The Current Music Blog: June 21, 2007 Archive

The Stream 06/21/07

Posted at 8:54 AM on June 21, 2007 by Barb Abney

Morrissey is weighing an offer to record a new album.

M.I.A. won't be playing this weekend at Glastonbury Fest.

SPIN 's interview with Rufus.

New Underworld release this fall.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Ray Davies (The Kinks) was born.
1948 - Joey Molland (Badfinger) was born.
1950 - Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) was born.
1966 - Jimmy Page and The Yardbirds made their live debut.
1967 - Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass) was born.
1975 - Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form Rainbow.
1977 - Johnny Rotten was attacked in a brawl in London.
1979 - Angus MacLise (Velvet Underground's first drummer) died.
1980 - The Stranglers were arrested after a concert for allegedly starting a riot.
1981 - Brandon Flowers (The Killers) was born.
2001 - John Lee Hooker died in his sleep.

Live On-Air Blogging 06/21/07

Posted at 9:26 AM on June 21, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Noon-ish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight
Mooney Suzuki on Conan
Lily Allen on Carson Daly
Jesse Malin on Craig Ferguson

11:45 a.m. Robbers On High Street
Will be playing The Triple Rock next month.

11:40 a.m. Wolfmother
Their charity auction ends tomorrow.

11:30 a.m. Beastie Boys
Their new album Mix Up is in stores next Tuesday. Brooklyn Vegan is giving you the chance to stream the new album now.

11:05 a.m. CD Of The Week - White Stripes
Icky Thump is The Current's CD Of The Week. Get your copy when you support The Current online.

10:50 a.m. Common
His new album, Finding Forever will be released on July 31st.
The video for "The People" will debut tomorrow.

10:20 a.m. Brother Ali
Was featured on Morning Edition earlier today.
He dropped by on Monday for an in-studio session.
His appearance at our SxSW showcase
His first in-studio with us from December, 2005.
His official site.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Xavier Rudd
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Xavier Rudd with the tune "Better People" from his latest, White Moth. His North American tour is currently underway, in fact, he played First Ave last night . More dates and info here and here.

9:45 a.m. The Cinematic Orchestra
Were discussed in detail during this week's session of our Musicheads podcast.
Listen to it here.
You can join in the discussion here.

9:30 a.m. Local Music - Ol' Yeller
Have several upcoming dates around town.

9:15 a.m. Dan Wilson
We just played "I Can't Hold You", his tune from For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat for Humanity.
Learn more about the album/project here.
Still no official word on a release date for his new material. Keep checking here and here for updates.

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My Three Songs

Posted at 12:06 PM on June 21, 2007 by Jill Riley (1 Comments)

Today's My Three Songs set came from Travis in Minneapolis.

Morrissey "In the Future When All's Well"
The Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing"
The Good, The Bad & The Queen "Kingdom of Doom"

Make your request for My Three Songs here

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Magical Musical Tours via DVD

Posted at 9:59 PM on June 21, 2007 by Mark Wheat (6 Comments)

If, like me, you find yourself unable to travel to one of the many festivals happening this year, check out the DVD "Coachella" which does a good job of making you feel like you're there, tripping around the grounds catching short snippets of sets from Belle & Sebastian, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire and many more. Unfortunately the interviews are not as good as I'd hoped,
but the sound and vision is cool.

And a few weeks ago on this blog there was an impassioned discussion about Jeff Buckley, well you can find out about his roots from a new DVD about his father Tim Buckley. "My Fleeting House" collects a lot of his TV performances that have never been seen before and thanks to local film and video producer Rick Fuller, I got to do a tiny voice part for it!
I've read three good reviews in magazines from both sides of the pond and the Popmatters guys liked it too.

Got any fave DVD suggestions for these hot summer nights?

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