- to medium-priced audiophile gear. From the audio standpoint, iPod makes a very good source." The iMod hack seems a little bulky...
By Jake Brown May 16, 2006
"Hide & Seek" by The Eighteenth Day of May. Nice psych-folk-pop....
By Jake Brown May 16, 2006
Interview with Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las: "Right after Remember came out, James Brown hired us to do a Coliseum show in Texas. They had signs put up COLORED GIRLS' and WHITE GIRLS' bathrooms and I got in a huge...
By Jake Brown May 16, 2006
Edgar Bronfman, Indie Giant: "Through ADA, Warner Music wants to dominate indie music, the industry's fastest-growing segment, by signing deals with scores of small local and regional labels and getting retailers to stock the distinctive music of the fiercely independent...
By Jake Brown May 16, 2006

By Jeff Sabatini May 17, 2006
The Warlocks are being sued and they need your help. Buy some merch. If you're unfamiiar with the Warlocks, this 2002 article will fill you in. ...
By Jake Brown May 17, 2006
Legacy Preps Byrds Box - 4 CDs + 1 DVD, 99 tracks, due August 29. The Byrds: There is a Season "includes most of the original and bonus material that was featured on [previous deluxe] reissues and organizes them in...
By Jake Brown May 18, 2006
We Shall Overcome - Dave Marsh on Bruce Springsteen's new Seeger Sessions and its sources. Via rcd....
By Jake Brown May 18, 2006
Over at the national affairs desk, POLJUNK digs into Condoleezza Rice's "Ten Best musical works" that she chose for the Bono-edited edition of The Independent....
By Jake Brown May 18, 2006
Baghdad's Lionel Richie Obsession: "I'm huge, huge in the Arab world. The answer as to why is, I don't have the slightest idea." A follow-up to our previous report: Lionel Richie Rocks Libya - Seriously....
By Jake Brown May 19, 2006
It's been a while since we've updated you on what's shaking in Orange County, but Season Three sucked. In what may be the last "OC" piece you'll ever read on GLONO, the tag-team of Johnny Loftus and Jake Brown pound the final nails in the coffin.
By Johnny Loftus May 19, 2006
The Return of Califone: "We'll have a couple years where we make a bunch of records and do a bunch of tours, and then we'll lay low for a while. That seems to be the rhythm of Califone." Roots &...
By Jake Brown May 21, 2006
Three years ago, the Dixie Chicks, alienated the country music world with an inocuous comment about President Bush. With a new album due this week, anyone who thinks the Chicks are ready to repent and play nice had better think again.
By Derek Phillips May 22, 2006
"Little Elf" by The Out Crowd, Matt Hollywood's band, from Then I Saw the Holy City. More MP3s, myspace....
By Jake Brown May 23, 2006
Contest: Mash up the name of a book with the name of a band. E.g., The Who Moved My Cheese, The Old Man and The Sea and Cake, Charlie Daniels and the Chocolate Factory, and Bare Naked Lunch Ladies. Via...
By Jake Brown May 23, 2006
The Lascivious "Louie Louie" - The FBI had some dirty minds. My favorite verse: "Tonight at ten I'll lay her again / We'll fuck your girl and by the way / And ... on that chair I'll lay her there...
By Jake Brown May 26, 2006
What do you do when you plunk down several hundred dollars on media players that shit out on you within 18 months? The only thing we, the people, can do in Corporate Amerika: Complain.
By Derek Phillips May 30, 2006
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