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Glorious Noise July 2008« June 2008 | Archives | August 2008 » Full Album Streams: Liz Phair, RZA, Sigur Ros, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, July 6, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Liz Phair, 'Exile in Guyville' • Sigur Ros, 'Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust' •... Don't Fuck with Gus BlackI am sometimes teased by my rock snob friends for having, what is to them, an unusually high number of movie soundtracks in my collection. I won’t apologize for it though. Sure, most soundtracks are weak revenue streams for otherwise... Authorized Lyrics Sites Kinda SuckA little over a year ago, we talked about the first legal lyrics repository on the internet. Turns out, these legal sites are realizing they cannot compete with unauthorized sites that actually give the user what they want: searchable, copy-and-pastable... Advertisement
The Boxing Lesson - Wild Streaks and Windy Days
Dandy Warhols - Legend Of The Last Of the Outlaw TruckersMP3: The Dandy Warhols - "The Legend Of The Last Of the Outlaw Truckers AKA the Ballad of Sheriff Shorty" from Earth to Dandy Warhols, out August 19 but available to membership subscribers now. The Dandy Warhols: Web, MySpace, YouTube,... Listen to the Long Lost Beatles InterviewYou might have heard about that long lost Beatles interview that was found in a garage after 44 years. "The interview took place in London at the studios of Scottish Television on April 30, 1964." Well, the BBC has the... Albums Sales Down 11%According to Nielsen SoundScan via Billboard, U.S. album sales have dropped 11% in 2008 compared to last year. The first six months of 2008 has seen 204.6 million units sold, as opposed to 229.8 million units scanned in the same... Ted Nugent: Chicago Bands Too WhiteEverybody knows that Ted Nugent is a madman. To suggest that his attitudes about race are complex is putting it mildly. And generously. Way back in 2003, we liberated a hilarious 1994 interview Bob Mack conducted with the Nuge for... Throw Me The Statue - LolitaMP3: Throw Me The Statue - "Lolita" from Moonbeams, out now on Secretly Canadian. Saw this video on Subterranean recently. Great, Violent Femmesy vibe right down to the acoustic breakdowns and glockenspiel. Video: Throw Me The Statue - "Lolita" (QT)... Carl Barat on Pete DohertyCarl Barat talks to the Sunday Mail about "the tragedy of Pete Doherty." "You can't give Pete advice. I've been through all that many times before. We were in Paris writing the second Libertines album, and I said to... Google Ordered to Handover Users’ InfoIn a decision rankling privacy rights groups, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ordered Google to disclose records showing which users watched particular videos on YouTube as part of Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit. The order includes handing over the... Jack White Waxes Poetic on DetroitTwo years ago Jack White did what millions of people who found their personal priorities and financial situations changed: he left Detroit. Of course, most of those people did not build their careers and their personas on the image of... The Flaming Lips Live at the 80/35 Music Festival
Full Album Streams: Strummer, Me First, Bowie, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, July 13, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Joe Strummer, 'The Future Is Unwritten' • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, 'Have Another Ball!'... Rockafire Explosion: The Movie!Holy crap, this is awesome. Trailer: Rock-afire Explosion- The MOVIE When MGMT put Billy Bob Brockali in their video for "Electric Feel" an entire generation of dudes in their thirties had a collective flashback to afternoons at Showbiz Pizza Place.... Ringo Wishes Chicago "Peace & Love"Yesterday, July 7, marked the 68th (!!!) birthday for Ringo Starr. When recently asked by Access Hollywood what he wanted for his birthday, the former Beatle replied, “just more peace and love.” That seemed to spark an idea for... Shock of Pleasure - Superstar (Carpenters cover)Dallas electronic band Shock of Pleasure with their reinterpretation of The Carpenter's 1971 pop classic "Superstar." MP3 (zipped): Shock of Pleasure - "Superstar" (Carpenters cover) Video: Shock of Pleasure - "This Is A Test" MySpace ... Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
Hard Rock Park: Rock and Roll Theme ParkThe New York Times profiles a new theme park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that recently opened. Hard Rock Park is the brainchild of Jon Binkowski, 49, a veteran theme-park executive, and Steven Goodwin, 40, who developed the Hard Rock... LastFM Readies Royalty ProgramOnline music site LastFM has finally launched the royalty payment program they announced in January. The company will start paying out royalties to unsigned and independent bands that upload their music to the site…eventually. The landing page for the program... Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Lyle Lovett: Never Made a Dime from Record SalesLyle Lovett has sold 4.6 million albums in the United States since 1991, but his major label contract will be done after two more albums. And he's weighing his options: “I’ve never made a dime from a record sale in... Faces Reunion?The ever-optimistic NME is claiming that The Faces are likely to reunite, bringing together Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart, and most of the Small Faces for the first time in 30-odd years: Speaking to BBC 6Music, keyboardist Ian McLagan said: "We're... GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANEROne hundred percent Russian=one hundred percent awesome. GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo. The song is by ANJ. ... Kevin Barnes vs. You Ain't No PicassoYou Ain't No Picasso talks to Kevin Barnes about the new Of Montreal album, and how his songwriting become lyrically and stylistically more personal: There was a weird, almost fascist state of mind in the Elephant 6 collective, at least... John Lennon: Christian WarriorJust as the Beatles’ hype was reaching a fevered pitch, John Lennon uttered an off-hand comment that sparked protests, led to their records being banned, and even incited death threats. But a newly released interview from 1969 sheds more light... Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles
Full Album Streams: Hold Steady, Mellencamp, Black KidsThese free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, July 20, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • The Hold Steady, 'Stay Positive' • John Mellencamp, 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom' • Black Kids,... Beck - Modern Guilt
Port Wine Lads - Live in Kalamazoo, 1991I went to college with most of the Port Wine Lads. In fact, I sold them my barely used bass guitar after I gave up on it. Twenty seconds into this, you see the 19-year-old me pointing and declaring, "Yeah,... Yazoo Live: Another Page In Your Diary
Hold Steady - Sequestered on LettermanVideo: The Hold Steady "Sequestered in Memphis" (live on Letterman, July 16, 2008) Finn's dance moves rule. The Hold Steady: Web, MySpace, imeem, Wiki, eMusic. ... Rick Rubin to record CSNAccording to Billboard, Crosby, Stills & Nash is planning on recording a collection of covers with producer Rick Rubin: "Rick Rubin's a brilliant man," Graham Nash tells Billboard.com, "and what he wants is an album with no CSN songs. He... Melvins - Nude With Boots (Friday Facial)
Melvins - Nude With Boots
Conor Oberst - Danny CallahanMP3: Conor Oberst - "Danny Callahan" from Conor Oberst, out August 5 on Merge. Sounds like Bright Eyes, but it's his first solo album since some cassette releases in the mid-90s. Why go solo now? Who knows? Maybe Merge made... Who cares about the Replacements?Not too many people, according to a Billboard article announcing the expanded reissues of the Replacements' final four albums for Sire Records. Buried in the penultimate paragraph, we learn this sad little nugget: In April, Rhino reissued the Replacements' first... Sloan - Parallel Play
Courtney Love Is Fucking InsaneCourtney Love has been a busy bee lately. She posted a (now dramatically edited) entry on her MySpace blog claiming that Ryan Adams stole $850,000 from Frances Bean's trust fund to finance and record Rock N Roll. Guess someone is... Quadrophenia Recording Notes by Pete TownshendA cool discovery! GLONO message board regular DJ Murphy has dug up Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia Recording Notes from 1973 that were included with promo copies of the album sent to reviewers. Pete, a notorious over-explainer desperate to be understood, certainly... Ten "Fiercest" British Frontmen RevealedJake has long bemoaned the fact that British singers all sound like pansies. [Specifically, English singers -ed.] It’s his main argument for abandoning a genre that once fueled his music collection and has led to hilarious arguments at countless bars... Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Photos
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Full Album Streams: CSS, Sabbath, Bowie, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, July 27, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • CSS, 'Donkey' • Black Sabbath, 'The Rules of Hell' • David Bowie, 'Live Santa Monica '72'... Neil Young Archives on CDGood old Neil. Remember earlier this year when he said he wasn't going to release his long awaited Archives on CD? Well, he changed his mind. Like he does. Neil Young's 'Archive' To Be Available On CD, DVD: This fall,... New Paul Westerberg, Cheap!You can download the new album by Paul Westerberg, 49:00, for 49 cents at Amazon. Forty-nine minutes long, all one track. Value for money. ... Chris Mills: Glorious Noise Video
Public Enemy Live at Pitchfork
Hold Steady on NPR's Morning EditionI just got out of the shower where I heard Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talking to Craig Finn and Tad Kubler about their awesome new album, Stay Positive. Group Finds Rewards, Redemption: "I think that when you're 36, like I... Courtney Love to Stop BloggingAccording to the latest post on her MySpace blog, Courtney Love is going to stop blogging: I have a sign on my computer, "DO NOT BLOG. EMBARRASSES CHILD. LACK OF GRAMMATICAL CORRECTNESS AND SPELLING MAKES ONE LOOK ON DRUGS FOR... Notes from the Pitchfork Music Festival
Cold War Kids - Something is Not Right With MeCold War Kids have the first single off their upcoming September 23rd Downtown Records release Loyalty to Loyalty available for download. You can also hear streams for "Hang Me Up to Dry" and "Hospital Beds". MP3: Cold War Kids -... Nevermind Baby: 17 Years LaterSecond NPR post in two days, ha ha, but this is wild. The baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind is now 17 years old and trying to graduate a year early from high school... Once Naked For Nirvana, Now... Vivaldi (With Slayer's Drummer Dave Lombardo) - The Meeting
Iha and D'Arcy Sue for Pumpkins RoyaltiesJust when we'd almost forgotten that they were ever even in the band, James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown have sued Virgin Records for not paying them for "music downloads and other digitally delivered Smashing Pumpkins music." Iha and Wretzky-Brown, who... Pitter Patter Goes My Heart: Broken Social Scene Live
Classic Dead Milkmen video: Punk Rock GirlVideo: Dead Milkmen - "Punk Rock Girl" Saw this on VH1 Classic this weekend, and even though the Dead Milkmen were one of my favorite bands in high school, I don't think I'd ever seen this video before. It's better... Gus Black - This is Not the Day...
Kid Rock: Steal EverythingKid Rock says that not only is "stealing" music OK, you should steal everything as long as it's from rich people. I don't like any of his music but I can't help but love this cheeky bastard. Video: Kid Rock... The Raconteurs LiveThe Raconteurs have added a new live section to their web site with live photos, video, and audio from past tour dates. Live MP3s: • The Raconteurs - "Teenage Kicks" (Undertones cover) • The Raconteurs - "Keep It Clean" (Charley... Full Album Streams: Walkmen, Pas/Cal, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, August 3, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • The Walkmen, 'You and Me' • Pas/Cal, 'I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura'... Mad Men: For Those Who Think Young
GLONO at Lolla 2008Lollapalooza 2008 is nigh and Glorious Noise will be covering it in style. Want to keep tabs on where the crew is? Check out our schedules and look for the GLONO gear. If you’re over six feet tall, stand the... New video: The Escapist by The StreetsVideo: The Streets - "The Escapist" From Everything is Borrowed, due in the UK on September 15. Mike Skinner says: "During a great period of intense mixing we decided that it might be nice to shoot a video. This isn't... Where Jack White Got His SoundOver at the Metro Times, Michael Hurtt tells the story of how Jack White acquired his two pick-up, red-and-white Airline guitar: There was something special about this garish fiberglass git-box, says the Memphis, Tennessee-based Jack Yarber — otherwise known as... Ghostface Killah a/k/a Chunky Mario DelightI always thought it would be funny to make up funny stories about our Founding Fathers, but this is pretty good, too. How I Spread A Lie About Ghostface Killah, or Why You Should Not Trust Goddamn Wikipedia: To me,... Stream Tom Waits in ConcertNPR's All Songs Considered is streaming the July 5 Tom Waits concert at Atlanta's Fox Theater. I'm listening right now, and it sounds great. 2 hr, 21 min, 41 sec. The oldest songs in the set list are "'Til... |
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