Rolling Stone and Spin were the twin pillars of music magazines as I hit my late teens and felt important enough to join the world of well-informed (and often hipper-than-thou) music fans. I subscribed to both for years and I've held onto that Rolling Stone subscription up to the present, but the stack of unread magazines on my coffee table proves that I've finally lost faith in the publication I
If you've made the trek to Bonnnaroo you're familiar with Mulfreesboro, TN. I've spent my fair share of hours, sometimes in traffic, sometimes scouring the isles of oddities (read: bobbleheads) that some of the more local gas stations carry. Today, I bring you Glossary from Mulfreesboro, who I came to know after finding out they'll be holding down opening duties for Justin Townes Earle and Lucero this summer. Pretty good company, and deservingly so after listening to The Better Angels Of Our Nature [...]
(from left: Michael Crow, Channing Lewis, and Alex Livingstone from Grand Champeen) Six Degrees ... as in Separation, Kevin Bacon , etc. ... was another idea that came to me during last weekend's brainstorm. OK, storm may be pushing it. But it was at least a fusillade and rain was definitely involved. Anyway, as a former college radio DJ and one of the premier mixtape artists of our time, there is a perverse pleasure in being musical captain of the S.S. Geek-Out. It's the High Fidelity [...]
While I generally provide a track or two to entice you to go pick up whatever album I'm talking about, Glossary has taken it one step further and offered up their latest album The Better Angels Of Our Nature in its entirety as a free download from their site. It's slow-burning Southern rock that just feels like a warm, breezy summer afternoon; a little Allman Brothers twang with the soul of Iron & Wine. The Better Angels Of Our Nature sounds (at many moments) like it could simply erupt into searing blues-laden [...]
Remember the movie Almost Famous when Billy Crudup's character dropped acid at a high school party and ended up on the roof shouting "I am a Golden God" before jumping into the pool? Well at SXSW 2008, we witnessed the same scene only it was on top of the Flamingo Cantina during a Dr. Dog performance. And instead of Billy Crudup, it was some guy in bright red pants. It was a sunny afternoon and I was sipping my ice cold beer. I soon became fearful that something might be amiss when I saw the a [...]
Glossary will be performing at Habana Calle on March 13th at SXSW, according to their MySpace page . If you like these tracks, head on over to the site and download the entire album . Thanks to Drinking Buddy for pointing this out to me. I'll be flying to Vail for a wedding this weekend, so you may not see any activity until Monday. Until then, enjoy your Super Bowl. Glossary - Little Caney Glossary - Almsgiver Glossary - [...]
Jesus H. Christ . I am ashamed of myself.I have been meaning to post a piece about this fantastic album for months, but other than a passing mention that it was available for free (and legal) download, there has been nothing but radio silence from ninebullets. Tonight, when I opened my "shit you need to write about" document and stared at Glossary on top of the list, I decided that it was time to break my silence (to steal a line from Rick Saunders ). So, back in early October, Glossary made their fifth studio [...]
Here it is a week into the new year and I'm just getting around to posting my favorites of 2007 (Good thing that procrastination wasn't part of my New Years resolutions). But alas, sometimes, life gets in the way of everything. Anyway, for anyone who cares, here is my Top 25 20 15 14 Albums of 2007! 14. José González - In Our Nature The latest from the Swedish singer/songwriter was another collection of stark beautiful emotions [...]
Happy New Year everyone! MOKB turns a three full years old here in the next couple days and it's time to plan ahead a little. I spent New Years in Michigan with my family. We had about six to eight inches of snow on the ground, so it felt like a winter wonderland. It was the perfect atmosphere to curl up with some coffee, good music and reflect on the year behind me and forcast the one to come. I'll set a few resolutions before me for 2008. Some are pretty common, but we [...]
There are easily two distinct sides of the free equation. The first applies to a band like R@diohead; a band with so much money and so many fans that giving the record away in a pay for what you feel it's worth plan makes a lot of sense. The second (and more common) applies to bands that simply need to give the record away because, well, that is all they can get for it. While Glossary might not be household names, to say they are the type of band that should give away record should be given away [...]
The new album, featuring one of the best album covers of the year, from the Murfreesboro, Tennessee based Glossary ( MySpace ), The Angels of Our Nature, was officially released as a limited edition cd (250 initial copies) on limited edition steel grey or brick red. You can order the cd via their online store . The band is still offering the entire album as a download for free , which takes considerably more balls than multi-platinum bands doing the same. The album is a terrific taste of tight [...]
just when i started wishing i wouldnt love again, at least for the rest of the year, glossary's the better angels of our nature has me enamored. simply put, its a great american rock record and yeah i love it. it has been on repeat for the past two weeks and it seems that each listen brings something new to gush over. which is the true sign of a great record. lately its been the lone lady in the group, kelly's shiny background vocals which are a perfect accompaniment to joey kneiser sometimes solemn southern confessionals. [...]
This months Lucero message board compilation has hit the internets and thus begins comptober fest. So, put your beer back on ice, pour a whiskey drink and give this bitch a spin. This month sees Jon Snodgrass ( Armchair Martian & Drag the River ) chime in with some selections as well as the usual suspects. It also includes an ridiculous (and by ridiculous I mean completely aweseome) cover of Stayin' Alive. Is this month's any good you ask? Look, any comp that features Electric Six and Muddy Waters on the same [...]
So have you guys heard about that excellent new album that's available for free on the internet? No, not THAT free album - you can read about that one pretty much anywhere else in blogland. I'm actually talking about something a little bit closer to home, something I'm actually a little more interested in (blogger blasphemy, I know). Last week, Murfreesboro's Glossary released their brand-new album, The Better Angels Of Our Nature , and set that baby loose in the wilds of the internet. And [...]
am i the only one that watched the rock of love reunion show last night? not surprisingly, it was pretty lame and in another not so surprising move jess pretty much told bret that he and his blue eye shadow should have picked heather. as it turns out he agreed but, "he was scared" of how real heather is. yeah.... can someone explain the popularity or the supposed humor of i can has cheezburger ? if you havent checked out glossary's the better angels of our nature you really, really should. not only [...]
The Better Angels of Our Nature There are only two things they would like to address before you do: 1) This record is licensed under a Creative Commons License as described below. What this amounts to is that you can download it, listen to it, copy it, give it to friends, and play it anywhere you want. However, you cannot change it or use it for commercial purposes. 2) We thought about asking for your email address as a condition for download, but we decided that wouldn't really make it "free." So [...]
Glossary 's new album The Better Angels Of Our Natur e is being offered for free download on their web site today. There will also be a limited run cd available come October 23. Go check it out . Sample: Only Time Will Tell
Glossary is certainly one of the more familiar faces on the Next Big Nashville lineup - the Murfreesboro staple of the local scene celebrated their ten year "bandiversary" earlier this year. But just because the band has been around for a decade doesn't mean they don't still have a few tricks up their sleeve - in fact, Glossary is getting ready to release their new album next month - for free on the internet. The Better Angels of Our Nature will be available online on the band's website on October 2, and in [...]
This is the summer driving playlist. You may find the first summer mixtape here . Sometimes I need a good driving playlist, sometimes I need the concrete motivation of Ben Gibbard cooing about the day that mile markers seemed to call his name to say "You're safer now, through every town I'll light your way in reflective green. All the way, the entire state of Carolina waits for me." Sometimes I need to hear Glossary proclaiming that I should just "Throw the map out and drive," and sometimes my friends, you do too. So that [...]
If you are going to be in St. Louis this weekend, you are going to have some great local music options. Riddle of Steel On Friday night at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room , you can catch a free and wonderfully unexpected billing including post-punk guitar gods Riddle of Steel playing alongside three hip hop acts, including CunningLynguists , Midwest Avengers and Blackspade . [...]
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