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Glorious Noise February 2007

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Prince Reigns at Super Bowl XLI

The Purple BadnessPrince steps into the cultural madness and freakshow that is the Super Bowl halftime event to show America what it means to blow this motherfucker out.

Happy Sixth Birthday to Glorious Noise

Rock and roll can change your life.If Glorious Noise was a kid he'd be in, like, first grade or something. Jeez, we've been doing this for a long time now. Six years!

Apple Wants to Ditch DRM

Steve Jobs calls on music industry to drop DRM: ""Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it?" Jobs wrote. "The simplest answer is because DRMs...


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Dressy Bessy on Daytrotter

Dressy Bessy did a Daytrotter session and recorded four live songs which you can download. Interview, too. I first heard about this band via Ken Tucker's Fresh Air review wherein he begged his listeners to buy Electrified instead of Coldplay's...


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Salford Lads Club, protected site

Salford Lads Club Famously used as the background of a group photo on the inner sleeve of The Queen Is Dead, we found the club in a sketchy neighborhood far away from anything even remotely touristy. Unless, of course, you're a Smiths fanatic.

The Fall - Reformation Post TLC

The Fall - Reformation Post TLCThe Fall - Reformation Post TLC (Slogan) The Fall is making some of its most respectable records in the autumn of Mark E. Smith's years. And it sounds like he’s having fun too.

Son Volt - The Search

Stream "The Search" (QT) by Son Volt from The Search, due March 6 on Sony Legacy. A few more songs are streaming on their web site. Sounds like Son Volt. Via cw....


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Air France - On Trade Winds

Air France - On Trade WindsAir France - On Trade Winds (Sincerely Yours) This is white-sand techno music, the type of stuff you can shake your ass to while trying not to spill the contents of your margarita.


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Quasar Wut-Wut photos

Flickr user kirstiecat has posted a Quasar Wut-Wut photoset. MP3: Quasar Wut-Wut - Enola Gay. From Taro Sound (Glorious Noise Records). If you're in Chicago, they're playing a Radio Free Chicago/Bandwidth show tomorrow (Feb. 22) at Subterranean with the Bitter...


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Where's Mulder When You Need Him?

Gee, I wonder how this happens? Let’s see. . .CBS is broadcasting the Grammy Awards (Notice: “Grammy” is a registered trademark, so if you have a propensity to refer to an aged maternal relative with that term, beware, you may...


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Recently around the GLONO Empire...

Since there's more to life than music you know (but not much more), Glorious Noise runs a couple of subsidiary sites, POLJUNK, our National Affairs Desk, and the Out Route, our Sports Desk. Here's what's been going on outside this...


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EMI Might Ditch DRM

Sources: EMI May Announce Support For MP3 [T]he label said in a statement that it has been experimenting with MP3 releases from Norah Jones, Lily Allen and Relient K. "The results, so far, have been very positive and the response...

The 49th Annual Grammy Awards

Justin Timberlake at the 2007 GrammysA stream of conscious report of the recording industry's biggest night with much love going to Jesus and Mary J. Blige. But why did Prince hold out on us?

Forkast Highlights

Some recent good stuff from Forkcast : • Of Montreal - "No Conclusion" from Icons, Abstract Thee, exclusively available from Polyvinyl online. • Frog Eyes - "Bushels" from Tears of the Valedictorian, due May 1 on Absolutely Kosher. • Lee...


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Police Tour Dates Announced

The NME is reporting that the Police have indeed confirmed the long rumored tour dates. The band's first tour in nearly 25 years kicks off in Vancouver on May 28. After a string of dates in Canada, the band will...


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White Stripes sign to Warner

Billboard: The White Stripes are close to inking a long-term, multi-million dollar deal with Warner Bros. Not quite sure what a major label can offer an already established band like the White Stripes. But I'm guessing the "multi-million dollar" thing...


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Wormburner - A Hero's Welcome

Wormburner - A Hero's WelcomeWormburner - A Hero's Welcome (Dive) A fun power-pop band that your frat-boy brother would love to play at his next kegger.

John Cougar Mellencamp in Vanity Fair

John Mellencamp: One from the Heartland - "Chevrolet has been a better record company than Columbia Records ever was to me," he says....

New Golden Smog EP

Golden Smog will release Blood on the Slacks on April 24. "Two songs —'Look at You Now' and 'Can't Even Tie Your Own Shoes'—were recorded during sessions for 2006's Another Fine Day. The new project, an eight-song 'mini-album,' includes covers...


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Andre Williams with the Diplomats Of Solid Sound - Aphrodisiac

Andre Williams - AphrodisiacAndre Williams with the Diplomats of Solid Sound - Aphrodisiac (Pravda) The 70-year-old brings back the groove with the help of some Iowa music veterans.

Elliott Smith Rarities Comp from KRS

New Moon, a new Elliott Smith compilation of recordings made for Kill Rock Stars between 1995 and 1997, is due May 8, according to Billboard. His albums for KRS, Elliott Smith and Either/Or, are two of the best albums of...

Jeremy Enigk - World Waits

Jeremy Enigk - World WaitsJeremy Enigk - World Waits (Lewis Hollow) A swirling dreamland of sugary harmonies and grand soundscapes soar and surround you.

Bright Eyes - Smoke without Fire

Bright Eyes - "Smoke without Fire" (featuring M Ward) from the Four Winds EP, due March 6 on Saddle Creek. Another pretty folk song from Conor Oberst with a kind of Leonard Cohen vibe. MP3 courtesy of Ampcamp....

Maldroid and YouTube Redefine Paying Dues

Video Made the Radio Star by GLONO alum Nate Seltenrich. Nate tells us, "This is a cover story I wrote, published today in the East Bay Express, about an Oakland pop-rock band that took a path to success unlike any...

Apostle of Hustle - A Rent Boy Goes Down

Apostle of Hustle - "A Rent Boy Goes Down" from National Anthem of Nowhere out March 6 on Arts & Crafts. MP3 courtesy of Ampcamp....

The Pretenders - II

The Pretenders - IIThe Pretenders - II (Rhino) The last album to feature the original line-up is reissued with a an additional disc of bonus tracks.

We miss you, Dr. Thompson

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson killed himself two years ago today. We miss him a lot, especially as the presidential race is starting to warm up. While it's depressing to think we'll never be able to read his thoughts on Barack...

Bound Stems - Appreciation Night

Bound Stems - Appreciation NightBound Stems - Appreciation Night (Flameshovel) An intricate production with all the trappings of a jumbled mess, but rich with hidden rewards.

The Jam (minus Paul Weller) Reuniting

Two-Thirds Of The Jam Reuniting For Tour. Bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler are reuniting for a U.K. tour, accompanied by singer/guitarist Russell Hastings and guitarist/keyboardist Dave Moore. Just like Creedence Clearwater Revisited!...


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Quasar Wut-Wut podcast

Radio Free Chicago podcast with Quasar Wut Wut wherein they talk and play a couple songs including the new, unreleased track "Ms. Brown." So that's what those photos were from. Remember: If you're in Chicago, they're playing a Radio Free...


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GLONO Interview: Joe Sepi, Organizer of Tribute to Michael Dahlquist

Molto Amore: A Salut! To SilkwormOn March 3, several bands who were close to the Silkworm family will pay tribute to the band whose drummer was killed two years ago by a suicidal driver. We interview the event's organizer.


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Bright Eyes - Four Winds

Bright Eyes - "Four Winds". This is the third song (out of six) from the Four Winds EP, due March 6 on Saddle Creek, to be legitimately offered up for free download. Update: Video after the jump... Previously: "Smoke without...


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Shearwater - Palo Santo

Shearwater - Palo SantoShearwater - Palo Santo (Misra) Carefully placed reverb, antiquated string instruments and the occasional bits of shortwave radio noise combine with narcotic falsetto to create a captivating album.

Democracy Delayed Yet Again

Like a bad joke that gets funnier with every telling, Guns N' Roses has pushed back the release date for Chinese Democracy yet again. As the March 6 release date looms I guess the pressure was just too much and...


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Expert P.R. advice for Britney

Public relations gurus Lizzie Grubman, Ronn Torossian, and Matthew Traub tell Britney Spears how to handle her press issues: "Showing a little motherly love would be appropriate, but I don't think that is the only silver bullet. It's a mix...

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Arcade Fire has crafted an intellectual, creative, and almost entirely boring second album.

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even SankModest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Sony) Not only is this the band's most musically accomplished and mature album, it's catchy as fuck.

New David Bromberg

David Bromberg, whose song "Sharon" (iTunes) was sampled by the Beastie Boys for the main loop in "Johnny Ryall" (iTunes) is releasing his first album in 17 years. Try Me One More Time, an acoustic collection of one Bromberg original...


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More Fun with Forkast

Some recent good stuff from Forkcast: • Great Lake Swimmers - "Your Rocky Spin" from Onigiara, due 05/08/07 on Nettwerk. • Of Montreal - "Green Typewriter Suite" Olivia Tremor Control cover live in Dallas. • Ted Leo - "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.(1954)" alternate...


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Neil Young Archives - Live at Massey 1971

Following on the heels of the Fillmore disc, Neil Young is set to release another concert recording from what many to be his Golden Era. Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 is slated for a March 13 release and...

Laugh Laugh*

Louis Theroux - The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures Once this was all somewhat funny. And now it is not. Nor is Theroux.

On POLJUNK and the Out Route recently

Every once in a while, we like to remind you about our subsidiary sites, POLJUNK, our National Affairs Desk, and the Out Route, our Sports Desk. There's more to life than music you know (but not much more). Check out...


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