Glorious Noise May 2007

Van Morrison - At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits

Van Morrison - At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits (Manhattan) A pointless greatest hits collection under the guise of Van’s music featured in films, randomly substituting live versions of songs.

Handsome Furs - What We Had

MP3: Handsome Furs - "What We Had" from Plague Park, out May 22 on Sub Pop. Includes the guy from Wolf Parade. For fans of Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, and that whole new breed of yelping Talking Heads fans. No...

Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis

Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (Rough Trade) Cocker finds himself a little bit older, a little tired of singing about drugs and empty sex, and focuses more on the personal, human sides of these people.

New Beastie Boys Album: The Mix Up

What's up with the new Beastie Boys album? The NME claims The Mix Up will "hark to the style of the band's classic albums Check Your Head and Paul's Boutique." Contradicting this, they quote Mike D saying, "We play instruments...

Hats Off to Jenny

When we think of Jenny McCarthy, it isn’t—um, entirely—due to her appearance as Miss October 1993. No, we recall her many turns on various MTV programs, back when MTV actually interrupted its music with shows, like Singled Out. When we...

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (Capitol) Dance music with enough substance for it to be played for many years to come.

Question Mark Benefit in Kalamazoo

Everybody who's within driving distance from Kalamazoo, Michigan, should head out to Kraftbrau Brewery on Saturday night for a fantastic fundraising event for Detroit 60s punk, Question Mark, who lost his home, his dogs, and all of his possessions in...

1989 Uncle Tupelo Video

Wow. Almost 20 years ago! Check out this great Cable Access footage of Uncle Tupelo back before they released their first album, No Depression. They talk a little and play "Graveyard Shift" and "Factory Belt." Dig Jay's badass guitar strap!...

Nick Drake - They're Leaving Me Behind

MP3: Nick Drake - "They're Leaving Me Behind" from the upcoming compilation, Family Tree, due June 19 on Tsunami LG/Fontana. Lo-fi, unreleased goodness that's been making the rounds on the bootleg circuit for years. Press release after the jump... ...

New Order No More

From the “I Thought They Were Already Dead” file, news from the UK is that Manchester legends New Order have broken up. “Again??” you say. “I thought this happened in 1989,” I reply. ...

Creem's Replacements Interview from 1986

From the September 1986 issue of Creem: Drinking (And Drinking Lots More!) with the Replacements. CREEM: Does it matter to you personally? Do you really care what the critics think? PW: I’ll be honest. It does. I’d like to lie...

Idling the Phone

Why do telemarketers hate "American Idol"? Turns out they have a better reason than the rest of us for their fear and loathing of Ryan Seacrest.

Stream Elliott Smith's New Moon

News from KRS Records: • You can now stream the entire new Elliott Smith album, New Moon, via myspace. It's out tomorrow (May 8), so buy it. (MP3: "High Times") • MP3: The Mary Timony Band - "Sharp Shooter" from...

Wenner Blackballs Monkees

Peter Tork says the Monkees merit consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but one man opposes their induction. "The only person ... holding a grudge is Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone," says the former Monkee. The magazine...

The Shins vs. Fundamentalist Christians

We've written about Plugged-In before, but it's been a while. In short, it's fundie Focus on the Family's guide to secular pop culture. And it's frequently hilarious. Their review of Wincing the Night Away by the Shins is a fine...

Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey

Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey (Kranky) Deerhunter manages to blend some of the bi-polar tendencies of Cryptograms' "first" and "second" sides into one concise release.

Mavis Staples - On My Way

MP3: "On My Way" by Mavis Staples from We'll Never Turn Back, out now on Anti. Check out a classic Staples Singers video after the jump... ...

April's Most Popular GLONO Items

10 (Last month: 10). Emo Game: I'm All Smart Like That - Holding onto tenth place is our 2002 interview with the silly game's creator. 9 (-). Contest: How Long Will Pete Doherty Be Free? This contest ended over a...

Dntel - The Distance

MP3: "The Distance (ft. Arthur & Yu)" by Dntel from Dumb Luck out now on Sub Pop. We previously linked to the "Dumb Luck" mp3, but there's also an acapella version (MP3) for all you funky funky deejays in the...

When Dirtballs Attack – K-Fed Disses Brit

In the opening salvo of what is sure to be an entertaining tabloid dishfest, Kevin Federline talks trash about Britney Spears’ new romantic fling—literally. Asked about his thoughts on news that Brit and musician Howie Day’s recent sleepover, K-Fed snapped...

Photos: Question Mark and the Mysterians

Some photos of Question Mark & the Mysterians at Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. You have to see them in person, but this might hold you over until they make it to your town.

Happy Birthday, Sid Vicious

Fifty years ago today, Sid Vicious was born. We take a look at the man and the myth, the kid and the caricature.

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (Fat Possum) Within seconds, you can hear the band picking up exactly at the same point where Bug left off.

Bowzer Fights for Original Doo Woppers

Bowzer fights against musical imposters - Sha Na Na's Jon “Bowzer” Bauman has been lobbying states "for laws to prevent phonies and fakers from passing themselves off as authentic members of groups like the Platters, the Coasters and the Drifters....

Sea Wolf - You're a Wolf

MP3: "You're a Wolf" by Sea Wolf from Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, out now on Dangerbird. Finally! A "wolf" band I actually like! This band doesn't sound anything like Modest Mouse or Black Sabbath. Saw...

Elvis Costello: Let 'em Dangle

On the heels of not one but two new greatest hits compilations, Elvis Costello & the Imposters once again hit the road. Stephen Macaulay catches them at the State Theater in Detroit.

Still (Occasionally) Having Fun with Forkast

Anybody else notice that Forkast has recently become skimpier with the mp3s? They've been pointing to a lot more imeem streams than mp3 downloads. Maybe that's fine. I rarely keep free mp3s from the web; I play them once or...

Johnny Marr, Shoemaker

Former Smith and current Mousketeer Johnny Marr is designing a limited edition shoe for charity: "I've been wearing PF Flyers onstage for quite awhile and to come up with a design on a sneaker that will also benefit a charity...

Bands Who Blog

New York Times: Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog. [The Hold Steady's Tad] Kubler regards fan interaction as an obligation that is cultural, almost ethical. He remembers what it was like to be a young fan himself, enraptured by the...

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Don't let a passing listen fool you into skipping what is a slight return to the elements that made Wilco great. Sky Blue Sky is a sleeper album; the kind that is fast disappearing in this hyper-saturated digital world.

Open Culture's Favorite Music Sites

Thanks to Open Culture for including GLONO in their growing collection of culture blogs: Serving Up 25 Music Blogs....

White Stripes Make Recording History

For the first time in recording history, a vinyl master was cut in analog straight from a one-inch master mix. Recording guru Steve Hoffman explains how this was done and why it was such a big deal. Sounds like they've...

Madonna - Hey You (Live Earth)

For seven days, you can download a free zipped up MP3 of Madonna's contribution to Live Earth: The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis. For each of the first million downloads, MSN will donate 25 cents to the Alliance for...

Grand Champeen - Dial T For This

Grand Champeen - Dial T For This (In Music We Trust) Grand Champeen has expanded its sound but hasn't demonstrated enough emotional inspiration to warrant the additional arrangements.

New Beastie Boys videos

A couple new videos on YouTube from the upcoming album, The Mix Up, out June 26 on Capitol. Beastie Boys - Off The Grid ...

Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula

Hear the first single from the new Smashing Pumpkins courtesy of AOL. It's called "Tarantula" and it's from Zeitgeist, due July 10 on Reprise (Warner). No official word yet on who's actually playing on this song, but Glorious Noise revealed...

Ben Blackwell on the White Stripes' Nashville Debut

Jack White's cousin Ben reviews their show in Nashville: "But Meg was the biggest surprise...usually when they're jamming on some spontaneous riff she can be found to take most of her cues from Jack. But at this show Meg was...

Letter to Billy Joel

From McSweeney's John Moe, A Note Placed in the Pay Envelope of Billy Joel: Billy, that kind of thing is why people kept yelling at you all night. "Sing us a song, piano man! Sing us a song tonight!" they...

Blonde Redhead - 23

Blonde Redhead - 23 (4AD) Not only Blonde Redhead's most accessible album to date, but their best as well.

Louis Armstrong on the Johnny Cash Show

I read about this 1970 clip in the most recent music issue of the Oxford American in a great article by Charles Wolfe called Country Music in Black and White: Then Cash himself, cracking a rare grin, moved in and...

Wilco Album Debuts at #4

Hey hey, look who has the #4 record in the country! Billboard: Wilco earns its biggest charting and sales week yet, as "Sky Blue Sky" (Nonesuch) bows at No. 4 with 87,000 copies. It's the Chicago-based rock group's second top...

American Idol Season 6 Finale

Thank goodness for Tivo. I don't understand how anyone watches Idol without it. Tonight's finale lasted over two hours, but it took me less than 45 minutes to watch it.

New White Stripes Video

Watch the new video for "Icky Thump" at AOL. Meg's got fantastic red hair, and tarts herself up to look like a one-eyed Mexican prostitute. Jack plays a wasted gringo whoremonger. Pretty great. Icky Thump is due June 19 on...

Rush - Snakes and Arrows

Rush - Snakes & Arrows (Atlantic) For their 18th studio album, Rush remains steadfast to the modern-rock power trio formula that fans have been accustomed to.

The Strokes - You Only Live Once

The Strokes are taking a break, having recently wrapped touring in support of First Impressions of Earth, produced by the guy who dumped Wilco. They leave their fans with a "cinematic interpretation" of the album’s lead track, "You Only Live...

Top 10 Artists

Here's what the members of GLONO's last.fm group were listening to last week: Top Artists for the week ending 27 May 2007 1 Wilco 2 Beck 3 Bob Dylan 3 The Beatles 3 Modest Mouse 6 Elliott Smith 6 The...

Stung: Steve Nieve's Welcome to the Voice

Steve Nieve - Welcome to the Voice (Deutsche Grammophon) Elvis Costello's keyboard player releases an opera album. But who invited Sting?

iTunes Plus Won't Let You Have It Both Ways

Fun with Forkast, Round VI

Another round of mp3s featured on Forkast recently... • Happy Mondays - "Jelly Bean" [fr0k] • Arthur & Yu - "Come to View (A Song for Neil Young)" from In Camera; due June 19 on Hardly Art [fr0k] • The...