The Current Music Blog: March 13, 2007 Archive

The Stream 03/13/07

Posted at 8:56 AM on March 13, 2007 by Barb Abney

Cake are set to release a new scratch n sniff album of b-sides and rarities that include a cover of Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Barry White’s “Never, never gonna give you up”. While the actual release date has not been announced, you can learn more about the disk and pre-order it here. While you’re there, submit YOUR video for “War Pigs”, you could win $1000.

On March 27th, Coldplay will release 'The Singles 1999-2006', with all of the band's Parlophone singles on 7-inch vinyl. You can pre-order it now. The US store is also offering a free oversized mug to everyone who pre-orders.

Sub Pop records are giving away a scholarship. Washington and Oregon residents only.

Yesterday Weezer sent out a Myspace bulletin touting the new project from Jason Schwartzman called Coconut Records.

Listen to the new Shout Out Louds single "Tonight I Have To Leave It" from their forthcoming second album "Our Ill Wills".

Ever wanted to help get a band signed? Here’s your chance.

The Hives have been recording in Miami and are set to do a recording session in Mississippi.

Today In Music History:
1939 - Neil Sedaka was born
1959 - Greg Norton (Husker Du) was born
1960 - Adam Clayton was born
1965 - Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds
1975 - Tammy Wynette and George Jones divorced.
1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed suit against Sound And Media Ltd., alleging that they released a "book-with-CD" about the band without permission.
2002 - Marc Moreland (Wall Of Voodoo guitarist) died.

Live On Air Blogging 03/13/07

Posted at 9:11 AM on March 13, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Noon-ish
Prototypes will be playing our SxSW showcase Thursday.
Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
The Good The Bad And The Queen on Letterman

11:40am
DJ Shadow announces tour.

11:20am
Chuck sent me an email in regards to the Flogging Molly tune I just played...
Is he saying "spend a little more at the mall of america" ??? this has been a debate around the office for a while now. I found the lyrics after a google search and found no reference to MOA, unless of course, you refer to it as "The Devil's Dance Floor".

11:15am
An Evening With Peter Doherty? Last week it was announced on the Babyshambles site.
Pete will play two solo shows next month. Expect poetry readings, acoustic songs and special guests. Buy tickets here.

10:55am
Brother Ali and Fifth Element will celebrate the release of his new disk "The Undisputed Truth" next month. He'll also be playing our SxSW showcase How about a preview of what he sounds like live? This in-studio performance from December, 2005 should suffice.

10:40am
Now It's Overhead in-studio performance is here. Band's site.

10:30am
Capitol Sons linkage for upcoming shows.

10:25am
Sondre Lerche is coming back to the Twin Cities at the end of the month. Guess where he'll be on Friday. That's right, our SxSW showcase, baby!

10:10am
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Young Knives, with "Another Hollow Line" from their debut full length, Voices of Animals and Me. Catch them at our SxSW broadcast. More info on their official site.

9:50am
Fujiya & Miyagi and RJD2 are both playing our SxSW showcase later this week. For more information, refer to this handy-dandy schedule.

9:40am
Citizen Cope was recently interviewed and played interviewer in SurgingMagazine.com. He's also posted some upcoming tour dates. Unfortunately, he's skipping the Twin Cities this time around. We can re-live his previous in-studio performances from August, 2005 and November, 2006.

9:20am
Amy Winehouse is all the rage in the UK right now and with the release of her album, Back to Black, she's garnering a great deal of attention stateside, as well. Her album is The Current's CD of the week right now. If you'd like to try to win tickets to an upcoming show in California, here's a contest you should know about. Learn more about Amy on her official site or Myspace page.

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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday, 3-13-07

Posted at 1:09 PM on March 13, 2007 by Steve Seel (5 Comments)

A sadly sweet set today from Brandon of St. Paul. He said, "I'm requesting these songs because I just had a very hard break-up with a girl of many years. It was somewhat mutual, but it still sucks." Got yer back, Brandon.

1) Sufjan Stevens, "For All the Widows In Paradise"
2) Wilco, "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart"
3) Ryan Adams, "La Cienega Just Smiled"

(corrected for typos)

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SXSW Update: Prototypes added and Jamie T rescheduled to Friday!

Posted at 1:51 PM on March 13, 2007 by Melanie Walker (1 Comments)

If you haven't heard, The Current is bringing the South By Southwest Music Confrence to you with a 2 day live broadcast from Buffalo Billiards on 6th St. in Austin, TX! We'll be broadcasting live from 11am-6pm Thursday 3/15 and Friday 3/16 with performances by Andrew Bird (w/ Dosh), Sondre Lerche, Tom Morello aka The Nightwatchman, Peter Bjorn and John, Money Mark, EL-P, RJD2, Antibalas, Brother Ali, Bonde Do Role, Fujiya & Miyagi, The Young Knives, The Sights, Mando Diao, and Jamie T!

I'm happy to add Prototypes now to our list of scheduled performances at our SXSW broadcast! We've been playing Prototypes for awhile now, but maybe you're not as familiar with them?

Prototypes are a French trio that formed back in 2003. Part new wave, part garage rock, part folk rock with edgy guitars and sharp syths, Prototypes have redefined nouvelle vague having already achieved a top 10 hit in France and landing a coveted Ipod commercial here in the US with their song "Who's Gonna Sing?" Lead Singer Isabelle Le Doussal has been compared to the likes of Karen O and Blondie with her explosive compelling vocals. They should put on quite a show for us!

Prototypes will be performing live from Buffalo Billards in Austin, TX on Thursday 3/15 at 11:45am. You can listen to them live on the web here. Or if you'll be in Austin for SXSW you can find updated info about their performance as well as our others here.

Jamie T is also still scheduled perform at our live broadcast. Thankfully, he rescheduled to Friday 3/16 at 5pm! I'm especially looking forward to having Jamie T! I can't get enough of this bloke's cheeky swagger and banter. He'll have us all screaming out "London"! Check him out here with Jamie T's new video for his song "Sheila". I love the monkeys!

Who are you looking forward to hearing perform at our broadcast?

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Wednesday's Song of the Day

Posted at 3:53 PM on March 13, 2007 by Jacquie Fuller (106 Comments)

I hope I don't get in trouble for this, but I couldn't help it. I'm just too excited about tomorrow's Song of the Day. I won't tell you what it is, but I will say it has whistling. And while it's no jaw-dropping Andrew-Bird-type-whistling, it's some of the most infectious whistling since The Andy Griffith Show theme song. It's what our Marketing Manager, Ali Lozoff, calls an "earworm," except this earworm is more like a tapeworm for me. It's feeding off my innards and has started telling me what to do. Lately, it's been telling me to soak up some sunshine and be happy, damnit. It's also been telling me to listen to the Current's live broadcast from SXSW--which I was gonna do anyway. Geez, I don't need a tapeworm to tell me that.

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