Here's a rundown of the songs played on the Mischke broadcast this afternoon. There are some old gems in here, as well as a few new tracks by rapper Kristoff Krane and Van Morrison cover band the Belfast Cowboys and another parody song by Chicago goofball Carrie Dahlby.
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He's the frowny guy on the far right-- Dave Mustaine in Megdeath.

Okay, all right. Mustaine's boot from Metallica in 1983 does go down as one of the most famously unceremonious firings in the history of rock and roll. To be driven from L.A. to New York on the pretense of recording a new album, only to find your replacement at the station with flying V in hand and all your gear tidily stowed on a Greyhound bound back to California? Ice cold.

But the remainder of Mustaine's career has simply been a painfully long exercise in wrath and bitter revenge that would put Medea to shame. And with his eternal squabbling with collaborators and competitors, Mustaine has murdered plenty of his own children out of sheer scorn (figuratively speaking, natch).

Click below the jump, good readers, and spare us not your outraged fumings. Gimme Noise, without a shred of trepidation, presents 4 solid reasons to roll your eyes at Dave Mustaine.

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Daughters of the Sun, as photographed by waltzcore.
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The hour of reckoning is well at hand for music labels and the Internet providers that, by complicity with rampant music piracy, usher their coffins into the Earth. And in a massive initiative aimed at curbing piracy in China, which numbers a staggering 300 million Internet users, Google has climbed into bed with numerous labels, major and indie, to beat pirates to the punch with a deluge of free music.
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Fever Ray's self-titled album called to me from the break-room free table. I'll admit, my choice was based entirely on the great cover art. Swedish artist Martin Ander skillfully aped the style of Charles Burns' Black Hole; in fact, the atmospheric, haunting album would make an excellent soundtrack to for the book.
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Press photo by Noah Kalina

Bob Mould
Varsity Theater, March 30
by Jake Mohan

"It's great to be here. This is a great room," Bob Mould told a packed Varsity Theater, already several songs into his nearly 90-minute set. "Have I been here before?" he asked the crowd, feigning middle-aged absent-mindedness. "How long has this place been here? I don't live here anymore. You have to help me."
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Ah, Spring, 2003. That pristine time was the comedy equivalent of September 10 -- nobody anticipated the horrors to come. But shortly thereafter the ground shook, the heavens rumbled, and NBC's Last Comic Standing was birthed like a screaming turd-baby from the puckered asshole of American culture. At long last, standup had a mediocrity competition to rival the various dubious musical-themed reality TV shows.

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Kill the Vultures MC Crescent Moon was kind enough to send over a preview of their forthcoming album, Ecce Beast, which will be released next Friday, April 10 at the Triple Rock. Judging from the new track, Ecce Beast will feature more of the eclectic, jazzy hip-hop vignettes that made last year's EP, Midnight Pine, so intriguing. And if I'm reading the credit correctly, the dark cover art for the new album was designed by local artist and musician Michael Gaughan. Click on the link below to download "14th St. Ritual" off the new album. More >>

Twin Cities News:
-- How Was The Show reviews the Evening Rig's CD release show. Captains Dead profiles the band.
-- Entertainment Weekly and Spinner review Prince's three shows in L.A. last Friday.
-- Culture Bully has reviews of each of the three discs in Prince's new Target-exclusive set. CB also has photos of the Dillinger Four and Chooglin' at First Avenue.
-- Mary Lucia will be announcing the lineup for this year's Rock the Garden this Wednesday at 4:00. The event itself will be held June 20.
-- The Times-Delphic reviews Cloud Cult's show at Drake University.
-- Minneapoliscast features Dan Israel.
-- Metric is set to play First Avenue in June.
-- Ireland's Nialler9 lists Solid Gold and P.O.S. as two of "The 12 best bands I loved @ SXSW 2009."
-- MinnPost profiles Bob Mould.More >>

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