Kiss - The Elder
An album unjustly overlooked in Kisstory turns out to be one of the greatest concept albums in rock history.
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Glorious Noise April 2009« March 2009 | Archives | May 2009 » Cool Band: Pinstripe 45sWe covered the reunion of one of Chicago’s favorite bands, The Blacks, in a couple of original video features (documentary, live return) in 2006. Now it looks as though bassist and namesake Gina Black has a new project with Chicago... thenewno2 - You Are Here
Booker T. + Drive-By TruckersStax recording legend Booker T. Jones has dumped the MG's for his latest album and hired a new band, the Drive-By Truckers. It's every bit as raw as Booker says, thanks to layers of guitar from the Truckers and Neil... Advertisement
Sales: Mastodon Cracks the Top 12Lots of debuts in this week's Top 200: 1. "Now 30" - 146,000 (debut) 2. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack - 139,000 (debut) 3. "Twilight" soundtrack - 102,000 (up 37%) 4. Keri Hilson's "In a Perfect World" - 94,000 (debut)... Jayhawks Reunion This Summer
Did Obama Violate Copyright?By now, you've all heard that President Obama gave the Queen of England an iPod. Turns out there were 40 songs pre-loaded on it. Showtunes to accompany a coffee table book he also gave her. When I heard about this,... Chris Cornell - Scream
Most Popular GLONO Items: March 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... New Belle and Sebastian ProjectVideo: God Help The Girl - an introduction God Help The Girl is a musical film written by Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian. The album of songs from the film is due June 23 on Matador with a total... Dandies Announce Earth To The Remix EP, Volume TwoIn honor of the second annual Record Store Day – April 18, 2009– the Dandy Warhols are releasing a super-limited 4-song remix EP, Earth To The Remix EP, Volume Two. Last summer, to coincide with the release of their fifth... Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
New Dressy Bessy video: Ten Million StarsVideo: Dressy Bessy - "Ten Million Stars" This is a highlight off Hollar and Stomp, released last year on Transdreamer. Previously: Dressy Bessy at the Bottom Lounge. MP3: Dressy Bessy - "Simple Girlz!" Dressy Bessy: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki, web,... Peter Doherty - Live in Edinburgh (Photos)
Beatles Remasters Finally Coming
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Album Streams: Hold Steady, Felice Bros, moreMySpace is streaming Neil Young's Fork in the Road. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, April 12, so listen while you can. • The Hold Steady, 'A Positive Rage' (MP3) • The Felice Brothers, 'Yonder Is The Clock'... Sales: Prince's Target Exclusive is #2This week's top ten of the Billboard 200 has Prince getting edged out by a Kiwi country singer. At least he left UGK and Flo Rida in his purple dust. 1. Keith Urban's "Defying Gravity" - 171,000 (debut) 2. Prince's... Crosby, Stills and Nash - Southern Cross
Gonna Use My, My, My...Imagination
Kylesa - Static Tensions
The Vaselines - Son of a GunMP3: The Vaselines - "Son of a Gun" from Enter The Vaselines, due May 5 on Sub Pop. Kurt Cobain was such a fan of this Scots band that he recorded covers of three of their songs: this one, "Jesus... Brian Eno on InnovationThere was a great quote in a Brian Eno interview in the March issue of MOJO where they asked him whether he thought it was as easy to innovate in 2008 as it was back in the 70s, and whether... iTunes Shocker: Raising Price Decreases SalesBillboard takes a look at the iTunes sales charts and determines that "the increases have hurt the sales rankings of songs given the higher $1.29 price." Once sales fall more than 23.3%, the label starts losing more money than they... Album Streams: Death Cab, Cold War Kids, moreNPR is streaming Camera Obscura's My Maudlin Career (MP3). AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, April 19, so listen while you can. • 'The Open Door EP' by Death Cab for Cutie • 'Live From Fingerprints' by Cold... Handsome Family - When You WhisperedMP3: The Handsome Family - "When You Whispered" from Honey Moon, out now. I love this band, and can't wait to pick up their new album. Might run out and grab it at lunch. A couple of recent Handsome Family... Teenager Pays $20,000 to Hang with Tool
Sales: This decade has kinda sucked for chart-toppersThe '00s are looking pretty crummy as far as mainstream music is concerned. With its fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Rascal Flatts has the most chart-toppers of any group this decade. Yipes. Tied for second place with three... Arctic Monkeys vs. Sean "Diddy" CombsVideo: The View From Sean's House Party You've gotta watch this. The jist: Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders goes to a party at Diddy's house and develops a quick bromance with his host. Warning: you'll find it impossible to hate... 21 Free MP3 Label Samplers
M. Ward Raves On with Zooey Deschanel and Buddy HollyVideo: M. Ward - "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) The second single from Hold Time, "Rave On" is a breezy cover of the Buddy Holly classic (first recorded by Sonny West). Had Holly been neutered and forced at gunpoint into... Bettye LaVette - Heart of GoldVideo: Bettye LaVette - "Heart Of Gold" (live) Live at Joe's Pub in New York's East Village on March 8, 2009, this is a soulful cover of Neil Young's biggest hit. Pretty cool. MP3: Bettye LaVette - "Heart of Gold"... Tinted Windows: Power Pop SupergroupJim DeRogatis talks to former Smashing Pumpkin James Iha about Tinted Windows, his new band that features members of Hanson, Cheap Trick, and Fountains of Wayne: Well, Adam [Schlesinger] and I are friends, and we have these various businesses together:... Conor Oberst documentary - One of My KindVideo: Conor Oberst - "One of My Kind" Documentary This 60-minute long documentary was made by Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band's guitar-tech Phil Schaffart over the past year and a half. Schaffart began video taping the band in... The Grey Lady vs. The Dead WeatherThe New York Times checks out Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather's first public show at the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday. First of all, is that the best photo they could get? It's got a fan's head in the... Neil Young Archives Volume 1 on CD
Record Store Day: What'd you get? What's the point?By the time I got to my local record store shortly after noon, they were sold out of pretty much all of the Record Store Day exclusives. On top of that, they didn't have the new release I was looking... Fun with Forkcast, Round 13Here's some good stuff that Pitchfork has given up recently on their Forkcast: • John Vanderslice - "Fetal Horses" from Romanian Names, due 05/19/09 on Dead Oceans • White Rabbits - "Percussion Gun" from It's Frightening, produced by Spoon's Britt... Rivers Cuomo asks: What If God Was One of Us?Video: Rivers and Rainn - "One of Us" (Joan Osborne cover, featuring the guy from Six Feet Under who everybody calls the guy from The Office, on bongos.) This is, of course, an absolutely terrible song. As trite and insipid... Nirvana Reading Appearance on DVDThe NME reports that Nirvana's notorious 1992 Reading Festival appearance will be released on DVD this May. Titled Life Takes No Prisoners, the disc features 27 songs, including covers of Boston's "More Than a Feeling" and "The Star Spangled Banner."... New Sonic Youth - Sacred TricksterMP3: Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster" from The Eternal, out June 9 on Matador. Pre-order now and you get a bunch of extra booty. "I want you to levitate me / Don't you love me yet? / Press up against... Cool Band: PomegranatesRemember when Kirsten Dunst was kinda indie, kinda unknown but mega cute with those fangs of hers and that quirky laugh? Back before Spiderman. She was all I could see in The Virgin Suicides. She completely took over the... Album Streams: Depeche Mode, Jane's, Sinead, moreNPR is streaming St. Vincent's Actor for two weeks (MP3). Over on Spinner, it looks like it's the "I Love the 80s edition" of their album streams with new releases from Depeche Mode and Pet Shop Boys, a box set... 2009 Lollapalooza Lineup FinalizedThe line-up for the 2009 Lollapalooza is official: Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, a reunited Jane’s Addiction, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon will headline, joined by Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Andrew Bird, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, The... Linda Ronstadt - "You're No Good" LiveThis is too bad ass not to share. Jake and I just stumbled across this amazing live version of Linda Ronstadt's huge hit. You have to watch this. The guitar solo will KILL you and check out how foxy she... The End Of It All: Acknowledging The Awfulness Of Jandek
Sales: Hannah Montana Still SellingBillboard 200: 1. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack - 133,000 (down 32%) 2. Day26 - "Forever In a Day" - 113,000 (debut) 3. Rascal Flatts - "Unstoppable" - 107,000 (down 69%) 4. "Twilight" soundtrack - 49,000 (down 27%) 5. "Now... Perry Farrell on Jane's, Reunions In GeneralPerry Farrell is struggling to keep the recently reunited Jane's Addiction together before they've even kicked off their summer touring schedule. It seems the reasons the band broke up in the first place are still there and not even mediation... Breeders - Fade to FatalVideo: The Breeders - "Fate to Fatal" The title track off the Fate to Fatal EP, directed by Mando and James Ford, starring the fine ladies of the St. Louis Arch Rivals Rollergirl team. If you thought Mountain Battles (review)... Superchunk - Leaves In The Gutter
Music Pirates in Canada (1897)Check out this article (PDF) from the June 13, 1897 edition of the New York Times. No typo, yo, that's almost 112 year ago. "Canadian pirates" is what the music dealers call publishing houses across the line who are flooding... Wayne Hancock - Throwin' My Money AwayMP3: Wayne Hancock - "Throwin' My Money Away" You've gotta love Wayne "The Train" Hancock. He's like high school girls: I get older...they stay the same age. Hancock's recordings are timeless, never sound dated. It's just good, solid, undeniable honky-tonk... Johnny Marr Pierces Bandmate's EarVideo: Johnny Marr Pierces The Cribs' Ryan Jarman's Ear "The Cribs Johnny Marr Pierces Ryan Jarmans Ear, whilst in the studio recording their new album set for release later this year." Ew. The Cribs: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki Via NME.... New Old Sufjan Stevens - Sofia's SongOver on the Asthmatic Kitty's Sidebar, Sufjan Stevens tells the story of how he almost changed his name, and how in college he started writing a "series of songs for names." And he shares a charming little banjo song that's... Album Streams: Dylan, Dolls, moreNPR will be streaming Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band's Outer South starting at 11:59 p.m. eastern tonight. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 3, so listen while you can. • 'Together Through Life' by Bob... Another Shitty Reunion: CreedHeaven help us. First, it was Limp Bizkit. And now, Creed is reuniting for a tour and a new album. At least you can take a little guilty pleasure in hearing "Nookie" after all these years. Creed is still... Vinyl Shopping at the Big BoxAccording to the New York Post, Best Buy is going to start selling vinyl: The consumer-electronics giant, which happens also to be the third-largest music seller behind Apple's iTunes and Wal-Mart, is considering devoting eight square feet of merchandising space... Dead Milkmen ArchivesA couple of great old interviews were recently added to The Dead Milkmen Archives. In a Philadelphia Magazine interview from February 1988, they discuss the use of power saws in their recordings: Dean: Actually that was our manager—he was playing... Rivers Cuomo Covers Beach Boys a cappellaVideo: Rivers Cuomo - "Don't Worry Baby" Hadn't seen this before. The Weezer frontman performs the classic Beach Boys song for Stereogum's video series of stripped down, acoustic sessions. You can also find his solo cover of this song on... Rothbury '09: 2-Day Live Crew
Sales: 80,000 People Still Like Depeche ModeBah. The Top Ten of the Billboard 200 is once again filled with a bunch of crap nobody cares about. Come on! Won't somebody come along excite the world again? Is Taylor Swift as close as we're going to get... Cool Band: Shoeshine Blue
Neutral Milk Hotel Needs Your Help
GLONO Band on Movie SoundtrackTrailer: "RIFFRAFF" You don't hear it in this trailer, but our own Riviera has some songs on the soundtrack of RIFFRAFF, a new coming-of-age comedy about lifeguards on Chicago's North Avenue Beach, starring Robert Belushi. RIFFRAFF has its Chicago premiere... |
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Another photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. This time, we catch the last two nights of Peter Doherty's tour before they hit London for the final date.
Ever listen to a song a thousand times without ever hearing the lyrics?
A founding member of the GLONO posse is stoked to don a tie-dye and dig the geriatric headliners of this year's Rothbury Fest in Western Michigan.
Julian Koster has recruited his former bandmates to appeal to their fans to help preserve an 81-year-old "whirling contraption of mechanical music and light."