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Glorious Noise September 2009

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Shelley Short - A Cave

MP3: Shelley Short - "A Cave" from A Cave, A Canoo, out October 13 on Hush. Shelley Short has announced a contest where the person who sends in the most knee-slappingly adorable photo of their pet will win a copy...


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Most Popular GLONO Items: August 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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UK Subs: Live in Newcastle

Uk-Subs-Trillians-thumb.jpgAnother photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. This time, we catch old school punks the UK Subs at Newcastle Trillians.

More Acoustic Neil Young Coming Soon - Dreamin' Man

You can criticize Neil Young for a lot of things, but nobody can say that he's been holding out on us in 2009. A new album, the first volume of the Archives, remastered versions of his first four albums:...

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Mad Men - My Old Kentucky Home

Old Kentucky HomeKinsey goes Dylan Thomas, Peggy goes Bob Dylan, and Roger goes...Al Jolson. We get a look back just before things start moving ever faster forward in mid-1963. Season three, Episode three is GO!

Jupiter One - Flaming Arrow

MP3: Jupiter One - "Flaming Arrow" from Sunshower, out September 15 on Ryko. Jupiter One will be opening up for Regina Spektor on her upcoming North American tour. "Flaming Arrow" will appeal to fans of Badly Drawn Boy and maybe...


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1987 Interview with George Martin

Recently found this 1987 interview with George Martin by Allan Kozinn, wherein the Beatles producer tackles the mono vs. stereo debate and explains why he remixed Help! and Rubber Soul for CD. GEORGE MARTIN: Yes, we were still doing...


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Sales: Colbie, Skillet, Miley, and...Imogen

The top ten of this week's Billboard 200: 1. Colbie Caillat - "Breakthrough" - 106,000 (debut) 2. Skillet - "Awake" - 68,000 (debut) 3. Miley Cyrus - "The Time of Our Lives" Wal-Mart EP - 62,000 (debut) 4. Kings of...


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Meet "The Beatles"

The Beatles: Rock Band Ludwig drum controllerYou just don't go willy-nilly screwing around with the Beatles. Or do you?

Interview with Johnny Marr

The Daily Mail has a great photo session and interview with Johnny Marr: The biggest misconception about me is that I'm a bit of a lad. That all started with the Smiths. Morrissey was meant to be all about...

New Flaming Lips: Silver Trembling Hands

MP3: The Flaming Lips - "Silver Trembling Hands" from Embryonic, out October 13 on Warner Bros. This is a good Flaming Lips song. Weird from the get go, but that bass line doesn't let up. Could their upcoming album...

POLJUNK: Autotune the News #8: Dragons, Geese and Michael Vick

Cross-post with our National Affairs Desk: POLJUNK. This is so funny we posted it twice! Video: Auto-Tune the News #8: dragons. geese. Michael Vick. (ft. T-Pain)...


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Arsonists Get All The Girls - Portals

Arsonists Get All The Girls - PortalsGet your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the ongoing series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Black Francis to Naysayers: Go fuck yourself

Frank Black (Francis) talks to Rolling Stone about the Pixies reunion, playing the whole Doolittle album live, and making money: It's like someone saying, "You don't have the right to go up there on a stage and sing your songs."...

Polvo - In Prism

Polvo - In PrismBrian Paulson produces the best sounding Polvo album ever released.

Contest: Win a Beatles Lithograph!

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Klosterman vs. Beatles

Chuck Klosterman reviews a new box set by "a 1960s band so obscure that their music is not even available on iTunes." 1967 proved to be a turning point for the Beatles—the overwhelming lack of public interest made touring a...


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Streams: Sondre, Tengo, Cribs, more

NPR is streaming the first disc of the new Big Star box set, Keep an Eye on the Sky. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, September 13, so listen while you can. • Sondre Lerche, 'Heartbeat Radio' •...

Beatles Rock Band Downloadable Content Details

Billboard has some details on The Beatles Rock Band. Although the game ships with 45 songs, additional albums will be trickled out over the next several months, starting with Abbey Road on October 20 and followed by Sgt. Pepper...

iTunes Shocker, Round 2: Raising Price Decreases Sales

Back in April, we looked at some early analysis from Billboard that suggested that raising the price of songs from 99 cents to $1.29 was hurting sales but increasing revenue. In the comments, everyone pointed out that no conclusions could...

Reelin' In. . .

Fagen, channeling Ray Charles...Steely Dan wraps up the first leg of their Rent Party '09 tour in the Motor City.

Whitney Houston Digs Dookie Bubble Out of Her Butt

Whitney Houston debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200: 1. Whitney Houston - "I Look To You" - 305,000 (debut) 2. Miley Cyrus - "The Time Of Our Lives" EP - 153,000 (up 146%) 3. Trey Songz - "Ready"...


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John Darnielle vs. Religion

John Darnielle tells the story behind the Mountain Goats' Biblical new album to Pitchfork: If you're into music, you're into religion, somehow or another. Religion, that's the bloodline of music. The whole reason, I'm pretty sure, we have music on...


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Jack Penate - Everything Is New

Jack Penate - Everything Is NewStraight up UK pop that would fit snuggly in between your ABC and Paul Young singles.


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Busy Re-Listening to the Beatles

Sorry to anybody who's noticed a lack of posts today. We're busy listening to the remastered Beatles albums. Mono and stereo. As someone who was a teenager just getting into the Beatles when the enormous wave of hype surrounding...

John Zorn - O'o

John Zorn - O'oGet your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the ongoing series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Mad Men - The Arrangements

The ArrangementsWith each episode we learn a little more about the characters of the show. Sometimes we learn a bit about their past. Sometimes we learn more about their upbringing. Sometimes we learn about their personalities. This week, we learn about their humanity.

The Beatles and the Kissing Disease

The Beatles in MonoBeatles, mono, mania. Someone who lived through the '60s wonders what decade this is.

Streams: Big Star, Jay-Z, Q-Tip

AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, September 20, so listen while you can. • Big Star, 'Keep an Eye on the Sky' • Jay-Z, 'Blueprint 3' • Q-Tip, 'Kamaal the Abstract' (MP3) • Sunny Day Real Estate, 'Diary'...


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The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band [2009 Stereo Remaster]

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band [2009 Stereo Remaster]Jake and Phil listen to the new remastered Beatles albums to find out if they're worth the upgrade.

This One Is For You, My Brother: Remembering Jim Carroll

Jim CarrollWhile working at his desk at home in Manhattan on Monday, Jim Carroll joined the ranks of people who died. He was 60.

The Beatles - Revolver [2009 Stereo Remaster]

The Beatles - Revolver [2009 Stereo Remaster]Jake and Phil listen to the new remastered Beatles albums to find out if they're worth the upgrade.

The Beatles sold a lot of albums last week

The BeatlesThe Beatles' catalog sold 626,000 units in the U.S. last week. See how it all breaks down.

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour [2009 Stereo Remaster]

The Beatles - Magical Mystery TourJake and Phil listen to the new remastered Beatles albums to find out if they're worth the upgrade.

The Jackson 5's First Studio Recording Unearthed

This is, quite simply, the best piece of investigative music journalism I've read in a long, long time: "The Jackson Find" by Jake Austen for the Chicago Reader. Many hardcore fans know that the Jackson 5 released a pre-Motown...

Video of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero

In case anyone’s confused about why Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, and now reportedly Courtney Love (who approved the deal) would care about the use of Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero need look no further than this video: Video: Kurt...

The Beatles - Past Masters [2009 Stereo Remaster]

The Beatles - Past MastersJake and Phil listen to the new remastered Beatles albums to find out if they're worth the upgrade.

Courtney Love Attacked in New York

Courtney Love at Narciso Rodriguez, September 14, 2009Courtney Love claims she was attacked on the street in New York Wednesday night. But why did she block us from her Twitter account?

Beatles By the Numbers

The Beatles pose with an American flag in a Paris photo studio prior to their first visit to the United States in January 1964Zogby International conducted an online survey of 4,837 people, "representative of the adult population of the US," to find out who our favorite Beatle is.

Jay Farrar recording Mermaid Avenue Vol. 6

The Austin Chronicle reports that Jay Farrar is working on the next volume of unpublished lyrics from the Woody Guthrie Archives. Farrar, along with Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Anders Parker (Varnaline), and Will Johnson (Centro-matic), recorded the album in...

New Music Tapes song, video: For the Planet Pluto

Video: The Music Tapes - "For the Planet Pluto" MP3: The Music Tapes - "For the Planet Pluto" Pluto. The planet named by a little girl. Grumpy old astronomers told Pluto it couldn't be a planet anymore. They called it...

The Beatles - Abbey Road [2009 Stereo Remaster]

The Beatles - Abbey RoadJake and Phil listen to the new remastered Beatles albums to find out if they're worth the upgrade.

Fun with Forkcast, Round 17

Pitchfork: ForkcastThe latest round of good stuff that Pitchfork has given up recently on their Forkcast...

Streams: Pearl Jam, Islands, Sea Wolf, more

AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, September 27, so listen while you can. • Pearl Jam, 'Backspacer' (video) • Islands, 'Vapours' (MP3) • Sea Wolf, 'White Water, White Bloom' • Richard Hawley, 'True Love's Gutter' • Hope Sandoval...


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The Clean - Mister Pop

The Clean - Mister PopThe New Zealand hit makers release their fifth proper full-length in the band's 30-year career.


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New Flaming Lips video: I Can Be A Frog

Video: The Flaming Lips - "I Can Be A Frog" A new song from Embryonic, due October 13 on Warner Bros. It's a two-minute ballad with a woman making goofy animal sounds. Previously: New Flaming Lips MP3: Silver Trembling Hands....

Daughter Claims Papa John Phillips Had Incestuous Relationship

Mackenzie Phillips, teen star of the 70s TV show One Day at a Time, claims she maintained a long-time, consensual sexual relationship with her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. Phillips, writes in the book High...

Mad Men - Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency

The ArrangementsBespoke days and sleepless nights in the Sterling-Cooper office as the new bosses invade and find America by way of Jack Daniels and John Deere.

Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio

Video: Sondre Lerche - "Heartbeat Radio" MP3: Sondre Lerche - "Heartbeat Radio" from Heartbreak Radio, out now on Rounder. It's nice to see he's getting away from the genre hopping of his last couple of releases and getting back to...


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Top Five Covers by Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee at RothburyUmphrey's McGee has a reputation for playing good covers. Here are the best of the bunch.

Chromeo - Night By Night

In case you missed the 80s, Chromeo has captured much of the sheen and the coke-fueled synth tinkerings for your listening pleasure. Remember that scene in Boogie Nights when Marky Mark and John C. Reilly are in that house with...

Cursive - Let Me Up

Cursive has a new Daytrotter session featuring "What Have I Done?" off of Mama, I'm Swollen and "The Casualty" from the band’s previous album Domestica, in addition to covers of The Cure's "Love Cats" and David Bowie's "Modern Love", both...


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Sales: Jay-Z Still on Top

Jay-Z held onto the #1 album on the Billboard 200. Here's the top ten: 1. Jay-Z - "The Blueprint 3" - 298,000 (down 37%, cume: 774,000) 2. Whitney Houston - "I Look To You" - 156,000 (up 77%, cume: 548,000)...


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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for 2010, and before I even start getting indignant again this year, I'm just going to take a breath and let it slide. As my man Sab pointed out...

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs

Yo La Tengo - Popular SongsThe band delives yet another decent release, albeit one that loads up the first half with impressive results while leaving side two to flounder under its own girth.

Screaming Females - Bell

MP3: Screaming Females - "Bell" from Power Move, out now on Don Giovanni. There’s no faster way to garner attention for your band these days than to be associated with Jack White. If you can get a supporting slot for...


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Johnny Marr's Five Fave Singles (ft. Johnny Marr)

Johnny MarrJohnny Marr reveals the five singles featuring his own work that he would put in his own jukebox...if he owned a jukebox...which he doesn't.

Monsters of Folk: Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis

MP3: Monsters of Folk - "Say Please" from Monsters of Folk, out now on Shangri-La (courtesy of Magnet) Paste has a good interview with Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis, who together have released an album as...

Ian Brown Rejects John Squire Song

In an interview with the BBC Ian Brown claims that his former Stone Roses bandmate John Squire sent him a new song to consider recording for his new solo album: Brown admitted he actually liked the track, but his son...

Over the Edge: An Oral History

On the movie's 30th anniversary, Vice Magazine features Over the Edge: An Oral History of the Greatest Teen Rebellion Movie of All Time. They talk to the cast (including Matt Dillon), the writers, the director, the producer, and even...

Divine Heresy - Bringer of Plagues

Divine Heresy - Bringer of PlaguesGet your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the ongoing series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr.

Rhino Records: 1973 - 2009 (Updated)

RhinoRhino Records laid off most of its staff yesterday due to a "fundamental transformation of the physical new release and catalog business."

Bloodshot artists in serious accident

This just in from Bloodshot Records: One of the members of the Bloodshot family, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, was in a terrible van accident yesterday in Indiana, on their way to a show in Cincinnati in support of their...

Peter Doherty Live in Glasgow

Peter Doherty in Glasgow, September 24, 2009Another photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. Seven months to the day after he sold out the Glasgow Barrowlands, Pete Doherty does it again at the same venue.

Inspiration for "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" Dies

Lucy Vodden, Julian Lennon’s classmate and the subject of a drawing Lennon showed his father that inspired the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” died of Lupus on Tuesday, reports BBC News. She was 46. Most assumed the...


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Three New Sufjan Stevens Songs (Live)

Why does Sufjan Stevens hate pop music? Why's a guy with such a talent for writing evocative pop music gotta get all arty and jazzy on our asses and make seven-plus minute long jams with long, cacophonous freakouts? Why? Because...


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The Angel (ft. Jhelisa) - Ultra Light

Ok, so summer’s over and the rain is coming in. That doesn’t mean you can’t still heat up your nights with some slow jams that hump along dub-style. The Angel is a producer/composer who has scored films such as Boiler...


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The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy

The Cave Singers - Welcome JoyArtsy Seattle punks ponder dirt roads, rolling fields, and red barns.

Streams: Cash, Barlow, Noah, more

NPR is streaming the following albums through Tuesday, October 6: • Rosanne Cash, The List (imeem) • Lou Barlow, Goodnight Unknown (MP3) • Noah and the Whale, The First Days of Spring And AOL/Spinner is streaming the following through Sunday,...


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Obsessing the Empty Orchestra

KaraokeStephen Macaulay checks out the new book by Brian Raftery, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life.

More of Wolfgang's Vault to be Opened for Downloads

Billboard reports that Wolfgang's Vault is opening its entire concert catalog for downloads. Prices will run $7.98 and $8.98 for MP3s and $11.98 and $12.98 for FLAC (lossless) recordings. That seems reasonable. But wait. Is this really news? They already...

GLONO Twitter Roundup

In what may become an ongoing feature, below are the things we've posted to Twitter recently. In reverse chronological order, just like Twitter... # Spotify-employed Pirate Bay appeal judge ruled to have conflict of interest. Judgement unanimous, cannot be reversed....


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Why You Hate Modern Country

In the second installment of McSweeney's Dispatches From a Guy Trying Unsuccessfully to Sell a Song In Nashville, Charlie Hopper succinctly breaks down the Six Things that prevent people like us from "Enjoying A Well-Crafted Modern Country Song." 1. It...

Pearl Jam Is Week's Top Seller

Pearl Jam Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200 In 13 Years: 1. Pearl Jam - "Backspacer" - 189,000 (debut) 2. Jay-Z - "The Blueprint 3" - 134,000 (down 55%, 908,000 cume) 3. Three Days Grace - "Life Starts Now"...

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