Glorious Noise January 2009« December 2008 | Archives | February 2009 » MP3Tunes Sues EMI for Sharing MP3sMP3.com founder and current MP3Tunes CEO Michael Robertson has counter-sued EMI for distributing free MP3s via MP3 blogs and its own sites, and allowing anyone to download them, "except, apparently, MP3tunes": MP3Tunes has made detailed factual allegations that EMI and... Spiritualized - Songs In A & E
Top-Selling Albums of 2008Overall album sales are down again this year, but here are the Top-Selling Albums Of '08, according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan: 1. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - 2.88 million 2. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death... New project from the Rentals: Songs About TimeMatt Sharp and the Rentals have a new multimedia project they're calling Songs About Time, billed as "one year in photography, film and music." According to the site, the band will record and release three new digital mini-albums over 2009... Advertisement
Get New Bruce Springsteen MP3 Free - Life ItselfBruce Springsteen is giving away his new single, "Life Itself," as a free download via Amazon MP3. Get it while you can! The Boss will also be giving away "My Lucky Day" and "Born To Run" as free downloads for... Jesse Malin - Live in Keighley
Ron Asheton, Dead at 60The Ann Arbor News reports that Stooges' guitarist Ron Asheton was found dead in his home this morning. This is sad news for anyone who gives a shit about real, American punk rock: Asheton pretty much invented it on The... Most Popular GLONO Items: Dec. 2008Current Chart 1. Christmas Music Quiz (December) 2. The 100 Greatest Drug Songs Ever (December) 3. The 21 Best Beatles Songs Not on One, Red, or Blue (December) 4. (3) Fun with Forkcast, Round 11 (November) 5. (8) Jeff Mangum,... Apple ditches DRM, adds tiered pricingApple, labels both win with DRM-free iTunes, tiered pricing: Today, Apple promised that by the end of this quarter, all 10 million iTunes songs will be DRM-free, and released at the higher-quality 256 kbps iTunes Plus bitrate. This policy change... 2008 Year End Radio ChartsThe following charts from R&R (Radio & Records, Inc.) are based on radio airplay... Top Alternative Songs: 1 LET IT DIE Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA/RMG) 41,414 plays 2 THE PRETENDER Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA/RMG) 40,248 3 PORK AND BEANS Weezer (DGC/Geffen/Interscope) 39,873... Lester Bangs on Ron AshetonJim DeRogatis eulogizes Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and shares a great quote from the inimitable Lester Bangs from "Roots of Punk (Part One)" originally published by New Wave magazine in 1978: "1969" featured the only use of wah-wah that I... Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique Remastered"It's true," claim the Beastie Boys on their website. "Paul's Boutique is turning 20! So we remastered the sucker. Sign up to be notified." Done. I had always assumed that licensing issues/sample clearances would prevent them from ever reissuing this... Flaming Lips vs. NIN, STP, BeckOur G-Rap homeboy Angry John Sellers asks Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne some Tough Questions for Spin magazine. Hilarity ensues. On annoying other bands with gratuitous confetti: We recently did a festival in Mexico...and fucking Nine Inch Nails and Stone... Johnny Marr Joins Wilco for Radiohead CoverI sometimes obsess over bands. Two of my heaviest obsessions were focused on The Smiths and Wilco. So, if I had been in the audience when Johnny Marr joined the members of Wilco, Liam Finn, and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and... Noel Gallagher on Downloaders: Good for them!Another classic interview with Noel Gallagher. This time, the chief Oasis songwriter talks to Filter Magazine about still charging for his music: “I have to pay for the studio, I have to pay for the videos and I have to... Best Music Scribing of 2008Jason Gross has published his annual Best Music Scribing Awards. A ton of great stuff I missed last year, including Paul Ford's "Six Word Reviews of 763 SXSW MP3s" which is as overwhelming and awesome as you can imagine...at least... NWA - "Help" tha PoliceVideo: Adam Buxton - "Help the Police" I literally have tears in my eyes from laughing out loud. I can't believe it's been online since 2007 and nobody I know has sent it to me before. It's so perfect, I... Pete Doherty Solo Album Details RevealedThe NME claims to have the first copy of Pete Doherty’s as-yet-unnamed solo album and they’ve posted details of what’s inside. What does it sound like? “Well, like Gorillaz. And The Coral. And The La’s. And Blur. And Bob... Carbon/Silicon - Live in London
Album Streams: Antony, Bee Gees, moreThese free album streams are available from AOL/Spinner through Sunday, January 18, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. Note: AOL/Spinner still call these "full" album streams despite the fact that they rarely stream the entire album anymore,... Neko Case - People Got A Lotta NerveMP3: Neko Case - "People Got A Lotta Nerve" from Middle Cyclone, out March 3 on Anti. Charity alert: Neko Case and Anti will donate five dollars to Best Friends Animal Society for every blog that posts "People Got A... New Morrissey video: I'm Throwing My Arms Around ParisVideo: Morrissey - "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" Classic Morrissey. Pugg rock! And the grey in his hair suits him. Then again, he's always looked like a middle-aged man even back in his twenties. From Years of Refusal, out... Ryan Adams Quits MusicIn a long blog post, Ryan Adams claims he's quitting the music business after his current tour wraps up: me- 34-a non smoker and happy, for the first time in my life.. i am excited to finish this wonderful time... Black Lips - Starting OverMP3: The Black Lips - "Starting Over" from 200 Million Thousand, due February 24 on Vice. Sounds like Brian Jonestown Massacre doing one of their early Rolling Stones pastiches. Minus the sense of evil and danger. That, of course, is... New Neil Young - Fork in the RoadVideo: Neil Young - "Fork in the Road" Gotta love Neil, webcam stizz. Chomping on an Apple, scoffing at his earbuds. Old coot! The chorus is typical Neil: "There's a bailout coming but it's not for you." But he gets... Hipster Runoff vs. Animal CollectiveThis is the first thing I've ever read by Hipster Runoff, and I'm impressed. If he wasn't so verbose, I'd probably go back and read his archives, but dude, that shit is long! His hyper-meta-meta-consciousness might not be for everybody,... The 21 Best Legal MP3s of 2008
Guitar Hero and Rock Band slidingUh oh, looks like rock and roll videogames might have peaked, at least according to Variety: Fall's highly anticipated "Rock Band 2" and "Guitar Hero: World Tour" have sold well below expectations, trailing their 2007 editions by significant margins. Activision's... The Bran Flakes sample Dolly PartonMP3: The Bran Flakes - "Stumble Out of Bed" from I Have Hands, due February 24 ("pay what you want") on Illegal Art. I had high hopes as soon as I realized the Bran Flakes were sampling "9 to 5"... M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like YouMP3: M. Ward - "Never Had Nobody Like You" (ft. Zooey Deschanel) from Hold Time, due February 17 on Merge. Good, chooglin' reverb-drenched blues pop. Zooey Deschanel takes a back seat, so this is definitely more M. Ward than She... Donovan: "Internet is the new '60s"Underrated psych-pop-folkie Donovan has received the medal of Officier dans L'Ordre des Arts et des Letttres from the French government and loves the internet: "The dream of the '60s, of me and John Lennon and the others, was: How do... His house is all white!Video: Young Jeezy and Jay-Z - "My President is Black" (remix, live on January 18, 2009) My President is Black, in fact he’s half white So even in a racist mind he’s half right Even in these racist times we... Lost Classics: Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour With Eric Clapton
Album Streams: Animal Collective, Bon Iver, moreThese free album streams are available from AOL/Spinner through Sunday, January 25, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Animal Collective, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' • Bon Iver, 'Blood Bank EP' (mp3) • AC Newman, 'Get Guilty' (mp3)... Sales: Taylor Swift, Beyonce on topThe top ten of the Billboard 200 this week: 1. Taylor Swift - Fearless - 63,000 (-11%) 2. Beyonce - I Am ... Sasha Fierce - 49,000 3. Nickelback - Dark Horse - 46,000 (-12%) 4. Notorious soundtrack - 43,000... New Animal Collective video: My GirlsVideo: Animal Collective - "My Girls" Produced by Knowmore Productions, animated by Jon Vermilyea, edited/VFX by Chad Von Nau. From Merriweather Post Pavilion (vinyl), out now on Domino. So this is what all the fuss is about? Okay, it's a... 2008 Village Voice Pazz and JopThe 2008 Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll results are in. TV on the Radio is the big winner. 579 critics participated this year, which is slightly up from 2007's 577. Only 494 submitted ballots in 2006, the year... The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
David Berman: "Joos are over"In a post on the Drag City forums, David Berman calls an end to his Silver Jews and Bids his Well-Wishers Adieu: I guess I am moving over to another category. Screenwriting or Muckraking. I've got to move on. Can't... Paul's Boutique reissue detailsThe Beastie Boys talk to MTV News about the Paul's Boutique reissue: "The other day at the studio, we saw the artwork for the CD," Mike D said. "And it finally looks proper. After years in the making, on its... Album Streams: Mark Olson/Gary Louris, moreThese free album streams are available from AOL/Spinner through Sunday, February 1, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Mark Olson & Gary Louris, 'Ready For the Floor' (mp3) • Bruce Springsteen, 'Working on a Dream' •... Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer?
Andrew Bird Outsells Animal CollectiveThe big news out of this week's album sales is not in the Top Ten (nine of which were already there last week), but just beyond that into the 11-20 range. Specifically: 12. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (Fat Possum)... Bob Ludwig vs. Loudness WarsMixonline talks to legendary mastering engineer Bob Ludwig about "the loudness wars, changing technologies, and more than four decades of musical inspiration": Hopefully this whole loudness war thing that we’ve been through with the CD, there’s no more room to... Colbert Interviews McCartneyGLONO's Upright Standing Man of the Year 2006 Stephen Colbert leads the best interview of Paul McCartney I've seen in ages. Once again, the man proves to be a treasure. And Sir Paul's pretty good too. Video: Stephen Colbert's Paul... New Ben Kweller video - FightVideo: Ben Kweller - "Fight" From Changing Horses, out February 3 on ATO. His publicist calls this "a full-blown, straight-up country affair" but it's clear that Kweller's been listening to the Flying Burrito Brothers with the mix of country, gospel,... Black Lips - Short FuseMP3: Black Lips - "Short Fuse" from 200 Million Thousand, out February 24 on Vice. This mp3 ends with a British girl telling you to "get more music at vicerecords.com." Normally, that would be the kind of thing to really... 16 - Bridges to Burn
Bands on TwitterEach Note Secure has a great list of Musicians On Twitter You Should Follow, And Some To Ignore. Willie Nelson and Bjork are apparently not follow-worthy, while Mike Skinner and MC Hammer are included among "the best, most entertaining, and... |
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Another photo feature from GLONO's new UK HQ. This time, we catch up with Jesse Malin in a small town in West Yorkshire, England.
