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Glorious Noise August 2009

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Judas Priest - A Touch Of Evil: Live

Judas Priest - A Touch Of Evil: LiveMetal gurus release yet another live album. This one claims to feature songs never before featured on a live album. Too bad it sucks.

Circulatory System - Overjoyed

MP3: Circulatory System - "Overjoyed" from Signal Morning, due September 8 on Cloud Recordings. There's so much going on in this song that it can be initially overwhelming. On first listen you might think it sounds like when you've accidentally...

Arctic Monkeys video: Crying Lightning

Video: Arctic Monkeys - "Crying Lightning" We posted the audio stream a couple weeks ago, but here's the official video for "Crying Lightning," the single from Humbug, due August 25 on Domino. They're apparently refugee zombies now...or something. Arctic Monkeys:...


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Most Popular GLONO Items: July 2009

You love Glorious Noise.Once a month we look back on the stuff we wrote that got the most attention.


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The Holloways: Live in Carlisle

The HollowaysAnother photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. This time, we catch the Holloways at the Carlisle Brickyard.

Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer

MP3: Blitzen Trapper - "Black River Killer" from Furr as well as the Black River Killer EP, which contains six additional songs, previously available as a tour-only CDR that the band has been selling themselves. We posted the video last...


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Ace Frehley vs. the Phantom

Kiss was my favorite band when I was eight years old. My cousin Mike and I would act out all the songs and recreate our favorite scenes from Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park. The above photo is...


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Weird Al vs. Charles Nelson Reilly

Video: "Weird Al" Yankovic - CNR Weird Al pays homage to Match Game guest star Charles Nelson Reilly via the White Stripes in his latest video. Unfortunately, Al's guitar tone doesn't even come close to Jack White's, even if the...


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Streams: Modest Mouse, Brendan Benson, more

NPR is streaming Brendan Benson's My Old, Familiar Friend. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, August 9, so listen while you can. • Modest Mouse, 'No One's First, And You're Next EP' • Fruit Bats, 'The Ruminant Band'...

New Modest Mouse video: King Rat

Video: Modest Mouse - "King Rat" Directed by Heath Ledger, co-directed and illustrated by Daniel Auber with lead animation by Norris Houk, animation by Jade Taglioli and produced by Sara Cline of THE MASSES. According to a post on Modest...

Blue Roses - Blue Roses

Blue Roses - Blue RosesA homespun debut that shares an obvious sense of exploration with early Kate Bush.

Beastie Boys Adam Yauch Cancer Update

Fight for Your Right to HealthcareAn update from MCA as he's "rapidly recovering" from his surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.

Shonen Knife - Super Group

Video: "Shonen Knife - Super Group" MP3: Shonen Knife - "Super Group" from Super Group, out August 25 on Good Charamel. Shonen Knife makes it impossible not to love them. Cynics might suggest that their broken English is a cutesy...


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Michael Jackson: Best Selling Album Again

For the fifth week out of the past six weeks, Michael Jackson has the best-selling album in the country. But you still won't see that reflected in the Billboard 200. This story's getting old, but here are the numbers: •...


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Anders Parker - 72nd St Horses

MP3: Anders Parker - "72nd St Horses" from Skyscraper Crow, out September 8 on Bladen County. Skyscraper Crow is a double album with an acoustic set and a laptop set. "72nd St Horses" is from the acoustic set, and it's...


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Beatles: Remastering vs. Remixing

Current Beatles engineer Allan Rouse explains the difference between remixing and remastering: The "Yellow Submarine Song Songtrack" was a ‘remix’ which required going back to the original multi-track tapes and recreating a new stereo (and 5.1 surround for the film...

Billy Ray Cyrus is a Pimp

brc.jpgThe big discussion at GLONO HQ Tuesday night revolved around the Miley Cyrus cover story in Elle magazine.

Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper

Julian Plenti Is...SkyscraperPaul banks from Interpol releases a solo album: it's better than Our Love To Admire.


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Streams: Jay Reatard, Jack Penate, more

AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, August 16, so listen while you can. • Jay Reatard, 'Watch Me Fall' (MP3) • Jack Penate, 'Today's Tonight' (MP3) • Various Artists, 'Woodstock Box Set' • Pablo, 'There's Rope To Leave'...


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John Hughes Changed My Life

John HughesJohn Hughes, who wrote/produced Pretty in Pink and wrote/directed Ferris Bueller's Day Off died Thursday at the age of 59.

New Bottle Rockets songs: Get On the Bus, Hard Times

MP3: The Bottle Rockets - "Get On the Bus" from Lean Forward, out August 11 on Bloodshot. A happy little hoedown about the joys of taking public transportation. "With the bum change riders and their sacks of wine, and the...


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Morrissey Gets No Royalties

According to a post on fan site True To You, Morrissey would like it to be known that he "has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992" and "last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago." This...

New Black Crowes song: I Ain't Hiding

MP3: The Black Crowes - "I Ain't Hiding" from Before the Frost, due September 1 on their own Silver Arrow Records via Megaforce. With a totally disco rhythm section, it sounds like the Black Crowes are giving us their very...

Michael Jackson: Sixth Week on Top

Michael Jackson has had the best selling album in the country, Number Ones, for six out of the past seven weeks. But despite the fact that it sold 98,000 last week (down 14%), you won't find it on the Billboard...

Lonely at Lollapalooza 2009

Lollapalooza 2009One man's report from the dank depths of Perry Farrell's pride and joy. Lollapalooza 2009 was hot and damp and generally less-than. But try the Falafel Pita and steer clear of Dave Navarro's ego, if you can.

New Scarlett Johansson video: Relator (with Pete Yorn)

Video: Pete Yorn - "Relator" ft. Scarlett Johansson This song is a lot better than anything on her dreary album of Tom Waits covers. Perhaps she's been listening to She & Him (compare), but this kind of material actually suits...

Pay to Slum: A beast goes to Mars.

Ah--OOH!In this week's Pay to Slum, JTL roars up to Shakira's latest monster summertime jam.

20 Years Ago: Nirvana's Bleach

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Bleach, Sub Pop is releasing a remastered deluxe edition on November 3. The second disc will contain an unreleased live recording of a complete February 9th, 1990 show at...

22 Year Old Cop Unaware She Has Bob Dylan in Custody

In GLONO's early days we had an argument about whether it was possible that a 20-something year old intern could possibly not know who either Kurt Cobain or Mick Jagger were. Never mind the fact that neither had been burning...

Tune Yards - Bird-Brains

DIY don’t mean shit if you ain’t got the chops to back it up. Merrill Garbus has the chops.


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Perry Farrell Confirms Decade More of Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza has become my favorite time of year. The music’s way better than Christmas and the food beats the hell out of Thanksgiving (gotta love that falafel pita!). So it warms my heart to hear that Lolla founder Perry Farrell...


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Streams: Brendan Benson, Simian Mobile Disco, Colin Hay, Richard Thompson, more

AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, August 22, so listen while you can. Brendan Benson, 'My Old Familiar Friend' full album stream on Spinner Simian Mobile Disco, 'Temporary Pleasure' full album stream on Spinner MP3: Simian Mobile Disco...


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Video: The Zookeepers - Darling

Our man Todd said it best just this morning, "DIY don't mean shit if you ain't got the chops to back it up." That means you need to back it up creatively if you're going to go all lo-fi and...


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Mad Men - Out Of Town

Season three of everyone's favorite fashion show opens with a story of birth, redemption, and rain coats. Ask yourself, What Would Draper Watch?

Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts New Album and Tour

Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts (MySpace) celebrate the release of the vinyl LP version of Come Back to Louisiana as they hit the Midwest for a series of shows in late August and early September. Engineered live in the...

Dungen and Woods Live In Iowa City

Totale tempts fate and the wrath of a woman to indulge in the sonic glory of a Swedish psychedelic rock band in Iowa. God help him.

iTunes Beats All with 69% Digital Market Share

Two things: One, Digital sales of music is up 15% over last year; Two, iTunes is killing everyone out there, including Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Amazon. According to The NPD Group, “Apple iTunes leads in the U.S. with...


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Mean Creek - Strange Man

Boston folk-rockers Mean Creek (MySpace) touch on tender melodies and lovely harmonies in a song that could have been lifted from a Fleet Foxes EP. “You don’t want anything you need…” might be good advice for these cash strapped times...


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Then Play On

Is rock and roll music a teenager’s game? Meaning: once one enters her or his mid-20s and beyond, does the whole meaning of the music change? In other words, is music the muse or the medium? I say yes.

Gibbard and Farrar Team for Kerouac Bio

If someone had asked me what Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Son Volt’s Jay Farrar have in common I might have answered, “They both have unique voices?” As it turns out they have much more in common,...

Chris Cornell - Scream (Friday Facial)

Chris Cornell - ScreamThe Friday Facial is back with Dylan's reaction to this year's favorite whipping boy.

Stars of Track and Field - Racing Lights

MP3: Stars of Track and Field - "Racing Lights" from A Time for Lions, out in September on Wind Up Records. Production so tight you couldn’t slip your coke caked credit card between the cracks and a big goofy chorus...

Hopewell - Stranger

Lest you think only 3 minute garage rock and House music comes out of Detroit*, may we introduce you to Hopewell. Owing more to the 90s shoegazer school of space rock than that of the 70s androgynous variety, Hopewell swirls...

The Voyces - Let Me Die in Southern California

MP3: The Voyces - "Let Me Die In Southern California" from the album Let Me Die in Southern California, due September 28 on Planting Seeds/Darla. Who doesn’t love songs about California? For those of us who don’t actually live there...


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Mad Men - Love Among the Ruins

Peggy develops into Mini-Don, Kinsey goes Red, and the Drapers welcome a new addition who fits right in with a taste for gin and a mothball smell.

Streams: Circulatory System, Sally Shapiro, Smokey, Jet, more

NPR is streaming Circulatory System's Signal Morning through September 1. (MP3) AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, August 29, so listen while you can. • Sally Shapiro, 'My Guilty Pleasure' (MP3) • Smokey Robinson, 'Don't Know Why' (video)...


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Sales: Country rules

Billboard points out that for the third week in a row, a country artist has topped the Billboard 200 chart, which tracks current album releases. Last week it was George Strait at number one, and the week before it was...


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Subway Performer's Application to Juilliard

McSweeney's publishes A Subway Performer's Application Essay to Juilliard by Karl Frankenfield: But more than inventive, I bring an unparalleled originality to my performances—I do things with music that other musicians wouldn't dream of. Would an average musician think to...

Amy Winehouse Joins The Specials at V Fest

Still no Jerry Dammers but Amy Winehouse joined the recently reunited ska kings The Specials for a rendition of “You’re Wondering Now” at V Fest. She looks and sounds great and I would absolutely LOVE to see this tour should...

Lost Classics: James Gang - Rides Again

James Gang - Rides AgainThe Joe Walsh power trio's second album has no right to be as great as it is. Or as overlooked.

Live Nation gets $78 per fan

According to Live Nation's Q2 2009 Earnings Call for investors, the concert industry seems to be doing pretty well despite the fact that it's down a little: Overall, for the quarter our revenue per fan was $78.16 compared to $81.82...

Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium

Wino - Punctuated EquilibriumGet your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the ongoing series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Black Francis - All in My Mind

MP3: Black Francis - "All in My Mind" (Love and Rockets cover from New Tales To Tell - A Tribute To Love And Rockets, out now. Bauhaus never did it for me, but I liked Love and Rockets from the...

Pay to Slum: Get me some cash out, baby. Let's do it again.

Katy Perry - Waking Up in VegasIn this week's Pay to Slum, JTL attempts to figure out what the hell Katy Perry's still doing here.

Noel Gallagher Quits Oasis

Have the fights finally come to a head? A statement on the band's website from Noel Gallagher reads: It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what...

Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall

Jay Reatard - Watch Me FallEnter the "pop" era of Jay Reatard.


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Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) - El Gifto Magnifico

MP3: Gift of Gab - "El Gifto Magnifico" from Escape 2 Mars, out October 27 on Cornerstone R.A.S. The Blackalicious frontman goes solo. Gift of Gab: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki Blackalicious: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki...


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Streams: ScarJo, Apples, Bondy

AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, September 6, so listen while you can. • Scarlett Johnasson & Pete Yorn, 'Break Up' • Apples in Stereo, '#1 Hits Explosion' • A.A. Bondy, 'When The Devil's Loose' (MP3) • Radiohead,...


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