The Current Music Blog: March 12, 2007 Archive

The Stream 03/12/07

Posted at 8:58 AM on March 12, 2007 by Barb Abney (11 Comments)

Pitchfork Music Fest info.

R.E.M.
Working with Bloc Party producer on new album.
Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony tonight

Lou Reed has new music available for your listening pleasure.

Razorlight bassist involved in car accident.

Today In Music History:
1917 - Leonard Chess (founder of the Chess) was born.
1946 - Liza Minnelli was born.
1948 - James Taylor was born.
1955 - Charlie Parker died of a heart attack
1969 - Graham Coxon was born.
1974 - John Lennon made the headlines after a drinking binge with Harry Nilsson where he insulted the Smothers Brothers and punched their manager.
1977 - The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club resulting in one the decision to cancel the Pistols contract and production of 'God Save The Queen'.
1979 - Pete Doherty was born.
1983 - U2 scored their first No.1 album with 'War'
2001 - Judy Garland's 'Over The Rainbow' was voted the Song Of The Century by the RIAA.

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Live On Air Blogging 03/12/07

Posted at 9:38 AM on March 12, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:55am Hip Hop Is Dead Tour
Nas and crew will be performing at Myth Sunday April 22nd. Full list of dates here.

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Dr. Dog on Leno
Amy Winehouse on Letterman

11:30am Some sad news not really related to music.
Richard Jeni has died.

11:10am Peter Bjorn & John..
..will be "kicking off" our SxSW broadcast in less than 72 hours!

See them on Carson Daly Wednesday night.

10:45
The Knife won an award or two at the Swedish grammys. They couldn't make the ceremony. So, they asked some friends to do their "Thank You's".

Get to know The Young Knives through photos and video.

10:10am Song Of The Day info
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Bonde Do Role, the first signing to Diplo's Mad Decent label, with the title track to their forthcoming ep "Gasolina". They're doing some extensive touring along with Diplo. Tour dates and more info on the band's Myspace page.

9:55am
Bright Eyes coming to town Wednesday April 25th. Bright Eyes tourdates and mini site for Cassadaga.

9:40am
I believe this is proof that Joseph Arthur was taught to write by Prince. Read his blog.

9:10am
Air in America.

My 3 Songs for Monday, 3-12-07

Posted at 2:02 PM on March 12, 2007 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

Can three songs change a person's "music-listening destiny?" Well, that's what Kristian Bjornard of Minneapolis claimed happend upon being exposed to these tunes by a friend on one "lazy college afternoon."

1) Death Cab For Cutie: "Photobooth"
2) The Shins: "Caring is Creepy"
3) Trembling Blue Stars: " Ghost of an Unkissed Kiss"

Kristian says, "Thanks partially to these tracks, I have come to love everything The Current stands for ... so I dedicate them to 89.3 and my friend Bill." Cool enough! (For the record, we don't pick these things based solely on the ones that lavish praise upon us personally).

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Got Guitar Goods?

Posted at 10:23 PM on March 12, 2007 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)

Seems like we have been having discussions about the 'resurgence' of classic rock and prog rock influences on contemporary artists for many months now, but we haven't really dealt with the implied issue at hand...virtuosity, skill at playing you instrument. I remember some musicians telling me that playing prog was the inevitable result of learning how to play really well, but some new artists seem to be taking this idea in different directions. Will Hermes, a writer who started his career here in the TC's, had a piece in the NYT this weekend that highlighted two artists who are showcasing their guitar playing
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/arts/music/11herm.html

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