Glorious Noise May 2009« April 2009 | Archives | June 2009 » Ponderosa Stomp covered in NY TimesJon Pareles covers the Ponderosa Stomp for the New York Times - Ponderosa, a New Orleans Festival of One-Shots and Shoulda-Beens: But there are lives beyond the footnotes. Musicians turn to other groups or jobs, and recordings linger, awaiting rediscovery.... Most Popular GLONO Items: April 2009
New Warlocks - Red CameraMP3: The Warlocks - "Red Camera" from The Mirror Explodes, out May 19 on Tee Pee Records. This is a slow-burning bum trip of a jam. I've always respected Bobby Hecksher, but I prefer the Warlocks when they're making feel-good... New Wilco - The Happy BankerThey have a new album—Wilco (The Album)—coming in late June, but you won't have to wait until then to get yourself some new Wilco. A new cover of Woody Guthrie's "The Jolly Banker" is available now on their website with... Advertisement
Mastodon - Live In Chicago
New Dinosaur Jr - I Want You to KnowMP3: Dinosaur Jr - "I Want You to Know" from Farm, due June 23 on Jagjaguwar. "Hey, you're the one who'd know / Stay with me, I can't let it go / Hey, you put it in my head /... Are the Jonas Brothers Evil?I remember the first time I ever saw the Jonas Brothers. They were lip-syncing on a float in the Macy's Christmas Parade. I thought, "Ha, look at those cute little boys pretending to play the guitar." Actually, I probably said... Meg White Marrying Sonic Smith's KidSorry, boys, she's no longer available. According to the Detroit Free Press, Meg White is getting married. Who's the lucky guy? Turns out it's none other than Detroit rock royalty: Jackson Smith, son of Patti Smith and the MC5's... Driven to Distraction, Part II
Jay Bennett Sues Jeff Tweedy for Wilco RoyaltiesWell, this certainly isn't going to help our case to get Wilco to re-hire Jay Bennett: Wilco Ex-Member Sues Jeff Tweedy For Royalties. In the Washington Post's coverage of the lawsuit, they link to our 2002 interview with Bennett wherein... Album Streams: Jason Lytle, Conor Oberst, moreNPR is streaming former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle's Yours Truly, The Commuter. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 10, so listen while you can. • 'Outer South' by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band (MP3) •... GLONO Interview: Shane Sweeney of Two Cow Garage
Sales: Bob Dylan Scores 5th #1Not that it's any indication of the quality of his work, but Bob Dylan has found himself on the top of the charts four times before: for Planet Waves (1974), Blood on the Tracks (1975), Desire (1976), and Modern Times... Does Selling Out Still Matter?Over on Hitsville, Bill Wyman explores the concept of selling out, and seems frustrated that people no longer seem to differentiate between pop music and rock and roll: The extent you care about this in directly related to whether, as... Steve Earle - To Live Is to FlyMP3: Steve Earle - "To Live Is to Fly" (Townes Van Zandt cover) from Townes, out May 12 on New West. Here's a live version of Townes singing it himself: Steve Earle: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki Townes Van Zandt: iTunes,... Neil Young: Filesharing is "the new radio"ReadWriteWeb talks to Neil Young about Music Piracy, MP3 Hell and Finding Freaks on the Web: "Ten Blu-ray disks doesn't lend itself to P2P. They [the fans] are going to do that anyway - people are going to copy all... Wilco: The Album (Cover)I am liking the looks of this... From Wilcoworld.... Del the Funky Homosapien - Get It Right NowVideo: Del the Funky Homosapien - "Get It Right Now" Del's got a new album out, Funk Man (The Stimulus Package), and he's giving it away for free in a number of formats including 320kbps MP3, two levels each of... Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
High School Play inspired by Neutral Milk Hotel AlbumNPR Music has a piece about the high school theatre group in Massachusetts that has collaborated with Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls on writing a play inspired by Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: The... Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes LiveVideo: Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" (live on Letterman) I watched this on TV and I kept wondering whether or not that crunching sound that comes in after the first chrous was intentional. It sounded a lot more "broken" on... The Shins on FilesharingJames Mercer, leader of the Shins, talks to Billboard about replacing his band's rhythm section, about working with Carrie Brownstein, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and Isaac Brock. He also talks about his new label, Aural Apothecary, now that he's ditched Sub... Album Streams: Jarvis Cocker, Steve Earle, moreNPR is streaming John Vanderslice's Romanian Names (MP3) AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 17, so listen while you can. • 'Further Complications' by Jarvis Cocker (MP3) • 'Townes' by Steve Earle (MP3) • 'OK Bear' by... John Lennon: New York exhibit shows bag of bloody clothes
New Meat Puppets - Rotten ShameMP3: Meat Puppets - "Rotten Shame" from Sewn Together, out now on Megaforce. Remember back in 1994 when the Meat Puppets got famous for a minute? "Backwater" even reached #47 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart. Crazy days. This new song... Glorious Noise Interview: Blind Pilot
Bon Jovi Fails to Sell OutNo, not that kind of selling out. Looks like the Jovi was the first band at the new 4,000-capacity Hard Rock "Joint" in Las Vegas to not sell the place out. While many thought last night’s session of classic rock... Sales: Lowest Selling #1 Debut EverBillboard points out that this week's chart topper, with 83,000 copies sold, is "the lowest sum for a No. 1-debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan's 18-year history. Previously, the low-water mark was held by Johnny Cash's American V: A Hundred Highways... Wilco (the leak) leads to Wilco (the stream)The latest news from Wilcoworld: Well, we made it nearly a month with copies of Wilco (the album) floating around out there before it leaked. Pretty impressive restraint in this day and age. But the inevitable happened last night. Since... Summertime Blues
Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament Mugging Caught on TapePearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and a band employee, Mark Anthony Smith, were mugged outside producer Brendan O'Brien's Southern Tracks Studios on April 27 and security camera footage has now surfaced. In it you see three dudes run up to... Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Danger Mouse-Sparklehorse-David Lynch Album ScrappedVideo: Dark Night Of The Soul Despite the fact that you can stream the album in its entirety right now at NPR, it looks like Dark Night of the Soul, the collaboration between Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch with... Libertines Reunite for 6 Song SetVideo: The Libertines - "Up the Bracket" (live May 15, 2009) The NME reports on the Libertines Reunion that took place this weekend in London's Rhythm Factory: Then after the closing notes of ‘Albion’ soaked into the walls, Adam and... Weezer Covers MGMT, Lady GagaVideo: Weezer - "Kids/Poker Face" (live MGMT/Lady Gaga medley) Looks like Rivers Cuomo might've found a way to become relevent once again: lose the pedo-stache, don some ironic shades, and play covers of current hits...all while cute young girls play... Album Streams: Eminem, Jason Lytle, moreMySpace is currently streaming the following albums: • Eminem's Relapse • Method Man and Redman's Blackout! 2 • Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 24, so listen while you can. • 'Yours Truly,... Photos: New York Dolls at the 100 Club, London
Kara DioGuardi writes worst song EVER
Sales: Green Day Doesn't Need Wal-MartYou won't find Green Day's latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, on the racks at Wal-Mart because "the big box giant declines to stock albums that carry parental advisory stickers" and the band did not release an edited version. But who... Fun with Forkcast, Round 14Here's some good stuff that Pitchfork has given up recently on their Forkcast: • The Field: "The More That I Do" from Yesterday and Today on Anti-. • Deastro: "Vermillion Plaza" from Moondagger, due 06/23/09 on Ghostly • British Sea... Fords in the House
From Elvis In Memphis RemasteredLooks like Elvis Presley's 1969 "Memphis sessions" are set to receive the deluxe reissue treatment: To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Elvis' historic American Studio session that resulted in "Suspicious Minds," "In the Ghetto" and "Kentucky Rain" among many... Modest Mouse video - Satellite SkinVideo: Modest Mouse - "Satellite Skin" Directed by Kevin Willis. The first single off the No One's First and You're Next EP, due sometime this year, apparently. A little weird to release a single in advance of an EP, but... Gnarls Barkley - Mystery ManVideo: Gnarls Barkley - "Mystery Man" MP3: Gnarls Barkley - "Mystery Man" Originally included on the 2008 Who's Gonna Save My Soul EP, the MP3 was recently featured on Spinner to promote the release of Causes 2, a charity to... Happy 50th Birthday, Morrissey!I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday 'Cause you're evil And you lie And if you should die I may feel slightly sad (But I won't cry) Morrissey: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki.... Flipper - Love/Fight
Iggy and the Stooges Reunion Coming SoonNo, not the Stooges. Iggy and the Stooges. The Stooges released two albums: their self-titled debut and Fun House. Iggy and the Stooges released Raw Power. Got it? What's the difference? Well, the Stooges were Iggy Pop on vocals, Dave... Miniature Tigers - Cannibal QueenVideo: Miniature Tigers - Cannibal Queen Saw this video on Subterranean this weekend and thought for sure that was Will Forte or at least his younger brother. Wikipedia tells me it isn't. Still a great video and a super catchy... Ex-Wilco Jay Bennett Dead at 45
Photos: Jay Bennett In-Store, May 2002
Wilco Songs Co-Written by Jay Bennett
Streams: CSN, Rancid, Grizzly Bear, moreNPR is streaming Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Demos. MySpace is streaming Rancid's Let the Dominoes Fall (MP3) and 311's Uplifter. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 31, so listen while you can. • 'Amanda Leigh' by... Message from Undertow Records Re: Jay Walter BennettUndertow just sent this email to fans: Our good friend Jay Walter Bennett left us this weekend. As news hits the wires so instantaneously these days, we thought it was important to share some thoughts about our friend and brother... Unreleased Wilco - I Wish I Were Ian Dury
Sales: Eminem, Lots of Debuts, Idol BumpsWe interrupt our non-stop Jay Bennett coverage to report that Eminem has the biggest debut of the year so far. Billboard 200: 1. Eminem - "Relapse" - 608,000 (debut) 2. Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown" - 166,000 (down 23%)... Remembering Jay Bennett
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
New Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save MeMP3: Jay Reatard - "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" from Watch Me Fall, due August 18 on Matador. "All is lost, there is no hope / All is lost, you can't go home." Not sure why people refer to this... New Cheap Trick on 8-track?I read the news this morning that Cheap Trick was self-releasing its new album, which is cool, but not really that newsworthy. Lots of bands have been stepping outside of the "label world" lately. But this paragraph stopped me in... Meg White Married in Jack's YardCongratulations are in order, according to an update on the White Stripes site. Meg White married fiance Jackson Smith, on Friday, May 22nd in a ceremony in Nashville, TN, as part of a double wedding with Jack Lawrence and... Cool Band: Michael Dean DamronI briefly met Michael Dean Damron when he opened for Two Car Garage at Dante’s in downtown Portland. He’s a great hairy beast of a man who leans into the mic as he belts out dusty ballads and scornful... |
|
|
"John Lennon: The New York Years" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex will feature a paper bag containing the bloody clothes from the night he was murdered.
Another photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. This time, we catch what's left of punk godfathers the New York Dolls at the legendery birthplace of U.K. punk.
