R.E.M. - Accelerate
R.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.
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Glorious Noise May 2008« April 2008 | Archives | June 2008 » RIAA Loses "Making Available" CaseSo 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 MoneyDig 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
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Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" finally reissuedDennis 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!!!
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 DohertyThe 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 BangsLou 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
Neil Young Archives on Blu-rayThe 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
eMusic Loses the StonesHope 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 BustedFive 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 OasisThe 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 albumAndrew 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
Full Album Streams: Death Cab, Sinatra, JunoThese 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 AlbumsLast 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 EPWe 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 TreeSpin 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 SeaMP3: 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
Foo Fighters Concert RiderNot 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 2007The 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
Gore Gore Girls interviewThe 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 doing Tom Waits liveYou 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 TimesMP3: Old Haunts - "Poisonous Times" from Poisonous Times, out now on KRS. Sort of Pixies-ish, sort of Richard Hellish.... Cat Power - Jukebox
Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse TogetherFor 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
Beck Streaming New Song Recorded With Danger MouseSo, 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 ContestSubmit 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 YearsThe 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 CryFrom 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 PhotosThe 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 WaitsTom 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.
Sonic Youth: Starbucks is for SquaresSonic 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
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
Mountain Goats on DaytrotterEarlier 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
Wire - One of UsMP3: Wire - "One of Us" from Object 47, tentatively due July 7. Courtesy of pinkflag.com. Via Buddyhead.... Public Enemy's Hank Shocklee TalksTime 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
MGMT - Electric Feel Music VideoAnother 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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