Glorious Noise March 2009« February 2009 | Archives | April 2009 » Most Popular GLONO Items: Feb. 2009Once a month we look back on the stuff we wrote that got the most attention. We don't do any special weighting for items that appeared later in the month, or anything fancy like that. These are simply the things... Leonard Cohen - Live in ManhattanNPR has a live Leonard Cohen show from the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. It's not the complete set, but it's a great collection of songs: "Dance Me to the End of Love" "The Future" "Chelsea Hotel" "Tower of Song" "Suzanne"... New Death Cab video: Grapevine FiresVideo: Death Cab For Cutie - "Grapevine Fires" Directed by Walter Robot, a.k.a. the team of multimedia artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie. From Narrow Stairs.... The Death of the SuperstarMusic industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz reads an article in the New York Times about declining television ratings and extrapolates the death of the superstar: Back when the music business was fat and happy, in 1998-9, "E.R." had a 17.8 rating.... Advertisement
Which Drummers Use a Click Track?This is great. A programmer came up with a way to plot graphs of the beat durations of songs in order to determine which songs used a click track. His synopsis of the Beatles' "Dizzy Miss Lizzy": This plot shows... 7 Worlds Collide PromoThere's a new promo for Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide project that brought Jeff Tweedy and members of Wilco, Johnny Marr, members of Radiohead, and loads of other great musicians together to benefit OXFAM. Great clips from the recording of... Unreleased Early Elliott Smith: Nine Inch Nails Diss TrackVideo: Elliott Smith - "We're All Friends Now" This is footage shot by Mary Lou Lord somewhere in Canada in 1995. Lyrics are a badass smackdown of a music industry showcase for Nine Inch Nails: The feedback starts and the... Album Streams: Dan Deacon, Grandmaster Flash, moreNPR is streaming Dan Deacon's Bromst. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, March 8, so listen while you can. • Neko Case, 'Middle Cyclone' • Grandmaster Flash, 'The Bridge' • Isaac Hayes, 'Black Moses' • Thin Lizzy, 'Still... Wayne Coyne vs. Arcade FireIn his ongoing quest to call out every asshole in the music industry, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne tears into Arcade Fire for Rolling Stone: "Whenever I've been around them, I've found that they not only treated their crew like... Sales: Taylor Swift Kicks Jonas Bros' AssesJeez, won't this girl let somebody else have a turn at Number One? Not even the all-powerful Jonas Brothers could come close to knocking Taylor Swift out of the top spot as she continues her Billboard 200 dominance. 1. Taylor... Dammers Still Out of The SpecialsThe Specials' founder, keyboardist, and songwriter Jerry Dammers says he's been excluded from the band's upcoming 30th Anniversary reunion dates, thanks mostly to the efforts of singer Terry Hall. Dammers says that he was involved in some early rehearsals, but... AA Bondy: Live in Portland
"The Beatles: Rock Band" Due in SeptemberApple Corps, Ltd., Harmonix and MTV Games have announced the 9/9/09 worldwide release of The Beatles: Rock Band. The game, an "unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles," will be available simultaneously worldwide... Mountain Goats Fans Are Dorks, ApparentlyThere's a long profile of the Mountain Goats by Stephen Rodrick in New York Magazine that leaves me feeling a little icky. The author examines both John Darnielle as well as one of his particularly earnest young fans: He looks... Libertines in the StudioSorry for the somewhat misleading headline...although Pete Doherty is still convinced a reunion "is going to happen," so... But what we have here is some cool 2004 studio footage of the Libertines and Mick Jones recording "The Man Who Would... Unseen Photos of Beatles, StonesThe Telegraph has a slideshow from a new exhibition of "never before seen private snaps" from the early American tours of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in 1964 through 1966. The collection of more than 50 pictures, which... Lollapalooza Parties Like It's 1992The Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot got the scoop on the 2009 Lollapalooza headliners: Depeche Mode, the Beastie Boys and a reunited Jane’s Addiction are expected to headline the fifth annual Lollapalooza Aug. 7-9 in Grant Park.Though promoters would not confirm... Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night
Carl Barat Live in Stockton-on-Tees
Oral History of Krist NovoselicThere's a ton of fascinating information in the state of Washington's Legacy Project's oral history of Krist Novoselic (93-page PDF). For example, his name, if spelled the traditional Croation way, Krste, should be pronounced like "cursed." And his last name... Album Streams: Propagandhi vs. Kelly ClarksonAOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, March 15, so listen while you can. • Propagandhi, 'Supporting Caste' • Kelly Clarkson, 'All I Ever Wanted' • Cursive, 'Mama, I'm Swollen' (MP3) • Handsome Furs, 'Face Control' (MP3) • Taylor... Glorious Noise Interview: Eric Matthews
Another new Neil Young video: Johnny MagicVideo: Neil Young - "Johnny Magic" Another self-made video from Neil's latest distraction, Fork in the Road, due April 7. There's an alternate version of the video available at the Huffington Post. Accusations of lazy songwriting will probably not be... Sales: Neko Case is #3U2 Tops The Billboard 200 1. U2 - No Line on the Horizon - 484,000 (debut) 2. Taylor Swift - Fearless - 52,000 (-29%) 3. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - 44,000 (debut) 4. Lady GaGa - The Fame -... Kids These Days Don't Know from QualityA professor of music at Stanford tests his incoming students each year to determine how we become attuned to what we like: He has them listen to a variety of recordings which use different formats from MP3 to ones of... New Band: Jack White + Kills = Dead WeatherJack White's got another new band. Rolling Stone attended an invite-only preview in Nashville and has the full report: The new band takes White from the front of the stage back behind the drum kit, while the Kills’ Alison... Jaoquin Phoenix Keeps it...Um...RealThe madness continues. Jaoquin Phoenix jumps into the crowd to confront a heckler. Phoenix's "career switch" is being documented by his brother-in-law, Casey Affleck. Whatever is going on here, I love it. Video: Jaoquin Phoenix Fight (enhanced) at Fontainebleau night... Cool Band: The Union LineWe get a TON of emails from bands, labels, and PR agencies. I mean it's crazy sometimes. We can't get to all of them and we certainly can't listen and review everything we get. We can try to give props... SXSW Offers Torrent of 2009 ActsMajor labels may be…ahem…slow to recognize the benefits of filesharing but not everyone in the music industry is so dense. Case in point: South by Southwest. The premier music festival of the year has once again posted on their site... Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine
Existential Crisis at the NME AwardsI keep forgetting how great The Morning News can be. Every couple of years I read something on there that blows me away and I pledge to keep an eye on it from now on. But then I get overwhelmed... At the Barbershop; or How Creed Led Me to a Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ
Heath Ledger Directs Modest Mouse videoRepresenting some of his last directorial work before his death, Heath Ledger's Music Videos Come To Light: The Oscar-winning actor directed "King Rat" for Modest Mouse after meeting singer Isaac Brock in Australia. "Heath and I have a mutual friend... Album Streams: Peter Doherty, Willie NelsonMySpace Music is streaming Peter Doherty's debut solo album Grace/Wastelands through March 24. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, March 22, so listen while you can. • 'Naked Willie' by Willie Nelson • 'Fantasies' by Metric • 'Industry... NPD Group: CD is Dying FastWow. Just last year, we passed along news from the NPD Group that "about one million consumers stopped buying CDs in 2007." Well, in 2008 it got much, much worse: "there were nearly 17 million fewer CD buyers in 2008... Back from the Grave; or Seeing the Ghosts of Elvis, Gram Parsons, and Mark Lindsey in the Guise of Freddy Fortune
Blind Pilot and Broken West Live in Iowa City
Sales: Kelly Clarkson Back on TopI like to tell anybody who will listen to me that Kelly Clarkson owes her career to me. I voted for her from the get go during the first season of American Idol. Multiple times a week. She had me... Scion Rock Fest 2009
Cool Band: Electric BlackI have a thing for buzzy, reverb drenched guitar tones. It creeps me out in a good way. Electric Black also creeps me out in a good way. Lead singer Johnny B. sometimes plays a little too close to Tom... Death of a Junky: the Rolling Stones
Cool Band: The GaryThere was a time in the early 90s when the Pacific Northwest was rotten with bands like The Gary. A certain amount of angst, a certain measure of attitude, and a DIY approach that prefaced today’s proliferation of bands with... Cool Band: The Most Beautiful LosersI grew up in the Midwest. I know how boring and awful winter can be. I know what it means to hole up in your basement for months on end, drink, and bang away on a guitar until your fingers... Lost Classics: The Magnolias - For Rent
New Vampire Weekend - White SkyYouTube: Vampire Weekend - "White Sky" (live on Fallon, 3/18/2009) A new song from everybody's favorite proponents of "African preppy" music. I'm not a Fallon hater, but could he be any douchier at the end of this song? "Good job,... Neil Young Archives: June 2Once again, Neil Young's Archives box has a release date: June 2, 2009. At least that's what Elliot Roberts announced at South by Southwest on March 21. We'll see. According to Billboard, "The set will be available as a 10-disc... Cool Band: Elephant MicahMuch of the press around Elephant Micah seems to be about how there is so little press around Elephant Micah. I can tell you from being in bands around which there was little press that it is nothing to brag... 13 Artists We'd Pay More Than $50 to See
Album Streams: PBJ, Decemberists, moreMySpace Music is streaming Peter Bjorn and John's Living Thing. NPR is streaming Leonard Cohen's Live in London in its entirety. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, March 29, so listen while you can. • 'The Hazards of... Tool, Lou Reed, Killers added to LollapaloozaThe Chicago Tribune's Greg Kot confirms that Tool, Lou Reed, the Killers, and the Decemberists are all expected to play Lollapalooza this summer in Chicago. Tool and the Killers apparently round out the previously reported headliners: Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode,... Gorillaz Documentary TrailerI love me some Gorillaz. I’ve been a fan of Damon Albarn’s music since the early 90s when Blur was still mistakenly associated with “shoegazing” and “madchester” by music rags when in fact they were creating something entirely different and... Cool Band: Eagle Winged PalaceThere may be no other musical sub genre I love more than the neo-psyche folk rock inspired by the ocean waves and grainy film of David Crosby macking chicks in a Big Sur hot tub. Maybe it’s my combined fascination... Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Felice Brothers - Run Chicken RunMP3: The Felice Brothers - "Run Chicken Run" from Yonder is the Clock, out April 7 on Team Love. Great new song from the former subjects of a GLONO Video short. Kinda reminds me of our own Quasar Wut-Wut (MP3).... Sales: Kelly Clarkson still on topTop 10 of the Billboard 200: 1. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted - 90,000 (-65%) 2. U2 - No Line on the Horizon - 76,000 (-42%) 3. Twilight soundtrack - 74,000 (+251%) 4. the-Dream - Love Vs. Money... New Panda Bear video - Take PillsVideo: Panda Bear - "Take Pills" Two years (to the week!) after the release of Person Pitch, Paw Tracks releases a trippy new video for "Take Pills." Who knew pandas had such long tails? Directed by Brian DeGraw. Panda Bear:... Super Furry Animals - Inaugural TramsMP3: Super Furry Animals - "Inaugural Trams" from Dark Days / Light Years, due April 14 (iTunes) and April 21 (vinyl) on Rough Trade. Bloopie disco jam from everybody's favorite psychedelic sheepshaggers. With lyrics like "We have reduced emissions by... Kanye West vs. My Dear DiscoMP3: Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" (My Dear Disco remix) Not quite sure the point of this remix, but it sounds pretty good. It's not as though Kanye's recent jams are really needing any more synths, but whatever. It's better... Fleet Foxes - MykonosMP3: Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" Originally released on the Sun Giant EP and included with the vinyl version of the debut album Fleet Foxes. On May 5, Sub Pop is releasing it as a 7" single in a gatefold sleeve,... New Wilco album in June
Cool Band: Lightning LoveCollege bands are the best. Some of my all-time favorite groups were formed in the basements and public areas of dorms. That their reach rarely extends beyond campus is irrelevant to those who partake in the excitement of watching... Elliott Smith's Archives: The GLONO Interview with Larry Crane
iTunes: Why Pay More!We first mentioned this back in January, but now the L.A. Times puts a date on it: Hottest tracks to cost $1.29 at iTunes starting April 7. The world's largest music store, Apple's iTunes, plans to boost the price of... Beastie Boys Check Your Head RemasteredHave you finished drooling over your newly remastered 20th Anniversary edition of Paul's Boutique? Well, wipe your chin because now the Beastie Boys are doing the same thing with Check Your Head. And more! This time, they're adding "16 bonus... Fun with Forkcast, Round 12We've said it before and we'll say it again: just because it's been a few months since we've done a Forkcast update, it doesn't mean we haven't been paying attention. Here's some good stuff that the Fr0k has given up... Blender: R.I.P.Print Version of Blender to Cease Publication. It will still exist online. A few months after we launched GLONO, we covered the launch of a new music mag from the publisher of Maxim: Rock and Roll and Boobies Too. I... Album Streams: Bats for Lashes, Leonard Cohen, moreMySpace Music is streaming Bats for Lashes' Two Suns (live MP3). AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, April 5, so listen while you can. • 'Live in London' by Leonard Cohen • 'You Are Here' by thenewno2 (MP3)... Stevie Wonder's Multi-track MastersVideo: Stevie Wonder's clavinet - "Superstition" This is great. YouTube user "Funkscribe" dissects Stevie Wonder's multitrack master recording of "Superstition". Using Protools, he isolates the tracks to get a better understanding of the eight different clavinet parts. And if you... |
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