The Current Music Blog: April 18, 2007 Archive

The Stream 04/18/07

Posted at 9:00 AM on April 18, 2007 by Barb Abney

Jesus & Mary Chain have announced more festival dates.

Lily Allen explains the show cancellations on her Myspace blog.
*Actually, Lindsay Kimball scooped me on this one*

Johnny Cash's former home which was devastated in a fire last week will be preserved, thanks to current owner, Barry Gibb.

Ben Lee's new album Ripe will arrive near autumn.

Video of Tom Morello and Zack De La Rocca playing together last weekend.

The fifth annual US Air Guitar Challenge is coming to The Varsity Theater on June 16th.

The scoop on the new Devendra Banhart album.

This Day In Music:
1924 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born.
1946 - Skip Spence (Moby Grape) was born.
1958 - Lee Pattinson (bassist Echo and Bunnymen) was born.

Live On Air Blogging

Posted at 9:08 AM on April 18, 2007 by Barb Abney

Noon-ish: Tunes On The Telly Tonight
Sparta on Conan
Son Volt on Letterman
G. Love on Carson Daly

11:45 a.m. Fountains Of Wayne
Their new album Traffic And Weather is available now. They'll be playing First Avenue this summer. More dates and info on their official site.

11:20 a.m. In-Studio Klaxons
They were in town playing The 7th Street Entry. They have more dates over the next couple of weeks including Coachella. You can try to win free tickets or meet them. More info here. They also mentioned returning to the states in September when they've wrapped up the rest of their festival dates. Learn more about them on their Myspace page.

10:40 a.m. Local Music - Ice Palace
They performed live on The Local Show with Chris Roberts on the 11th of last month. They have a couple of upcoming shows in town, find out when/where on their Myspace page.

10:30 a.m. Pretty Girls Make Graves
Remaining dates of their final tour.

10:20 a.m. Bright Eyes
Cassadaga is The Current's CD Of The Week. Find out how to get your own copy here. More info on Bright Eyes on the official Bright Eyes site or the Bright Eyes Myspace page.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Pop Levi
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Pop Levi with the tune "Sugar Assault Me Now " from his debut album Return To Form Black Magick Party. He's coming to The 400 Bar soon. Learn more about him on his Myspace page.

9:50 a.m. Gomez
Were here just about a year ago. They'll be returning to the states in July for a handful of dates.

9:40 a.m. Au Revoir Simone
They'll be in town with Peter, Bjorn & John and Fujiya and Miyagi next month. They'll return in June with Voxtrot. More info on their official site and/or their Myspace page.

9:30 a.m. White Stripes
No new "official" news to report, other than Icky Thump will be release June 19th.

9:20 a.m. Aqualung
See the US tour dates and an interesting "Making the album" video on his official site.
Here's his in-studio performance from last month. Here's his in-studio from May, 2005.

9:10 a.m. Thomas Dybdahl
Dropped by The Current for an in-studio a couple of weeks ago.

My 3 Songs for Wednesday

Posted at 1:09 PM on April 18, 2007 by Bill DeVille

Todays set was selected by Amy Schneider in Minneapolis. She selected the songs for her and her "cellmates" listening at work...

Flaming Lips: Fight Test
Fiona Apple: Sleep to Dream
The Clash: I Fought the Law

Bands use kittens to market music

Posted at 4:21 PM on April 18, 2007 by Melanie Walker (5 Comments)

Although I hate to admit it, I too surf You tube from time to time. It seems to me in my You tubing adventures that I'm bumping into more and more music videos with kittens as the reoccurring theme. Could it be that independent bands are using kittens as a ploy to market their new music? If so it's genius.

Bjork "It's Oh So Quiet"

Spoon "Sister Jack"

LCD Soundsystem "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down"

Fatboy Slim's cover of "The Joker"

Psapp - "Side Dish"

Arctic Monkeys "Comedy Capers"

The White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl"

The Postal Service "Brand New Colony"

Jay Dee aka JDilla "Wild"

Although this may not be the deepest post you've read all day, it's most definitely the cutest....

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Gang Font In Studio 4/18

Posted at 7:29 PM on April 18, 2007 by Mark Wheat

Check out the reviews and interviews and the back story to this wonderful collaboration, here.

White Stripes blow-by-blow

Posted at 10:41 PM on April 18, 2007 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)

NME has a wonderfully weird account of listening to the new "Icky Thump". Aside from the suits that they are wearing, which are based on 'pearly kings and queens' of Cockney lore, they have several songs with bagpipes?!?!

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