The Current Music Blog: April 5, 2007 Archive

Unfit Pirate

Posted at 7:36 AM on April 5, 2007 by Dale Connelly (2 Comments)

Here’s a can’t-fail idea:

Hire Keith Richards to play a pirate in the movies.
How could it go wrong? Keith Richards behaves badly. Pirates are bad.
The more Keith Richards-y he acts, the better the publicity. Right?

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The Stream 04/05/07

Posted at 9:00 AM on April 5, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Tonight Pete Yorn, Steve Earle, Badly Drawn Boy, The Holmes Brothers, Joseph Arthur, M. Ward and others will celebrate the music of Bruce Springsteen for charity.

Have you seen this yet? I cannot get enough of Alanis' version of The Black-Eyed Peas tune "My Humps".

Morrissey's Sanctuary no longer in the US. (Sanctuary Records, that is).

Pitchfork's got the scoop on The New Pornographers new album.

Wilco have announced some dates.

Today In Music History:
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog (ABBA) was born.
1950 - Anna Ulvaeus (Aha) was born.
1951 - Everett Morton (English Beat) was born.
1954 - Stan Ridgeway was born.
1981 - Bob "The Bear'' Hite of Canned Heat died.
1985 - Thousands of radio stations around the world simultaneously play "We Are the World" to raise money to feed starving people.
1998 - Colin "Cozy" Powell died in a car crash.

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Live On Air Blogging 04/05/07

Posted at 9:03 AM on April 5, 2007 by Barb Abney

Noon-ish: Tunes On The Telly Tonight
Kaiser Chiefs on Conan

11:55 a.m. Robbers on High Street
Will be playing a few shows with Fountains of Wayne.

11:35 a.m. RJD2
Will be playing First Avenue on the 21st along with Happy Chichester. He played our SxSW showcase last month.

11:10 a.m. Son Volt
Will be playing at First Avenue on Monday. They have news about their upcoming Letterman appearance and more on their official site.

11:00 a.m. Local Music - Dance Band
Have a few upcoming shows posted on their Myspace page.

10:35 a.m. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Their in-studio performance from September, 2005.

10:20 a.m. Brother Ali
Monday night, Fifth Element we will be opening at Midnight to sell Brother Ali's Undisputed Truth. Meet him, have him sign your album and get some freebies! You can pre-order the album now and get some goodies too! Brother Ali is no stranger to The Current's airwaves, hear an in-studio from December, 2005 and his performance at our recent SxSW showcase.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info – Thomas Dybdahl
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Thomas Dybdahl with the tune " Always". It's from Science, which is in stores now. More info on his official site or his Myspace page.

10:00 a.m. Pearl Jam
They're headlining Lollapalooza. Mike McCreedy recently wrote an update on their official site.

9:55 a.m. Future Clouds & Radar
Learn more about these Texans on their Myspace page.

9:40 a.m. Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) solo info here.

9:20 a.m. Joseph Arthur
Will be releasing Let’s Just Be on April 17th. Why wait? You can pre-order it now.

9:05 a.m. Jarvis Cocker
His new disk Jarvis is in stores now. It is The Current's CD of the week. He will be curating the Meltdown Fest this summer. He's also signed on to play the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. More info on his Myspace page.

"My 3 Songs" for Thursday, April 5th

Posted at 2:12 PM on April 5, 2007 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

"I made a mix tape, and started with these three and really enjoyed them one after another. Very pretty songs," says Andrew Wylie of Eagan.

1) Andrew Bird, "Sovay" (live on The Current)
2) The Softlights, "Girlkillsbear"
3) Sufjan Stevens, "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever"

"Sufjan's Christmas song isn't very Christmasy -- is that a word?" he continues (I'd say it's a word). "It's more about the winter months and making something beautiful out of a bad situation."

By the way, if you enjoyed that Andrew Bird song, you can hear it as part of Mary Lucia's interview in our on-air performance archive (if you didn't catch it today, I would highly recommend it). Andrew was one of the first guests we ever had on the station, and that particular moment had a lot of meaning for me. Hearing this song always, always chokes me up.

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Winona Forever

Posted at 3:49 PM on April 5, 2007 by Mary Lucia (2 Comments)

Do you have a tattoo you now regret getting?

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Another Legendary Venue Closes

Posted at 9:25 PM on April 5, 2007 by Mark Wheat

The Hammersmith Palais in London was made famous by a Clash song, but to many it was the site of some very memorable nights of live music for over 60 years!! After a long battle against developers it has been closed. The last show was The Fall who have just started the tour in support of their new album. Typically they caused a bit of a stir according to the NME;
http://www.nme.com/news/27473

And there's some awesome stories about people seeing shows there at the Fall's fansite;
http://www.thefall.info/fallsite/?p=346#comments