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Glorious Noise November 2009

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Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - White Lunar

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - White LunarA double disc collection of the pair's eerie soundtrack work.


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Beatles Vinyl Remasters Confirmed, No Release Date Yet

The Beatles on vinylJeff Jones, Chief Executive of Apple Corps., confirms that the Beatles' remastered catalogue will be reissued on vinyl.


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Photo Tour of the Wilco Loft

Loft Life Magazine takes a tour of Wilco's recording studio. Just last year, musician Andrew Bird spent four days recording at the Loft. He spent the entire first day arranging the studio space just to get the right violin...

Most Popular GLONO Items: October 2009

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


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Album Streams: Casablancas, Slayer, CCR

Full album streams from Julian Casablancas, Slayer, CCR, Cold Cave, Foo Fighters, Rickie Lee Jones, and more.


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Jet - Live in Nottingham

JetAnother photo feature from GLONO's UK headquarters. Jet's popularity might be on the wane, but the band always gives 100%.

Weezer Snuggie: Better than anything they've released since "Hash Pipe"

Weezer helps you stay warm and comfortable while having hands free to do what you please.

Lady SOV is a Humorless Little Turd

This isn't new but it's too funny not to share. Some dude has been challenging Lady SOV to a rap battle. His name: DJ Jelly Donut and he dresses in a donut costume. When he shows up at one of...

Mad Men - The Grown Ups

Mad Men - The Grown UpsAmerica and the Sterling-Cooper gang speed headlong into November 22, 1963. Suddenly, everything's in question.

Johnny Rotten's Favorite Records

The former Sex Pistol digs the Kinks, Roxy Music, the Raincoats, Can, and Kate Bush.


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Beatles Stereo Box in Limited Ed. USB Drives

For anyone frustrated with the fact that The Beatles box set isn’t available via digital download, maybe this will help. Apple and EMI have announced that the stereo box set will be released in a limited run of custom...

Sales: Michael Jackson, Creed, Sting, oh my...

Billboard110,000 album buyers decided to pick up the new Creed album this week. Sigh.


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Early Seger: Misleading Title, Wasted Opportunity

The Bob Seger SystemThe Seeg releases a new comp that's not what it says it is.

Blister Pop: a bad name for a great genre

A particular style of American punk from the 80s gets a [dumb] name.

The Raveonettes - The Chosen One

The Danish duo are giving away another track from In And Out Of Control.


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The Dead Weather - Live in Newcastle

The%20Dead%20Weather%20Newcastle%20Academy%2021%20October%202009-thumb.jpgJack White and crew bang their heads in a photo feature from our UK HQ.

Peter, Bjorn and John - Summer Breeze

Peter, Bjorn and John cover Seals and Crofts for charity.


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New Spiral Stairs video: Cold Change

The story of a musician/caterer who just can't take it anymore.

Download Four Live Pixies Songs

The band is sharing 4 songs from their Doolittle 20th Anniversary tour.


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Sound + Vision Interviews Beatles Remastering Team

Maybe you’re sick of talking about The Beatles’ remastered catalog, but we’re not. Especially when it comes to the technical inside baseball talk and getting insight to some of the decisions made by the remastering team. Sound + Vision caught...

Robbie Fulks + Shellac + Michael Jackson

Man oh man, this Robbie Fulks Michael Jackson tribute album is getting more awesome and more crazy with every new detail. Now, we find out that Steve Albini's noisy three-piece Shellac plays on it: Shellac is a magnificent punk band...


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Another 1974 Photo of Lennon and McCartney

Cool shot of John and Paul during Nilsson's Pussy Cats.

Album Streams: Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, and other cutting edge artists

Not a ton of exciting releases this week apparently. NPR has the upcoming Norah Jones, 'The Fall'. Of course they do. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following new releases through Sunday, November 15: • Kris Allen, 'Kris Allen' (Jive) - EXCLUSIVE,...


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Told You So: Catalog Sales To Be Included in Billboard 200

BillboardBillboard finally relents to logic.

Morrissey Bopped on the Bean

Morrissey storms off stage after he gets hit with bottle.

Britt Daniel Soundboard: Make Spoon Sounds!

Distilling the building blocks of Spoon songs.


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History Channel Documentary: The Beatles On Record

Heaven knows we don't talk about The Beatles enough around here. Sure, we dedicated way too many posts to the dopey conversations Jake and I had around the remastered box set and we post any previously unseen photos we can...

Poll: 75% of Students Prefer Downloads to Streams

A recent University of Reading study finds that 75% of students polled prefer downloading music to buying hard copies or even streaming, which may speak to a sort of splitting of the difference for how younger audiences view digital...

Mad Men - Shut the Door. Have a Seat

Mad Men - Shut the Door. Have a SeatIs any man an island? Don's relationships, or lack thereof, come back to haunt him as he and others struggle with what to do with the pending sale of Sterling-Cooper. The same could be said of his pending divorce from Betty.

Forkcast Filter, Round 19

The fine folks at the Fork have been uncovering all kinds of new music for you to check out. It's hard for anybody to listen to everything. We try to pick out the stuff we think might appeal to the...


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New video from Jon Spencer's Heavy Trash: Gentle

Video: Heavy Trash - "(Sometimes You Gotta Be) Gentle" This is more like it. That "doo wop" MP3 they gave away wasn't really all that, but "Gentle" has everything we've always loved about Jon Spencer. Watch him and Matt Verta-Ray...


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Classic Hip Hop: Black Sheep, Souls of Mischief

A couple of cool new hip hop mp3s ended up in the inbox this morning. Wasn't really expecting that, but they sound good, so we thought we'd pass them along. MP3: Black Sheep - "Forever Luvlee" from the From The...


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Sales: But how many Snuggies did they sell?

Albums sales for the week ending November 8.


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Pogue vs. Pogue: Spider Stacy on Shane MacGowan's Troubles

Shane passes out, fan finds him.

Rivers Cuomo teases Pinkerton fans

Rivers Cuomo Twitter Profile PhotoSays unreleased Weezer song is going to be like "You Know You're Right" for Pinkerton fans. Oh really?

New Animal Collective video: In The Flowers

Video: Animal Collective - "In The Flowers" The song kicks in at 2:30, so if you finding yourself nodding out, feel free to skip ahead. I'm still not convinced this band deserves the hype. But every time I find myself...

Tobi Vail: Women in Music, 2000-09

Tobi Vail, badass drummer and one of the coolest survivors of the riot grrl scene, sums up her Thoughts on Women in Music, 2000-09 for Carrie Brownstein's Monitor Mix Blog on NPR. Her opening sentence—and that whole paragraph—is awesome: At...

Got (Almost) Live If You Want It

PixiesThe Pixies are recording all the stops on their U.S. tour. Relive the experience!

Album Streams: Norah, Macca, Doors, Crue, more

Another exciting week for fans of new music... AOL/Spinner is streaming the following new releases through Sunday, November 22: • Norah Jones, 'The Fall' (EMI) • Paul McCartney, 'Good Evening New York City' (Hear/Concord) • Motley Crue, 'Greatest Hits' (Eleven...


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Indie Label Roundtable

Over on NPR's Monitor Mix Blog, Carrie Brownstein rounds up a bunch of people who run indie labels and gets them to talk about how the role of the record label has changed over the past decade. It's a fascinating...

Tegan and Sara - Sainthood

Tegan and Sara - SainthoodThe two have completely severed all traces of their folkie past and are gunning for a more mainstream audience.

GLONO Twitter Roundup #4

Tweet tweetA collection of the things we've posted to Twitter recently.

Jack White is the new Rick Rubin

Wanda Jackson and some boy named ElvisWhite Stripe to produce rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson.

Neil Young Finally Releases Fillmore "Cinnamon Girl"

Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl [Live From Fillmore East]Shakey's fucking with his fans again.

The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come

The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To ComeThis is spiritual music only in the sense that Darnielle thinks of religion as a way to add solemn tones to his songbook.


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Watch Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Live on Dinner with the Band

2 songs incl. a new one.


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163,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Are WrongAlbums sales for the week ending November 15.

Download a new God Help The Girl song: Stills

New stuff from Belle and Sebastian project.


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Jonathan Richman on Gram Parsons

Gram ParsonsWho knew that Jojo was friends with the Grievous Angel?

Rod Stewart Says No To Faces Reunion

SlickBut the band wants to tour with or without him. Sigh...

New video from Johnny Marr's Latest Band, The Cribs

The Cribs - "We Share The Same Skies"


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The Holloways UK Tour Photos

Holloways-thumb.jpgGLONO UK follows the Holloways around Leeds, Darlington, and Newcastle.

New Vampire Weekend video: Cousins

Everybody's favorite preppies are back with a new song.

Beck releases tribute to Harry Partch

Beck's got a crazy new song.


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The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

The Flaming Lips - EmbryonicA wonderful freak-out that places the Lips back in lysergic territory.

Album Streams: Glambert, Shakira, Beyonce, more

Not a very good week for indie releases...at least according to the full album streams on AOL/Spinner. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following new releases through Sunday, November 29: • Adam Lambert, 'For Your Entertainment' (RCA) • Shakira, 'She Wolf' (Sony)...


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New Califone video: Funeral Singers

Video: Califone - "Funeral Singers" New video from Califone featuring footage from All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, the feature film that Tim Rutili wrote and directed. Starring Angela Bettis. It's a cool acoustic song. Not sure about the Moonies...


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29 Thoughts on the Apparent Disappearance of Adam Boyle

29 ThoughtsWhatever happened to the guy who wrote all those awesome columns for Nerve magazine?


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Cool Band: Black Whales

Remember the first time you heard Jane’s Addiction and it was weird and a bit menacing but still kind of fun and light? This is before Perry became a model for douche-y brands that market to douche-y guys like Navarro....

Neil Young's the Prince of Bel Air

Oh, Jimmy......

Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited

Times New Viking - Born Again RevisitedTerribly infectious and pretty innocuous lo-fi pop.

Animal Collective Samples Dead

Animal Collective samples the Grateful Dead's "Unbroken Chain" on their new Fall Be Kind EP. It's apparently the first time the band has allowed the use of one of their songs as a sample. New York Magazine talked to Animal...


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The Monkees - Porpoise Song (Theme from Head)

One of the best psychedelic pop songs of all time.

New Gil Scott-Heron: Where Did The Night Go

The revolutionary poet is back. 100% badass.

7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out

7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came OutMembers of Crowded House, Wilco, the Smiths, and Radiohead get together and record an album for charity.

Sales: 50 Cent Destroyed

FiddyAlbum sales data for the week ending Nov. 22, 2009.


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Morrissey's Desert Island Discs

Morrissey lists his favorite songs for BBC Radio 4.

Blur - No Distance Left To Run Documentary Trailer

A trailer for the documentary, No Distance Left to Run, on Blur’s 2009 reunion is out. It’s all hugs and good times and nostalgia and looks like a lot of fun for aging Blur fans like me. Trailer: Blur -...

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