The Current Music Blog: May 17, 2007 Archive

The Stream 05/17/07

Posted at 8:52 AM on May 17, 2007 by Barb Abney

Smashing Pumpkins unveil Zeitgeist cover.

Van Morrison to release Best Of Volume 3.

Frodo in Detroit? Elijah Wood to play Iggy.

More on Interpol's Our Love To Admire disk and new dates.

Today In Music History:
1942 - Taj Mahal was born.
1958 - Alan Rankine (The Associates) was born.
1962 - Tracy Bryn (Voice Of The Beehive) was born.
1964 - Bob Dylan played his first major UK concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
1965 - Trent Reznor was born.
1987 - Tom Petty's house was destroyed by fire.
1996 - Johnny Guitar Watson died.
2003 - Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.

Live On Air Blogging 05/17/07

Posted at 9:16 AM on May 17, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

12:45 p.m. Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
M.Ward on Conan
Rufus on Letterman
Tori Amos on Craig Ferguson

12:35 p.m. The Cinematic Orchestra
They just released their album, Ma Fleur . Learn more about them and order the album "bundle" from their official site.

12:25 p.m. LCD Soundsystem
I wonder if they'll be joined on stage by Daft Punk at next month's Wireless Festivals.

"My 3 Songs" for Thursday
Jackie from Minneapolis wanted to hear three sweet songs from women with beautiful voices.

Roma Di Luna, "These Tears Ain't Mine"
The Winter Blanket, "Sink Or Swim"
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, "Happy"

Make your "My 3 Songs" request here.

11:40 a.m. The Clientele
Their new album God Save The Clientele is in stores now. More info on their official site.

11:30 a.m. Amy Whinehouse
Rumors are flying that she'll be married soon.

11:25 a.m. Xavier Rudd
Is coming to First Avenue next month.
His new album White Moth is available for pre-order now.

11:20 a.m. Albert Hammond Jr.
Will be playing Station 4 next month.

11:10 Joan As Police Woman
She's currently out on a solo tour in the UK. More dates and info on her official site.
You can still grab her song "Christobel" from our Song Of The Day podcast page.

10:30 a.m. Wilco
Sky Blue Sky is The Current's CD Of The Week.
Get your copy when you support The Current online.
Catch them on Sound Opinions this Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.

10:25 a.m. Joseph Arthur And The Lonely Astronauts
Have you ever read his blog?
He stopped by last month for an in-studio. He was here in the very early days of our station, March, 2005, and again last autumn.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Brakes
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Brakes (featuring members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade and Tenderfoot) with the tune "Hold Me In The River" from their album, The Beatific Visions. They're playing at The 400 Bar next month.
Full tour dates, news and more.

9:50 a.m. Local Music - Best Friends Forever
Were featured recently on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
Click here to listen to their performance.

9:40 a.m. Happy Chichester
Hear more tunes and learn more about him here.

9:30 a.m. Mando Diao
Were SPIN's guests earlier this week.
They've been our guests before, at our SxSW showcase and in May, 2005.

9:20 a.m. The Ponys
Stopped by for an in-studio recently.

9:15 a.m. Sound Team
They're playing at Triple Rock Social Club with Au Revoir Simone and Voxtrot next month.

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Those Casting Agents Must Know, Well, Something

Posted at 1:43 PM on May 17, 2007 by Steve Seel (8 Comments)

Okay, so it's official, as Barb notes below: Elijah Wood will play Iggy Pop. Cut to: shot of millions of fans in simultaneous head-scratch.

But then, everybody also scratched their heads when it was announced that Michael Keaton would play Batman/Bruce Wayne back in the 80s (I mean, a lot of people were furious about that one, remember?). But it seems to me that that one worked. Don't you think?

So will this one work? (I personally CAN NOT see it.) And if not, who should have been tapped to play Iggy? Here's my vote (and that's assuming he could lose his English accent and adopt Mr. Osterberg's midwestern hick-twang): this guy, who's already bared his chest (and more) onstage.

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Serving Spoon

Posted at 5:37 PM on May 17, 2007 by Mary Lucia (8 Comments)

I played the brand new Spoon single "The Underdog" today!
I gotta say I was a bit relieved as I had heard from an "insider" that the new Spoon record was "Jammie".
That is poisen to my ears.
What one word adjective triggers your knee jerk reaction?

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