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Get your Friday Facial from Glorious Noise in the new series, Faces Don't Lie: Expressive Record Reviews with Dylan Burr. See Dylan's reaction after the jump... Continue reading "Hanne Hukkelberg - Rykestrasse 68" » MP3: The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock remix)MP3: The Mountain Goats - "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" (Aesop Rock remix) Be sure to check out the very cool Sketch Theatre video for it, too. As is typical in today's parlance, "remix" here implies Aesop Rock taking the a cappella vocal track, and using an entirely new instrumental track and tacking on an additional rap verse. The original version appears on the Mountain Goats latest, Heretic Pride, and it's the best song on the album. This remix pales in comparison, but it's worth hearing. eMusic: The Mountain Goats, Aesop Rock. Continue reading "The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock remix)" » Advertisement
MP3: Dandy Warhols - The World The People Together (Come On)MP3: Dandy Warhols - "The World The People Together (Come On)" from Earth To The Dandy Warhols. According to their freshly relaunched web site, on May 19, 2008, you will be able to buy and download the whole album as part of their new subscription service that will include "exclusive digital audio content for one (Earth) year, including NEW b-sides and live tracks." Since Capitol dumped them, they're free to do whatever they want. It'll be interesting to see what else they come up with. Neil Young Archives on Blu-ray
The first installment of Young's archive will cover the years 1963 to 1972 and will be released as a 10-disc set this fall on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. This was hinted at before. But this sounds pretty cool... potentially. Of course, it's still vaporware. But at least it's gotta be better than that fucking Toast project. Jeez. So maybe now I'll have to start thinking about getting a Playstation 3 instead of an Xbox 360. It won't be just to play Rock Band anymore... Beatles From Above
But this is the coolest yet (click for higher-resolution): Unfortunately, we can't find any info on when or where this shot was taken but it's sparked a conversation via Instant Messenger. Peek in on our talk and post your own theories on the origins of this photo or links to your own favorites after the jump... Continue reading "Beatles From Above" » Jim DeRogatis vs. Lou Reed vs. Lester BangsLou Reed once again proves that he's a bitchy old queen. (As if we needed any more evidence.) When an audience member at the Tribeca Film Festival asked Reed what he thought of Lester Bangs' claim that Berlin was "the most depressed album ever made," the humorless has-been rudely dismissed the question ("What does that have to do with anything?") and feigned ignorance ("Who is Lester Bangs?"). Bangs biographer Jim DeRogatis calls him out: Hey, Lou: You know who Lester Bangs was. The last time I interviewed you, when you were hyping your rewriting of Poe for "The Raven," you asked me to mail you a copy of his biography, and you spoke quite warmly of him. The Catskill comedian shtick really gets old sometimes. You know, Lester Bangs hasn't produced anything good for over 25 years, but, unlike Lou Reed, at least Bangs has a decent excuse: he's dead. Fuck Lou Reed. Continue reading "Jim DeRogatis vs. Lou Reed vs. Lester Bangs" » Free Pete Doherty
"I got trouble from the start, from the inmates and the guards, mainly shouting at night really," Pete told the NME. "Some people were saying 'Keep your head down', the other half were saying 'Keep your chin up'. So I was a bit like a nodding dog – I didn't know whether to keep my chin up or keep my head down. It was 18-day early release – I can't complain really." Doherty also claims to have been drug free during his time in the Joint. "I managed to stay clean. I got my certificate. I was going to Sellotape it to the wall, but they wouldn't give me any Sellotape," he said. "Did I take heroin inside? Complete rubbish." Still, Pete's upbeat. "It could have been a lot worse." Update: The Guardian has video of Pete waiting for his manager to pick him up. Dirty Pretty Things news after the jump... Continue reading "Free Pete Doherty" » Full Album Streams: Diamond, Puppets, Dizzee, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, May 11, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Neil Diamond, 'Home Before Dark' More full album streams after the jump... And, as always, let us know if you hear anything good! Continue reading "Full Album Streams: Diamond, Puppets, Dizzee, etc." » Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Coming off the wonderful return to dirtyass rock of Grinderman, Nick Cave resumes his work with the Bad Seeds with an album more akin to the raucous nature of that aforementioned project. The difference is that Ginderman sounded like a man kicking out some guttural mid-life crisis, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! sounds like a man baptized again on the alter of seedy six strings. Marginally more restrained than Grinderman, Cave has instead focused on placing the negative energy in his words instead of merely turning up the amps. Placed against other performer's mid-career work, one is hard pressed to find a reference point as consistently great as Lazarus. And when you're able to, you suddenly discover the kind of company that Nick Cave is in with. By now, it's time to start realizing that he's rubbing shoulders with people like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and there's no better moment to start diving into his wide body of work than with this, an impeccably written and perfectly arranged statement from a man who's delivering some of the best material of an already remarkable career. Continue reading "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!" » Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" finally reissued
One weird thing about the reissue is that it contains one song ("Holy Man") with a newly recorded vocal track by Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. Buddyhead talked to reissue producer Gregg Jakobson about how this came about: Taylor was in town, a fan of Dennis's. He's also a family friend and interestingly enough has the same gravely, whisky, smokers voice as Den. They sound very much alike. We were in the studio mixing the Holy Man track, Taylor comes down to the studio, we hammer out a lyric, Taylor sings it. Perfect! It was meant to be. Destiny. Buddyhead adds that Hawkins is also "a bearded surfing drummer just like Dennis." So there you have it. Official site: Pacific Ocean Blue. Pre-order from Amazon. Buddyhead has a couple mp3s and videos. Full press release after the jump... Continue reading "Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" finally reissued" » The Glorious Noise interview with Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon
Let's get this straight right off the bat – there's no whistling. As a matter of fact, there's little of anything resembling Peter Bjorn & John's trademark sound in frontman Peter Morén's solo album The Last Tycoon. Except Peter's voice. Not that I was hoping for a Writer's Block duplicate. The opposite, actually – the attempt to switch sides faster than Anne Heche from the sound that made him semi-famous is the most commendable thing about the album. It tries. Continue reading "The Glorious Noise interview with Peter Moren: The Last Tycoon" » |
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