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Glorious Noise December 2007« November 2007 | Archives | January 2008 » Five Years Ago: 8 Mile-Inspired "Battles" Get NutsFive years ago today, the comments page for Johnny's review of 8 Mile got so out of control that we had to break it off into a separate page because it was crashing our server: Your Comments on 8 Mile... MP3's Belated LegitimacyTen years after the MP3 format became the de facto standard for audio encoding and transferring, Billboard announces that 2008 will be the Tipping Point For MP3s thanks to Pepsi giving away one billion redeemable tracks from Amazon's MP3 store:... Country FuzzHoly cow. WFMU's Beware of the Blog is hosting a Country Fuzz Spectacular featuring a bunch of classic country songs with prominent use of the fuzztone effect, including the following 1966 track, described perfectly: "The first few seconds of this... Advertisement
Full Album Streams: Daft Punk, NWA, Eazy-E...These free, full album streams are available from AOL through Sunday, December 9, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Daft Punk, 'Alive 2007' • Eazy-E, 'Featuring...Eazy-E' • NWA, 'Straight Outta Compton' (20th Anniversary Edition) • Blake... New Breeders Album in 2008VenusZine talks to Pixie-Breeder Kim Deal who answers questions from readers: The new Breeders record is scheduled to be released in April 2008. There are 13 songs. Mando Lopez is still on bass, Jose Medeles on drums, Kelley Deal, my... Blue Note Drops Some ScienceSpeaking of jazz, if you're a fan of classic hip-hop you might be interested in an upcoming compilation from Blue Note that collects some of the label's most heavily sampled source material. These innovative hip hop artists and beyond did... Klosterman Wonders What He LikesIn an article called Me, On Shuffle for Esquire magazine, Chuck Klosterman compiles "all the best parts of all the rock songs I consistently enjoy the most, in the hope of figuring out whatever they have in common" to define... Bob Mould - The Silence Between UsMP3: Bob Mould - "The Silence Between Us" from Distance Line, due February 2 on Anti. AOL's Spinner says, "Mould seems to be making a return to his roots of hook-driven guitar grooves. Written and recorded in D.C., Mould is... The Lonely H - Hair
Homme vs. the ManAntiquiet talks to Josh Homme Of Queens Of The Stone Age, who has some strong opinions about his bosses: Fuck the labels man, they suck. The last thing they're stripping down is their own expense accounts and shit. I mean,... New Von BondiesDetour has two new Von Bondies tracks from an upcoming EP. "Pale Bride" is pretty good, but "I Don't Wanna" starts off with the "C'mon C'mon" riff and quickly turns lame. After you listen for yourself, find Jason Stollsteimer and... How many years?To mark the 27th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, Yoko has the following request: "On December 8th, 11.15pm (your local time) please remember John by taking a moment of quiet reflection." Imagine peace. ... Leigh Marble - Red Tornado
Jeff Tweedy Talks to the APA trip through Jeff Tweedy's world: "Well, you know Spencer is 11, and awhile back, he said 'I just read on Wikipedia that you started smoking pot when you quit drinking in nineteen-whatever. That makes me so mad. Wikipedia is... Jack White Talks to the LA TimesJack White -- Mr. Productive: "Maybe working at Beck's house was something we needed to do to remind ourselves that touring is only one component of what we do," White says. "Taking a break from shows isn't going to stop... Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down (DVD)
The Charlatans - You Cross My PathMP3: The Charlatans [UK] - "You Cross My Path" (courtesy of their Official Website) Leader Tim Burgess talks to Wired: "It was actually by complete fluke that the day that we announced [giving away our music], two hours later Radiohead... Ike Turner Dead at 76
Super Furry Animals - The Gift That Keeps GivingMP3: Super Furry Animals - "The Gift That Keeps Giving" an outtake from Hey Venus. And starting on December 17, the band will count down to the New Year with "daily SFA offerings and exclusives" on their website. Video: ... Donnas - Don't Wait Up For MeMP3: The Donnas - "Don't Wait Up For Me" from Bitchin', out now on their own Purple Feather Records. Full on hard rock from the former Ramones imitators. Think Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You."... Stephen Malkmus - BaltimoreMP3: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - "Baltimore" from Real Emotional Trash, out March 4 on Matador. The song is a six-and-a-half-minute psychedelic sea shanty that gets progressively proggier. "It's warm for a witch trial. Don't you agree?" Courtesy of... Gary Louris - True BlueSongs:Illinois has an mp3 of the first single from Gary Louris' solo debut Vagabonds, due February 19 on Rykodisc, who gave their blessing to this leak. Fans of Louris' vocals and songwriting on his work with the Jayhawks and Golden... Dinosaur Jr. - Live In Iowa City
Billboard's 2007 Year End ChartsBillboard has released The Year In Charts 2007, looking at the "chart year," which runs from December 2006 to November 2007. The fact that the majority of the albums on these charts were actually released in 2006—or eariler—doesn't seem to... The Year The Industry Broke?MTV calls 2007 The Year The Industry Broke and gives a nice timeline of "what went wrong and when." By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman. Not surprisingly, there's no mention of MTV's own role in the fiasco... Britney's Mom Loses Book DealReuters says: A Christian publisher said on Wednesday it has called off a parenting book written by Lynne Spears -- the mother of troubled pop star Britney Spears and her pregnant 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn. [...]The working title for the... Expanded Odelay Coming SoonBillboard says the 2-disc edition of Odelay will be out on January 29: Disc one sports the original "Odelay" plus the previously unreleased outtakes "Gold Chains" and "Inferno," produced by the Dust Brothers. Also featured is "Deadweight," from the "A... Live Nation (formerly Clear Channel) Ousts TicketmasterLive Nation writes its own ticket: Live Nation, which ended talks with Ticketmaster in August, was bullish on the decision, terming it "limited investment." The key, and Live Nation president and CEO Michael Rapino has repeated this often, is to... The Worst Christmas Album Ever Made
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David Byrne: Survival Strategies for MusiciansDavid Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars: What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that... Elvis Enters Public Domain, Sony-BMG in DenialElvis Album At The Center Of U.K. Copyright Row: In one of the clearest signs to-date of Sony BMG's tough policy of enforcing the copyright of its vintage Presley works -- even though some sound recordings have become part of... John Darnielle Talks Wood, Offers New SongThe Mountain Goats' John Darnielle talks to Gibson about his newly acquired '56 Gibson LG-1 and lists his Top 10 Tonewoods (wikipedia). Gotta love a guy who can get deeply nerdy about both metal and wood! In other news, in... GLONO's Upright Standing Man of the Year 2007
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