The Current Music Blog: March 6, 2007 Archive

The big day!

Posted at 8:46 AM on March 6, 2007 by Mac Wilson (7 Comments)

Now that the day has arrived, consider this the official discussion thread:

What are your thoughts on the Arcade Fire's new album, Neon Bible?

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The Stream 03/06/07

Posted at 8:53 AM on March 6, 2007 by Barb Abney

The secret is out! Benjamin Curtis has quit Secret Machines.

You may have already heard 50% of the new Nine Inch Nails album... hear the rest in the Twin Cities next week during a listening party. More listening party dates and such here.

The Australian band You Am I will be coming to town on the 19th of this month at The 400 Bar in Minneapolis. Win a pair of tickets to that show or any other date on their upcoming tour.

Wanna be in a video, eh? Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will be taping their new video in Toronto next Monday. If you're interested in being an extra and you've got black clothes with no logos, email your photo to Angela@revolverfilms.com as soon as possible. Their new album will be released May 1st.

Today In Music History:
1944 - David Gilmour was born
1944 - Mary Wilson (The Supremes) was born
1998 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher faced charges of head butting a fan during a gig in Australia
2004 - David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel.

Live On Air Blogging 03/06/07

Posted at 9:09 AM on March 6, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Noon-ish
Did Ted Leo suffer from The Norovirus? Read the News section of his site and decide for yourself.

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Gnarls Barkley on Conan
Madeleine Peyroux on Jimmy Kimmel

11:40am
The Fratellis new disk is titled Costello Music and will hit the streets next Tuesday. You can pre-order it now through Amazon or BestBuy

11:30am
Burning Spear keeps a journal/blog!! Check it!

Morrissey tour dates will be announced in the next week! More info here.

10:55am An Entire Set Of Touring Artists!
The Presets
The Alarmists
Art Brut
The Young Knives.

10:40am
The new Maria Taylor album 'Lynn Teeter Flower' came out today! Order it here. Maria is also featured on drums in the latest Bright Eyes video "Four Winds". The new Bright Eyes album is titled Cassadaga. It will be released on April 10. Pre-order here and get it nearly two weeks before the release date!

10:20am
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring Jesse Sykes and the sweet hereafter with the tune "LLL" from the release Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul. Recently they've toured with Sparklehorse. Dates and more info on the official site or MySpace page.

9:55am
The Broken West have an extensive list of upcoming dates, some with The Walkmen, some with The Long Winters. See full schedule here.

9:40am
Shins as house band at MTVU.

9:15am Happy Tuesday!
We played a tune from Hem a little earlier. Want to know more about this band? You'll find everything you've ever wanted to know and more.. right here.

Have I mentioned that Dean & Britta are coming to town? More info.

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My 3 Songs for Tuesday, 3/6/07

Posted at 1:57 PM on March 6, 2007 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

A narrative! From Greg Howell of Mankato. "A love story about a tourist to China. He gets his heart broken, eats, and then adopts a child to heal his pain."

1) M. Ward: "Chinese Translation"
2) Biz Markie: "Chinese Food"
3) Devendra Banhart: "Chinese Children"

Man, I could go for an egg roll.

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Musicheads: New Arcade Fire!

Posted at 2:12 PM on March 6, 2007 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

Hi folks -- Steve here, your friendly Musicheads producer. The new episode is now up, ready for your download, and it's about the new Arcade Fire disc, "Neon Bible." Will there be agreement or dissention in the ranks? Find out, then join the regular discussion here.

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What does this mean?

Posted at 3:51 PM on March 6, 2007 by Mary Lucia (37 Comments)

I share a birthday with Ginger Spice, Jon Benet Ramsey, Andy Warhol and Elliot Smith.
I'm doomed.

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I'm in Love with that Song!

Posted at 4:59 PM on March 6, 2007 by Danny Sigelman (4 Comments)

I am at a coffee shop right now and the woman behind the counter has played Peter Bjorn and John "Young Folks" no fewer than four times in a row and counting. Not surprisingly, no one seems to mind.

When the Fog song "Pneumonia" initially came out as a 12" in '02 I remember having never heard any other song like it. I was completely in love with it and had my turntable set on repeat for a good hour or two. It was very much like when Enid in that movie Ghost World falls for that old blues record.

What are some other stick-it-on-repeat-and-pull-off-the-knob tunes that have stuck with you again and again and again?

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New Music Highlights

Posted at 10:08 PM on March 6, 2007 by Mark Wheat (3 Comments)

On a Tuesday night I like to check the new releases of those old formats called cd albums,
just for old times sake. A particularly good batch tonight from;
!!!, Maria Taylor, Albert Hammond Jr. Son Volt, RJD2, Gruff Rhys (a Super Furry Animal)
The Last Town Chorus, The Cinematics and....Arcade Fire.

The reviews seem to be good for Arcade Fire so far, even garnering a full article in the New York Times magazine at the weekend. I'm glad the kneejerk backlash doesn't seem to be happening and we might have another case of indie darlings going mainstrem?!?! Are we changing the stream?! The numbers of mainstream cds being sold is dwindling, but The Shins made it to #2 on Billboard's chart in their first week, so let's try to make 'Neon Bible' #1, wouldn't that be bizarre?!?!
And if you like the exuberant AF sound try another record that was re-issued today ;
'Black Sheep Boy' from Okkervil River, they are going to be down at SXSW and perhaps will get more attention for this record than they did last year when it first came out, it deserves it.

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