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Free Deerhoof MP3 Album

Personally, they drive me batty. But I know some of you freaks are into them, so I thought you'd want to know. Deerhoof and KRS are giving away a free mp3 album that includes live performances, remixes, and covers. They...

New Radiohead Album, Business Model

Enter...How much would you pay to hear the new Radiohead album before it is "released"? Because it's up to you. No really, it's up to you.

Full Album Streams for October 2, 2007

These free, full album streams are available from AOL through Sunday, October 7, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. Old white guys: • Bruce Springsteen, 'Magic' • Mick Jagger, 'The Very Best of Mick Jagger' • John...

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 NightsSharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone) Amy who??? Sharon Jones brings legit soul with some help from the gang who gave Amy Winehouse her groove.

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Boy Band Creator/Diddler Outed

Vanity Fair is claiming that Lou Pearlman, the creator of N*Sync and the Backstreet Boys, was a sexual predator. Page Six has juicy excerpts. Pearlman was "definitely inappropriate" with Nick Carter. Nick's mom, Jane Carter, wouldn't get into specifics, but...

Sterling - Cursed

Sterling - CursedSterling - Cursed (File 13) A sonic rollercoaster of loud/soft post-rock instrumentals that don't sound very thought out or passionately executed.

Rare Lennon Photo Unearthed

A photo of John Lennon taken in 1958 was found in a cupboard where it was forgotten for almost 50 years. The picture shows Lennon, then 17 years old, with friend and Quarrymen manager, Nigel Walley. The image is...

Metro Times on The Go

Detroit Metro Times has a cover story about the Go: "The Go are completely overlooked, get little respect, and it makes me nuts," says Ivan Suvanjieff (aka Mark Norton), the former Detroit rock scenester, Ramrods leader and CREEM editor, who's...

Libertines Best-Of Due in December

Just in time to cash in on the upcoming Babyshambles release, but a shy too late to live in the glow of this summer’s hysteria surrounding a Libertines reunion that has yet to materialize, Rough Trade is releasing a Libertines...

Plumbing the Depths with Breech

Breech - Tarnish and UndressGLONO recently caught back up with Missy Gibson and Mike Gibson of Los Angeles art rockers, Breech, for the first time since we interviewed them way back in 2002.

Wu-Tang Clan - The Heart Gently Weeps

MP3: Wu-Tang Clan - "The Heart Gently Weeps" featuring Dhani Harrison, Erykah Badu and John Frusciante, from 8 Diagrams. Courtesy of loud.com. The song interpolates "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles. The Wu initially claimed it was the...

100dBs and Ryan O'Neil - The Adventures of The One Hand Bandit and The Slum Computer Wizard

100dbs-adventures.jpg100dBs & Ryan O'Neil - The Adventures of The One Hand Bandit and The Slum Computer Wizard (self-released) Hip hop, apparently, is not dead after all.

New Hives Video: Tick Tick Boom

YouTube: The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom" Better than the Nike ad. ...

Spoon + Radiohead vs. RIAA + [Bad] Bands

Greg Kot examines how Radiohead's 'customer is always right' approach contrasts with music industry's hardball tactics, and gets a fine quote from indie rock's poster boy: "I think what will happen is a lot of people will download the album...

Bat For Lashes - Horse and I

MP3: Bat For Lashes - "Horse and I" from Fur and Gold, out now on Caroline. Not sure if this would be getting as much press if Natasha Khan wasn't as adorable as the late-60s Linda Ronstadt. See for yourself...

Caribou - Melody Day

MP3: Caribou - "Melody Day " from Andorra, out now on Merge. Dan Snaith gets funky like a beat-heavy Of Montreal. Caribou - "Melody Day" ...

The Cost of Money

Whitby Busker - by  Dave-FNow that bands are giving away their music, how are they planning on making money? Hope you don't mind sleeping in the van.

Boddicker - Mississippi Beautiful, You Know I Love You

MP3: Boddicker - "Mississippi Beautiful, You Know I Love You" from Big Lionhearted and the Gallant Man, out now on Banter. Produced by Brian Deck at Engine Studios in Chicago. For fans of Modest Mouse, Califone, Iron and Wine, et...

His Name Is Alive - Go To Hell Mountain

MP3: His Name Is Alive - "Go To Hell Mountain" from Xmmer, out now on Silver Mountain. Soulful, mellow space pop straight outta Livonia, Michigan! His Name Is Alive - "Come To Me" ...

Robert Pollard - Two New Albums

MP3: Robert Pollard - "Rud Fins" from Coast to Coast Carpet of Love, out now on Merge. MP3: Robert Pollard - "The Killers" from Standard Gargoyle Decisions, also out now on Merge. For these two new releases, Pollard has put...

House of Brothers - Deadman

A lovely song from Nottingham, England’s House of Brothers. The press on this group drops Elliott Smith’s name all over the place, but I don’t hear it outside of the pretty melodies and finger-picked guitar. Just the same, there’s some...

Video: Grace Potter - Ain't No Time

Dig the vintage style of Grace Potter's new one. Why do I get the feeling the crowd at this show looks exactly like the cover of Neil Young's Time Fades Away? ...

Stream: Shadowplay - The Killers

Recorded for the soundtrack of the Ian Curtis biopic Closer, the Killers take on the 1979 classic "Shadowplay" and actually do a hell of a job. Lead singer (and King Twat) Brandon Flowers doesn't make it easy for me to...

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

Animal Collective - Strawberry JamAnimal Collective - Strawberry Jam (Domino) A groundbreaking work of genius that should be cited as the Smile for the Ritalin generation.

The Rentals on AOL

The Rentals recently visited AOL's "Interface" studio: The Interface with the Rentals on Spinner. Their new EP, Last Little Life, is out now. MP3: The Rentals on the Interface with videos after the jump. Previously: Glorious Noise Interview with Matt...

Your Top Artists for the Week

Here's what the members of GLONO's last.fm group were listening to last week. Not a member? Sign up and be counted. Top Artists for the week ending 14 Oct 2007 1. Radiohead 2. Wilco 3. Ryan Adams 3. The White...

Zeppelin Going Digital

Hot on the heels of the announcement that the band will reunite on November 26 in London comes news that Led Zeppelin will finally make their catalog available via digital distribution networks. "We are pleased that the complete Led Zeppelin...

This B[r]and Is Brought To You By...

Enjoy DystopiaIn the future all surfaces will be advertising. The time has come for full-blown corporate sponsorship.

Weezer Demo Compilation Coming Soon

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo talks about his upcoming projects over on his MySpace blog. He claims to have 400 pages into an upcoming book, but more exciting to music fans is this announcement: I've compiled a CD of my favorite...

Why is indie rock so fucking white?

In the New Yorker, Sasha Frere-Jones wonders, "Why did so many white rock bands retreat from the ecstatic singing and intense, voicelike guitar tones of the blues, the heavy African downbeat, and the elaborate showmanship that characterized black music of...

Pete Loves Amy

For weeks, Jake and I have been IMing about the respective issues and trials surrounding both Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse. Now, I don’t mind that they get loaded and cause trouble. In fact, I like it. Rock and roll...

New Mozzer Track Online

Dig this pretty hot new Morrissey track, “All You Need is Me” performed on Last Call with Carson Daly on October 10. I love the lyric, "You don't like me but you love me either way you're wrong, you're gonna...

Radical Face - Ghost

Radical Face - GhostRadical Face - Ghost (Morr) A collection of smart decorations and low-fi pretension, wrapped in an obvious computer monitor glow and editing software.

Elliott Smith's Girlfriend Cut Off

Elliott Smith's girlfriend Jennifer Chiba has lost a California appellate court case where she claimed she was entitled to a portion of Smith's estate "because they had lived together, shared equally their earnings and property and held themselves out to...

New Oasis Video - Lord Don't Slow Me Down

People love 'em, people hate 'em. Take a side. I know which one I'm on. Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down A great return to the vintage Oasis pub rock that sloshed beer and stomped boots in the late...

Consolation for the Old Groom, Now Forgotten

Clapton is...Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton (Reprise) As Clapton devolved from greatness to adequacy, he squandered his talent on pathetic pop instead of exploring forward-looking fresh directions.

Cheap MP3s from Glorious Noise Records

It's been a while since we've pimped our record label, Glorious Noise Records. The reason is obvious: we haven't released anything new in almost a year. That doesn't mean there's nothing going on, of course. Tomorrow will mark the third...

Public Enemy - Remix of a Nation

MP3: Public Enemy Featuring Paris - "Remix Of A Nation" from Remix Of A Nation, produced by Paris, out October 23. Guerrilla Funk says this album is intended as a supplement to Rebirth Of A Nation, and is presented with...

Death Cab vs. U.S. Customs

U.S. Customs and Border Protection representative Mike Milne claims that Death Cab guitarist Chris Walla's hard drive was not confiscated in order to "censor musical content coming into the United States. Period." "Our officers on the line are not politically...

Mick Jagger - The Very Best Of Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger - The Very Best Of Mick JaggerMick Jagger - The Very Best of Mick Jagger (Rhino) As hard as it may be to believe, The Very Best of Mick Jagger is actually a pretty good record.

Babyshambles - Delivery

MP3: Babyshambles - "Delivery" from Shotter's Nation, out October 23 on Astralwerks. Pete gets his shit together enough to record a good single. Representatives deny that producer Stephen Street was forced to bring a gun into the studio to keep...

Top Ten Songs with Raps in the Middle

Stylus Magazine: Top Ten Songs with Raps in the Middle. With videos! "In the early '90s, recording contracts must have had boilerplate clauses requiring songs to have raps in the middle. Perhaps they were misguided attempts at crossover appeal, or...

Loftus vs. Anderson, Schwartzman

Over at Detour, Johnny Loftus talks to the Darjeeling Limited posse about the Kinks and the logistics of smashing shit on stage in Grand Rapids: When we met with Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman and Waris Ahluwalia, the trio were as...

Josh Ritter Live in Chicago

Josh Ritter Live in ChicagoWhat's in a smile? Mother Theresa said, "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing." If you were at the Park West on Tuesday night, you could feel the love. Most of it was coming from the stage.

1985 Beastie Boys interview

Over on Metroblogging Los Angeles, they've uncovered some fantastic early Beastie Boys history, including "a 1985 recording of Adam Bomb's radio show on KXLU... [Glen E. Friedman] was showing the B-Boys around LA while they were here on tour and...

H.I.M. - Venus Doom

H.I.M. - Venus DoomH.I.M. - Venus Doom (Sire) If you're going to make up a genre like "love metal," don't you have to have a few heavy guitars (i.e., the "metal" part) underneath your nocturnal tales of pitching woo?

OiNK Shut Down

The popular file sharing network, OiNK was shut down by British police and a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, England was arrested. The BBC reports that servers have been confiscated in a series of raids in Amsterdam. The raids followed a...

Full Album Streams: Babyshambles, Ween, more...

These free, full album streams are available from AOL through Sunday, October 28, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Babyshambles, 'Shotter's Nation' • Ween, 'La Cucaracha' • The Thrills, 'Teenager' • Dave Gahan, 'Hourglass' • Coheed...

Smiths to Reform? Only in the NME

Right on schedule, the NME has a titillating headline that more than implies that Johnny Marr is mulling the idea of a Smiths reunion: Johnny Marr: 'The Smiths might reform' Simple as that. He’s thinking about it, right? Well, not...

Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation

Babyshambles - Shotter's NationBabyshambles - Shotter’s Nation (Astralwerks) It seems producer Stephen Street got ahold of Pete Doherty and shook the shit out of him, and the result is a decent album from one of rock's most poetic and broken performers.

Why Oink Was So Great

Musician, DJ, and writer Jace Clayton (aka "DJ /rupture") posts the most insightful commentary to date on the demise of bit torrent file-sharing hub, Oink: Oink was anal, Oink was comprehensive. The site administrators were fierce about quality -- only...

Don't Be a Frigtard: Read This Book

Options: The Secret Life of Steve JobsoPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs by Fake Steve Jobs (Da Capo Press; $22.95) The funniest book in ages—and we're not counting ages in the life cycles of iPods.

Freakonomics Quorum on the Future of the Music Industry

What's the Future of the Music Industry? A Freakonomics Quorum: As has been widely reported, sales are down. According to Nielsen SoundScan, album sales fell 18 percent between 2000 and 2006, after accounting for paid digital downloads from online stores...

Saul Williams One-Ups Radiohead

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!Taking a lesson from Radiohead's recent experiment (and improving upon it), Saul Williams is letting fans decide whether or not to pay for his new album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, produced by Trent Reznor.

Excerpt from the Oral History of the Replacements

Harp has an excerpt from All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History of the Replacements: Bob Stinson: It was '86 and we were doing "Saturday Night Live," staying at the Berkshire Hotel. I caused all the trouble on that...

How far you wanna go back?

Way back! Nuyoshi Pproductions is hosting a ton of Old School Mix Sets by original Chicago House DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Steve "Silk" Hurley, and Farley "Funkin" Keith, taped off the radio in the mid-80s. If you're not familiar with...

Dirty Projectors - Rise Above

Dirty Projectors - Rise AboveDirty Projectors - Rise Above (Dead Oceans) A snobby art-haus reinterpretation (from memory!) of Black Flag's Damaged.

Morrissey gives good head

According to Billboard, opening act Kristeen Young was booted from the Morrissey tour for saying rude things: According to reports at morrissey-solo.com, some audience members were chanting "Morrissey" during Young's set, to which she replied, "Morrissey gives good head, I...

Stylus Magazine: 2002-2007

Stylus Magazine is shutting down. As a parting gift, editor Todd Burns offers up The Bluffer's Guide to Stylus, highlighting many of the prolific site's best work (as well as a few funny lowlights). ...

Aesop Rock video: "Coffee" ft. John Darnielle

Video: Aesop Rock - "Coffee" featuring the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle. Zombies! Directed by Ace Norton, from the album None Shall Pass on Definitive Jux. ...

The Warlocks - So Paranoid

MP3: The Warlocks - "So Paranoid" from Heavy Deavy Skull Lover, out now on Tee Pee. Stripped down from an eight-piece to a four-piece, Bobby Hecksher and his streamlined crew bring back the psychedelic brain sizzle they've perfected. Great album...

Arcade Fire Respond to Sasha Frere-Jones

Perhaps they are a bit sensitive, those kids from the North who have stormed the alt.nation with their bombast and severe haircuts, but I like them. Win Will Butler, singer for member of the Arcade Fire, responds to an article...

Mark Ronson & Lily Allen Video - Oh My God

This dude can't miss, especially when he hooks up with the plucky Allen. A big fat beat, "Superstition"-style keyboards, and some killer horns. Get your shit down! Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - "Oh My God" ...

Ween - Your Party

MP3: Ween - "Your Party" from La Cucaracha, out now on Rounder. (MP3 courtesy of Insound) ...

Trent Reznor Loves Oink, Tired of John Mayer's Face

Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK in New York Magazine: Trent: I'll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what made OiNK a great place...

GLONO Founder Profiled on Detour

Glorious Noise founder, Jake Brown, is profiled on Detour and some shocking secrets are revealed. For instance, did you know: • Jake Hates Phone Conversation – It’s true. We’ve been best friends for 20 years and I don’t even have...

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