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Glorious Noise May 2008

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R.E.M. - Accelerate

R.E.M. - AccelerateR.E.M. - Accelerate (Warner Brothers) The best R.E.M. album since... ah, who cares? It's on par with their mediocre mid-period material.

RIAA Loses "Making Available" Case

So remember that court case we talked about a couple months ago, the one where the RIAA was saying that just making the files available equals infringement even if nobody downloaded them from you? Well, the RIAA lost. Big Victory...

Baby, I Got Your Money

Dig this, a man in Fort Worth, Texas walked into a Chase bank and tried to cash a personal check for $360,000,000,000. That’s three hundred and sixty BILLION dollars, kids. The man, Charles Ray Fuller, 21, claims it was given...

Virgin Passages - Distance

Virgin Passages - DistanceVirgin Passages - Distance (Fire) Get your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in our series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

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Rock and Roll vs. Politics

Brian Jones at the Monterey Pop Festival, 1967A great quote from Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.

The Glorious Noise interview with Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon

Peter Moren - The Last TycoonWe talk to Peter Moren about his new album, The Last Tycoon, and what it means to be known as "Peter from Peter Bjorn and John."

Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" finally reissued

Dennis Wilson's solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, out of print since a crappy 1991 CD version, is being reissued on June 17 as a two-disc legacy edition with 24 unreleased bonus tracks.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!An impeccably written and perfectly arranged statement from a man who's delivering some of the best material of an already remarkable career.

Full Album Streams: Diamond, Puppets, Dizzee, etc.

These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, May 11, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Neil Diamond, 'Home Before Dark' • The Last Shadow Puppets, 'The Age of the Understatement' •...

Free Pete Doherty

The title’s not a call to action but a statement of fact: Pete’s free today, having served 29 days of a 14-week jail sentence for breaking probation. And from the sounds of it, prison life has it’s ups and downs...

Jim DeRogatis vs. Lou Reed vs. Lester Bangs

Lou Reed once again proves that he's a bitchy old queen. (As if we needed any more evidence.) When an audience member at the Tribeca Film Festival asked Reed what he thought of Lester Bangs' claim that Berlin was "the...

Beatles From Above

Where and when?Help us identify an unusual photo of the Beatles. We can't figure out where, when, or by whom it was taken.

Neil Young Archives on Blu-ray

The Associated Press reporter is obviously not aware of the whole Neil Young Archives saga. For one thing, it's being referred to as Neil Young's "archive" (singular, lower-case, etc.). Nevertheless, there's some interesting info in the report. Neil Young to...

Dandy Warhols - The World The People Together (Come On)

MP3: Dandy Warhols - "The World The People Together (Come On)" from Earth To The Dandy Warhols. According to their freshly relaunched web site, on May 19, 2008, you will be able to buy and download the whole album as...

The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock remix)

MP3: The Mountain Goats - "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" (Aesop Rock remix) Be sure to check out the very cool Sketch Theatre video for it, too. As is typical in today's parlance, "remix" here implies Aesop Rock taking the a cappella...

Hanne Hukkelberg - Rykestrasse 68

Hanne Hukkelberg - Rykestrasse 68Get your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the new series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Ernie and Bert go BRUTAL

More stupid shit from YouTube. Gotta love it... ...

eMusic Loses the Stones

Hope you snatched them while you had the chance. A few weeks ago, we told you about eMusic's coup of landing the ABKCO catalog. It seemed too good to be true, and unfortunately it was. Alert GLONO reader Baltimucho pointed...

Amy Winehouse Busted

Five months later, Amy Winehouse has been arrested in connection with a video that allegedly shows her “doing drugs” at a party in her London home. Metro police said Winehouse was arrested Wednesday evening and released on bail following several...

Zak Starkey Quits Oasis

The NME (quoting The Sun today) reports that Zak Starkey has quit Oasis after a falling out with Noel Gallagher. The newspaper quotes a source close to the band as saying: "There have been arguments with Noel Gallagher and general...

Andrew Bird recording new album

Andrew Bird is recording his new album at the Wilco Loft in Chicago. He writes about it for the New York Times: Often times the choice becomes: Do you give the song what it wants? Or do you go against...

The Police - Live in Chicagoland

The Police 2008 World TourTwenty five years later, the Police return to the site of their last tour stop and turn a quick buck from eager suburbanites.

Full Album Streams: Death Cab, Sinatra, Juno

These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, May 18, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Death Cab for Cutie, 'Narrow Stairs' • Frank Sinatra, 'Nothing But the Best' • Various Artists,...

100 Essential Jazz Albums

Last fall, over several beers, we asked a jazzbo friend of ours for a Top Ten list of the essential jazz albums. The jazz man pretty much refused to cooperate, but we ended up with a good article out of...

The Casual Fiasco Give Away Final EP

We here at GLONO have a soft spot for the underdog, the band that almost was, the silent workmen who trudge on through the music industry grind…all in the name of rock and roll. So, how could we NOT post...

The Epochs - Giving Tree

Spin magazine says the Epochs “dabble mercilessly, dipping into the murky connections between TV on the Radio and '80s Phil Collins," which is maybe the last thing I'd put in a one-sheet on the band, but to each his own....

The Instruments - Ode to the Sea

MP3: The Instruments - "Ode to the Sea" (featuring Jeff Mangum) from Dark Smaland, out today on Orange Twin. The Instruments is the band of longtime Elephant 6 collaborator Heather McIntosh. She's currently on tour with Gnarls Barkley, playing bass...

Polvo Still Owes Me Money

PolvoEgged on by a crappy opening band in Iowa, Polvo put on a terrible show over a decade ago. A grudge has been held against them ever since. Consider this an invoice.

Foo Fighters Concert Rider

Not sure who writes the Foo Fighters' concert rider, but the author is a funny motherfucker: **ALSO-let's try to think outside the box as we consider the CHICKEN BREAST. A bunch of lightly cooked chicken breasts with goo on them...

National Recording Registry 2007

The Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board adds 25 more recordings to its registry. This year's list is decidedly less rockish than years past which included the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, and Nirvana. This...

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the UnderstatementThe side project of Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane from The Rascals adds drama and style to dreary London.

Gore Gore Girls interview

The Metro Times catches up with Amy Gore of Detroit's badass Gore Gore Girls: Gore-soaked and glamorous. "I think girl rock bands will always be considered a novelty," says Gore. "The impression will be 'What's this all about. Who do...

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My HeadGet your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the ongoing series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Scarlett Johansson doing Tom Waits live

You know, I wasn't very impressed by the studio versions of the songs she was streaming off of her Tom Waits cover album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, but these live sessions are actually pretty cool. You've got to give...

Old Haunts - Poisonous Times

MP3: Old Haunts - "Poisonous Times" from Poisonous Times, out now on KRS. Sort of Pixies-ish, sort of Richard Hellish. ...

Cat Power - Jukebox

Cat Power - JukeboxA brave collection of remakes that continues to reaffirm how Marshall has become one of the consummate voices of her generation.

Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse Together

For months now, GLONO has been pining away at the thought of a duet between Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse. I mean, it seems like a natural fit and a sure hit! Think of maybe a Christmas single a la...

Full Album Streams: ScarJo, Mudhoney, Wedding Present, etc.

These free, full album streams are available from Full AOL's Spinner through Sunday, May 25, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Scarlett Johansson, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head' • The Wedding Present, 'El Rey' • Mudhoney,...

The Felice Brothers: Glorious Noise Video

The Felice BrothersGLONO catches up with upstate New York's The Felice Brothers and discovers a new term: Saloon Core. Bust out your suspenders and dust off your squeeze box, it's party time.

Beck Streaming New Song Recorded With Danger Mouse

So, rumor has it Beck will be rushing out his new album, recorded with Danger Mouse over the last few months, for a June release. He’s streaming one track, “Chemtrails,” from the new album and it sounds a LOT like...

Ian Curtis Dance Contest

Submit video of yourself dancing like Ian Curtis for your chance to win two new Joy Division DVDs. HOW? • Video your moves • Upload them to YouTube (or any other hosting service) • Include the links to your video...

Lou Pearlman Sentenced to 25 Years

The guy who gave us the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync has been sentenced to 25 years in the joint for bilking investors out of millions of dollars. According to the AP, it was the maximum sentence the boy band mogul...

Letter to Prince: When Doves Cry

From McSweeney's John Moe, A Letter to Prince Regarding the Crying of Doves and the Fiasco That Resulted From the Presentation of a Speech on That Topic: Then, in the midst of all this chaos, you informed us that the...

The Rolling Stones: 1969 World Tour Photos

The Rolling Stones’ 1969 World Tour kicked off days after the death of Brian Jones and ended with the death of Meredith Hunter at Altamont, captured in the film Gimme Shelter. Who would have guessed that this tour would mark...

Tom Waits interviews Tom Waits

Tom Waits' True Confessions (A conversation with himself) I must admit, before meeting Tom, I had heard so many rumors and so much gossip that I was afraid. Frankly, his gambling debts, his animal magnetism, coupled with his disregard for...

Tell like it is, G.

DuendeWe dig up a twelve year old e-mail message to explain exactly why we all care so much about Neil Young and why you'd better watch what you say around those of us who love his music.

Sonic Youth: Starbucks is for Squares

Sonic Youth has a new limited-edition compilation coming out on June 10. It's called Hits Are for Squares and it will be sold exclusively at select big city Starbucks stores. The track list was selected by a bunch of famous...

Slick Rick Free, Pardoned

Don't treat no girly well until you're sure of the scoop.Slick Rick has been pardoned! Rick's recommendation to "Treat her like a prostitute" was apparently taken too literally by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, whose forced resignation landed the current governor his job.

Full Album Streams: Futureheads, Islands, Spiritualized, etc.

These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, June 1, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • The Futureheads, 'This Is Not The World' • Islands, 'Arm's Way' • Spiritualized, 'Songs in A&E'...

Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off

Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It OffAnother derivative band believes the hype, hires an acclaimed producer, and takes themselves far too seriously for their own good.

Mountain Goats on Daytrotter

Earlier this year in San Francisco, John Darnielle recorded four songs for Daytrotter, including the unreleased "02-75," which he says is the first love song he wrote for his wife, "before she was my wife." It's lovely. "You are my...

Babyshambles - Delivery (live)

With all the creepy videos, drugs, models, and jail time it's easy to forget that Pete Doherty is still occasionally capable of kicking out some decent rock and roll. Video: Babyshambles - "Delivery" (live at SECC) Taken from the upcoming...

The Surf Punks Changed My Life

Locals OnlyStumbling upon a ridiculous video on YouTube, a flood of adolescent memories wash up on the beach. And as everybody knows, the beach is nothing but a bird bathroom.

Wire - One of Us

MP3: Wire - "One of Us" from Object 47, tentatively due July 7. Courtesy of pinkflag.com. Via Buddyhead. ...

Public Enemy's Hank Shocklee Talks

Time Out Chicago talks to Public Enemy founder/producer Hank Shocklee about the formation of the group: Shock on the system. Our library was ridiculous. We would pull out breaks from the Turtles, Alabama and Level 42. We were just looking...

Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis BlueOne day-long session in 1965 provides a lifetime of emotion and an eternity of enjoyment.

MGMT - Electric Feel Music Video

Another outstanding video from our new favorite band. You can't watch this shit and tell me those kids aren't wacked out on drugs. And what's that!?!?! The bear from Chucky Cheese in a cameo? Oh, hell yes. MGMT - "Electric...

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