The Current Music Blog: April 9, 2007 Archive

The Stream 04/09/07

Posted at 8:58 AM on April 9, 2007 by Barb Abney

James Iha isn't on board for the Smashing Pumpkins reunion.

Bid on photos for charity.

There are conflicting reports on whether Tool will be touring in the next few months.

Get your copy of Brother Ali's The Undisputed Truth tonight at midnight!

See The Frames at First Avenue for $1.

Ireland will host the fourth annual Electric Picnic.

Today In Music History:
1970 - Paul McCartney announced official split of Beatles.
1980 - Albert Hammond Jr. was born.
1988 - Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) died in a car accident.
1989 - Bill Wyman announced his upcoming marriage to 19-year old Mandy Smith.
1998 - George Michael was arrested for lewd conduct.

Live On Air Blogging 04/09/07

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

11:50 a.m. Greg Laswell
Dropped by for an in-studio performance last August. For a few laughs read his dog forums blogs on his Myspace page.

11:50 a.m. Local Music - Dear Machine
Find out what frontman Jason Shannon has been up to lately on his Myspace page.

11:40 a.m. Jamie T
Hear more of his tunes on his Myspace page.

11:20 a.m. Son Volt
Will be playing at First Avenue Tonight.

11:10 a.m. Travis
The new album, The Boy With No Name will be released in May. More info on the forthcoming disk and tour dates on their official site.

10:50 a.m. Feist
Her new album, The Reminder, will be released on May 1st. You can preorder it here and grab a limited edition lithograph. At the time there's only one US date (Bonnaroo) but there are other tour dates, webisodes and other goodies on her Myspace page.

10:40 a.m. Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) solo info here.

10:30 a.m. Local Music - Hello Blue
Are doing some touring. More info and plenty of kitty pictures on their Myspace page.

10:20 a.m. The Pierces
This New York band have been getting quite a bit of buzz lately. Learn more on their Myspace page.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Bright Eyes
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Bright Eyes with the tune "Four Winds". You can find the tune on the Four Winds ep it will also be on Cassadaga which will be in stores tomorrow. More info on the official Bright Eyes site or the Bright Eyes Myspace page.

9:45 a.m. Sloan
Sloan will be coming to town with Small Sins, playing the Fineline on May 18th.

9:35 a.m. Ani Difranco
Willl be playing a limited number of shows this summer.

9:30 a.m. The Futureheads
Have been our in-studio guests twice. First in the summer of 2005 and then late last summer. They'll be opening a few dates for Pearl Jam later this summer.

9:20 a.m. Jarvis Cocker
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.

9:15 a.m. Sondre Lerche
Have you heard his live set from our SxSW showcase? See what else he's up to on his official site.

9:10 a.m. The Good, The Bad and The Queen
You can view their upcoming schedule and a new video and listen to more of their music on their official site. It wasn't so long ago when Steve Seel chatted them up. If you missed it before, listen to the archived interview.

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"My 3 Songs" for Monday, April 9th

Posted at 1:00 PM on April 9, 2007 by Steve Seel (5 Comments)

Bill Slobotski of St. Paul presented his "mathematical" My 3 Songs today. He says:

"I have been a math nerd my whole life. I was always good at numbers as a young child, and my love for math accelerated in high school where weekend trips to math tournaments, memorizing 'pi,' watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos, and rolling 20 sided dice with my friends were my forte'."

He continues to explain:

1) Ladytron, "True Mathematics" -- not just the title, he says, but an example of how "sine waves" and "digital signal processing ... can be used to stimulate our brains."

2) The Pixies, "Alec Eiffel" -- "...a tribute to the French engineer who designed the Eiffel tower. In the video for this song, the Pixies offer very brief glimpses of mathematical formulas that make us subliminally more intelligent ... and toward the end of the song, the non-standard time-signatures remind us that rock music does not have to be in 4/4 subdivisions."

3) The Soviettes, "1308" -- "The series '1308' happens to occur at the 24,291st decimal place of pi. Nerd!" (That was Bill's interjection at the end there, not mine).

The only thing I have to say about that last point, Bill, is that I hope didn't memorize pi out that far. If that's the case, what are you doing requesting "My 3 Songs" sets instead of plugging your brain into some kind of supercomputer to solve the problems of interstellar travel?

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