The Current Music Blog: July 13, 2007 Archive

The Stream 07/13/07

Posted at 8:53 AM on July 13, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Iggy Pop's newest career move - cartoon voice.

Au Revoir Simone on headlining tour, coming back to the Twin Cities next month at 7th Street Entry.

Tour updates for The National and Pinback.

Pitchfork Music Fest starts today.

Today In Music History:
1942 - Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) was born.
1961 - Lawrence Donegan (Lloyd Cole And The Commotions) was born.
1969 - Dozens of radio stations banned The Beatles new single "The Balled Of John and Yoko" because of the line "Christ, you know it ain't easy", calling it offensive.
1990 - Curtis Mayfield was injured at an outdoor concert in Brooklyn.
1997 - Anthony Kiedis underwent surgery after a motorcycle accident
1997 - John Denver's for drunk driving trial ended in a hung jury,
2002 - Fatboy Slim threw a free beach party in Brighton. 60,000 fans were expected to attend but over 250,000 turned up.
2004 - Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane (The New York Dolls) died.

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Live On Air Blogging

Posted at 9:14 AM on July 13, 2007 by Barb Abney

Noonish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Smashing Pumpkins on Letterman
TMBG on Conan
A Fine Frenzy on Leno
Dr. Dog on Craig Ferguson
Tom Morello on Henry Rollins

11:50 a.m. Matt Pond PA
The new EP If You Want Blood was released last month. The forthcoming full length, Last Light will be out in September. He/they dropped by for an in-studio session last fall.

11:40 a.m. Amy Milan
She did an in-studio last September.

11:35 a.m. Of Montreal
Did an in-studio in May, 2005.

11:30 a.m. Metric
Grow up And Blow Away was recorded back in 1999.
In related news, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton will release the What Is Free To A Good Home EP later this month.
They dropped by for an in-studio performance back in January.

11:20 a.m. Tori Amos
No real news.. but here's a contest.

11:10 a.m. White Rabbits
They'll be playing at Turf Club along with The Cribs on August 1st.
More info

10:50 a.m. Wilco
Will be playing Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth next month.
More Info

10:40 a.m. Pretty Girls Make Graves - R.I.P.
Their last show was last month.

10:30 a.m. Common
The new album, Finding Forever will be in stores on July 31st.
If you live in California you may still have time to get in on this interesting contest.
Watch the video for this tune and get more news here.

10:20 a.m. Pete Yorn
He'll be playing The Orpheum with Crowded House on September 9th.
More dates and info here.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Ten Ton Bridge
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Ten Ton Bridge with the tune "Radio" from their forthcoming as-yet- untitled record.
Hear from Ten Ton Bridge again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
Learn more about Ten Ton Bridge here.

10:00 a.m. Local Music - The Honeydogs
Will be appearing with The Squirrel Nut Zippers next Saturday night at The Minnesota Zoo.

9:50 a.m. Arcade Fire
Are playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium along with LCD Soundsystem on September 30th.
There will be a ticket pre-sale beginning July 25th.

9:40 a.m. Great Northern
They're playing 7th Street Entry next Tuesday along with The Comas.
They dropped by for an in-studio last month.
Check out their video for the tune "Home" here.

9:30 a.m. The Flaming Lips
They'll be playing The Myth on September, 9th.
Here's Mary's chat with Wayne Coyne at last year's State Fair.

9:20 a.m. Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the Current's CD Of The Week. Get your own copy when you support The Current online.
They'll be in town on October 10 for a show at First Ave.
Get all of their dates here.

9:10 a.m. The National
They are playing at The Fine Line on September 20th.
They did an in-studio back in September, 2005.
More info here.

"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 4:29 PM on July 13, 2007 by Steve Seel (87 Comments)

It's "the sound that the unification of (the) coast(s) has wrought," says Neal Scibelli of Madison, WI today in describing the collaboration of Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie). Accordingly, Neal offered us one from each artist, then finished off with the union of both that is The Postal Service (but as a bonus, the Dntel song featured Ben on vocals as well).

1) Dntel, "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan"
2) Death Cab for Cutie, "The New Year"
3) The Postal Service, "Brand New Colony"

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Tonight's Guest DJ Set

Posted at 9:50 PM on July 13, 2007 by Lindsay Kimball (39 Comments)

Tonight's guest DJ set comes from DJ OdDIO. He'll be spinning along with Bryan Gerrard and Dave Drone on Friday, July 20th on the Vimlab party boat. The boat launches from Boom Island Park. Get more information here and tickets here.

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