The Current Music Blog: May 24, 2007 Archive

The Stream 05/24/07

Posted at 9:00 AM on May 24, 2007 by Barb Abney

The White Stripes have announced more tour dates. Watch the video for Icky Thump.

Mystery Jets, M.I.A. and other acts are having problems getting into our country.

Black Keys announce summer tour dates.

Lily Allen to play with Debbie Harry on the telly tomorrow morning.

Today In Music History:
1941 - Bob Dylan was born.
1944 - Patti LaBelle was born.
1955 - Rosanne Cash was born.
1968 - Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull were arrested for drug possession.
1974 - Duke Ellington died of cancer.
1991 - Gene Clark (The Byrds) died of a heart attack.

Live On Air Blogging 05/24/07

Posted at 9:05 AM on May 24, 2007 by Barb Abney (4 Comments)

Noon-ish Tunes On The Telly Tonight
Patti Smith on Craig Ferguson

11:50 a.m. Local Music - Brother Ali
The CD release show is June 8th at First Avenue.
Click here to hear his SxSW performance or an in-studio from December, 2005.

11:40 a.m. A Fine Frenzy In-Studio
Their debut One Cell In The Sea wil be released on July 17th. They have announced many, many dates on their upcoming tour including some with Rufus Wainwright.
Tour dates and more tunes here.
Video and more in-depth info here.
Alison's Twitter.

10:45 a.m. Elliott Smith
Live CD and photo book to be released.

10:30 a.m. Maria Taylor
Last week she was featured on AOL's The Interface.
She did an in-studio last year.

10:15 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - The National
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The National with the tune "Fake Empire" from their recently released album, Boxer, which is The Current's CD Of The Week. Get your copy when you support The Current online.
Preview more tracks from the album here.
They'll be playing in town at The 400 Bar next month.
They dropped by for an in-studio appearance back of September, 2005.
Sign up for their mailing list to get updates.

9:45 a.m. Loney Dear
Will be back in the states by this weekend.

9:30 a.m. Joe Strummer
Have you seen the Doc Martens add featuring Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone and Kurt Cobain?

9:15 a.m. Tracey Thorn
In her latest blog entry she talks about the things she's digging right now, including Feist, Loney Dear and Jon Savage. She also talks about a new video and single release. Go here and click on "Video thrilled the radio star".

9:00 a.m. Neko Case
Corset she wore for a calender shoot is up for sale now.

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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 2:02 PM on May 24, 2007 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

Since it's Minnesota Public Radio Day in Rochester today, we would have been remiss if we hadn't played a set from a Rochester listener (Rochesterian?). Jonathan Gay says, "I've recently discovered these bands, and when I heard them, they grabbed me and I just can't seem to let go. Especially The Thrills -- I think they're great."

1) The Thrills, "Whatever Happened to Corey Haim?"
2) Bell X-1, "Eve, The Apple of My Eye"
3) The Perishers, "Trouble Sleeping"

As for Bell X-1 -- it's yet another band who's name makes me slap my head and go, "Damn, I wish I'd thought of that."

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