Glorious Noise June 2008« May 2008 | Archives | July 2008 » Universal Master Tapes BurnedUh oh. You know that big fire that ravaged Universal Studios? Well, it turns out that Universal Music had some space in the vault. Deadline Hollywood Daily reports the vault contained "1000's of original Decca, MCA, ABC recording masters from... Cobain's Ashes Reportedly StolenCourtney Love claims that the ashes of her late husband, Kurt Cobain, have been pinched. Rolling Stone reports that Love was storing the ashes in a pink bear-shaped handbag that was hidden in the wardrobe closet of her Hollywood home... Bo Diddley, Dead at 79Video: Bo Diddley - "Hey, Bo Diddley" and "Bo Diddley" (1966, The Big TNT Show) Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley has died of heart failure at age 79. My favorite thing about Bo Diddley is that he always claimed... Techdirt vs. ASCAP's Bill of RightsOver on Techdirt, Blaise Alleyne rips apart ASCAP's "Bill Of Wrongs" for Songwriters and Composers, point by point, item by item. 1. We have the right to be compensated for the use of our creative works, and share in the... Advertisement
Full Album Streams: Cool Kids, Aimee Mann, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, June 8, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • The Cool Kids, 'The Bake Sale' • Aimee Mann, '@#%&*! Smilers' • My Brightest Diamond, 'A... Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Country RoadsMP3: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes -" Country Roads" (John Denver cover) from Have Another Ball, out July 8 on Fat Wreck Chords. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of their debut album, the band is "releasing the second installment of... Cool Blog Alert: For Those Who Tried to RockI love this idea because I have been in seemingly countless forgotten bands. It's also totally in-line with what we try to do here at GLONO, and that's to highlight the music we love, whether you've heard of it or... How to Make the Major Labels RelevantIn a post called Aloha, Mr. Hands, former Beastie Boys/Nullsoft/Yahoo Music general manager Ian Rogers tells Guy Hands what he would do to change EMI's new music business: With the disappearance of advantaged label competencies such as superior production, distribution,... Be Your Own Corporate ToolRemember those three songs that got cut from Be Your Own Pet's new album because UMG's lawyers thought they were "too violent"? Well, it turns out the label has released them on an EP after all. Get Damaged is out... Silver Jews - Strange Victory, Strange DefeatMP3: Silver Jews - "Strange Victory, Strange Defeat" from Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, out June 17 on Drag City.... Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool
Some People Still Listen to RadioWho knew? According to the New York Times, people are listening to a lot less radio than they were ten years ago. It surprises me that they're still listening at all. But apparently, radio has slipped a lot more when... Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
Full Album Streams: MMJ, Beach Boys, Solomon Burke, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, June 15, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • My Morning Jacket, 'Evil Urges' • Jakob Dylan, Seeing Things' • The Beach Boys, 'U.S. Singles... Stream New Hold Steady Album: Stay PositiveYou can now stream the entire new Hold Steady album at their MySpace. Stay Positive is due July 15 on Vagrant. eMusic: The Hold Steady... New Of Montreal Album Finished: Skeletal LampingAccording to a post on his MySpace blog, Kevin Barnes has completed the latest Of Montreal album, to be titled Skeletal Lamping, and due in October. According to the post, he's been "working on it for over a year" and... Amy Winehouse in Racist Video FlapWell, it’s all over the place and people are steamed so we might as well weigh on this too. It seems a video of Amy Winehouse, clearly filmed by her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, shows Winehouse and an unidentified friend singing... Sun City Girls - You're Never Alone With A Cigarette
Hospital Bombers - The Devil's MusicMP3: Hospital Bombers - "The Devil's Music" from Footnotes, out now on Excelsior. This Amsterdam group got its name from the Mountain Goats song, "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton" (live MP3) which features the lyrics: "The best... Jason Von Bondie Speaks Out!The Von Bondies are headling Detour's Rock City Fest in Detroit this weekend. Real Detroit Weekly catches up with Jason Stollsteimer and gets the scoop on the whole Jack White ass-whooping incident: “What happened was I stood up for Jim... Joan Jett Signature Gibson Melody Maker guitarHard to believe it took until 2008 for Gibson to honor a female musician with a Gibson Electric Signature Model guitar. But they've launched the Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker, and it looks pretty sweet. Joan Jett got her... Wanna Buy Some Promo CDs? It's Legal!Remember that case we told you about a few months ago where UMG claimed that it was illegal for recipients of promo CDs to re-sell them or even to throw them away? Well, a judge disagreed, and held the the... Big Dipper - Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology
R. Kelly AcquittedApparently, video evidence of the crime, a weak defense, incredible media scrutiny, and really dopey looking hair braids aren’t enough to convict a guy of buggery in Chicago. Six years after being charged with making and starring in a child... Sharon Jones Gets Mainstream NodI’d love for GLONO to take credit for discovering the fantastic Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings but the truth is that a reader tipped us off when we gushed too long over Amy Winehouse. My hat forever tips to... Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
Full Album Streams: Dennis Wilson, Offspring, Wolf Parade, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, June 22, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Dennis Wilson, 'Pacific Blue Ocean (Legacy Edition)' • The Offspring, 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'... Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition)
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Fun with Forkcast, Round 9We've said it before and we'll say it again: just because it's been months since we've done a Forkcast update, it doesn't mean we haven't been paying attention. • Tobacco ft. Aesop Rock - "Dirt" from Fucked Up Friends, due... Nine Chinese Democracy Tracks LeakDon't get too worked up, they're gone already. But the comments are a treat to read. The gang over at ANTIQUIET.com had nine, fully mastered tracks from the forever in-progress Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy and the Internet went... Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Negativland - Richard Nixon Died TodayMP3: Negativland - "Richard Nixon Died Today" from Thigmotactic, out July 15. Thigomatic is Negativland's first "song-based" album in its 28-year history. According to the press release, "The fifteen songs and two instrumentals were written, composed and performed by Negativland’s... Report: Amy Winehouse Has EmphysemaMan, the bad news just keeps rolling in on Amy Winehouse. Now it seems she has a case of the Big E, and I do not mean Ecstacy. "The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs,... Rose Tells Bach to Mind His Own Fucking BusinessAs we (and everyone else) reported, nine tracks from the forever pending Chinese Democracy leaked last week. Well, Rolling Stone went to Axl Rose buddy Sebastian Bach for reaction and got an earful. First, Bach probably doesn't even talk to... Alejandro Escovedo - Always A FriendMP3: Alejandro Escovedo - "Always A Friend" from Real Animal, out today on Back Porch. Produced by Tony Visconti, Real Animal is apparently a "bio-in-song, an album that tells the story of Alejandro's 30+ years as a prolific and critically... Wedding Present - I Lost the MonkeyMP3: The Wedding Present - "I Lost the Monkey" from El Rey, produced by Steve Albini, out now on Manifesto. Also: The Wedding Present - "The Thing I Like Best About Him is His Girlfriend" The Wedding Present: MySpace, Wiki,... The M's - Big SoundMP3: The M's - "Big Sound" from Real Close Ones, out now on Polyvinyl. Also: The M's - "Don't Be Late" The M's: Web, MySpace, eMusic. Via Fingertips.... Prince Wants Tribute Album DestroyedHis Purple Badness is at it again. Prince is suing to have all copies of a Norwegian tribute album destroyed. According to Wired, the album, Shockadelica, had reached No. 8 on Norway's album charts and received several popular reviews by... Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For YouMP3: The Last Shadow Puppets - "My Mistakes Were Made For You" from The Age of the Understatement, which we've already covered. But it never hurts to have another look at our girl Gill... The Last Shadow Puppets: Web, MySpace.... Late to the Party: Big Star - #1 Record Radio City
Some (Fairly) Recent Music HeadlinesWhile half of the GLONO executive editorial department was away on vacation last week, music news continued to happen. These are some recent headlines we hope you'll find noteworthy: • iTunes sells five billionth song (Wired) • The Shins self-releasing... Saul Williams - World On WheelsMP3: Saul Williams - "World On Wheels" from The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, out now on iTunes and in stores July 8. Produced by Trent Reznor. The official release features 5 exclusive tracks including "List of Demands... Ryan Adams: the most interesting twentieth-century AmericanFor reasons you don't care about, Chuck Klosterman asked a bunch of German students to write an essay about who they considered to be "the most interesting twentieth-century American -- not necessarily the most historically important, but the individual you... |
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