The Current Music Blog: August 14, 2007 Archive

The Stream 08/14/07

Posted at 8:52 AM on August 14, 2007 by Barb Abney

Don't drive to Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth tonight without reading this!!

Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem to release split 7".

Oasis member's family reunion attendance could set an all time record.

Today in Music History:
1941 - David Crosby was born.
1951 - Slim Dunlap was born.
1962 - Pete Best was released from The Beatles.
1965 - Mark Collins (The Charlatans UK) was born.
1966 - Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders and Belly) was born.
1976 - Nick Lowe's "So It Goes" was the first record released on Stiff Records.
1977 - Ed Harcourt was born.
1985 - Michael Jackson outbid Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney for the rights to more than 250 songs written by Lennon and McCartney.
1988 - Roy Buchanan hung himself in a jail cell.
1992 - Tony Williams (The Platters) died.
2005 - Pete Doherty (Babyshambles) was strip searched and held at an Airport in Norway until customs officers ensured he was not carrying drugs.

Live On Air Blogging 08/14/07

Posted at 9:11 AM on August 14, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Noonish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on Conan
Satellite Party on Carson Daly
Smashing Pumpkins on Letterman

11:45 a.m. The Mother Hips
EVERYTHING you could ever want to know about this band.

11:25 a.m. UNKLE - CD Of The Week
War Stories is The Current's CD Of The Week.
Get your own copy when you support The Current online.
They recently announced their very first North American tour.
More info..

11:15 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.

11:10 a.m. Art In Manila
Set The Woods On Fire is available now.
Learn more about them here or here.

10:35 a.m. The Detroit Cobras
Their new album is Tied and True and it's in stores now.
They're playing along with The Willowz at The Triple Rock on August 29th.
More info on their official site.

10:25 a.m. Local Music - Gazillion
Best Kept Secret is available now.
They're playing The Entry tomorrow night.
More dates and info.

10:20 a.m. Tegan & Sara
The Con is in stores now.
They'll be playing Pantages Theater on November 30th.
More.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Recoil
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Recoil (featuring Alan Wilder, a former member of Depeche Mode) with the tune "5000 Years" from the new album subHuman which is in stores today.
More Recoil info.

9:45 a.m. Richard Thompson
His latest effort Sweet Warrior is in stores now.
Everything you could ever want to know about him.

9:30 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
They're adding more shows to their fall tour. In order to keep up, check here often.
Listen to their in-studio appearances... July, 2005 or March, 2007.

9:15 a.m. St. Vincent
She will be wil be the opening act for The National's show at The Fine Line on September 20th.
She dropped by recently for an in-studio.
Get more info and tour dates here.

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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 2:41 PM on August 14, 2007 by Steve Seel

Cathleen Daly of St. Paul requested these tunes today because, she says, "I was getting bored with music until I heard these artists!"

1) Xavier Rudd, "A Better People"
2) Wilco, "What Light"
3) Architecture In Helsinki, "Heart It Races"

Speaking of Wilco, I know you know this. But it bears repeating. We'd hate for you to make that drive ...

New Releases 8/14

Posted at 8:23 PM on August 14, 2007 by Mark Wheat

Tune in next Tuesday when there's a veritable deluge of great new music, look!! ;

Architecture in Helsinki "Places Like This"
Galactic "From the Corner to the Block"
Talib Kweli "Ear Drum"
Mekons "Natural"
M.I.A."Kala"
Minus the Bear "Planet of Ice"
The New Pornographers "Challengers"
Over the Rhine "The Trumpet Child"
Rilo Kiley "Under the Blacklight"
Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter"

Here's what we played tonight that is in stores today...

Linda Thompson "Versatile Heart"
- The track I played 'Beauty' is a fave because of the inclusion of Antony, but it is great to see this legendary English folk queen back in the saddle after years of illness and seclusion.

Nina Nastasia & Jim White "You Follow Me"
- Jim has been a prolific drummer with The Dirty Three amoung others and this was recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago.

The Rentals "The Last Little Life " EP
-Here's one band who seem to really take the blogging thing seriously...why doesn't that surprise me?!

Recoil "subHuman"
- This is Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode and even though he has a nice myspace page it also includes a street address in the ritzy suburb of Horsham!!

Other links that were pertinant to tonights show;
LogJam Festival in Mille Lacs this weekend.
Amy Winehouse, scandal engulfed star as a little innocent girl.
What's you fave Bowie era?
Unlucky Duluth is still reeling from the news that Wilco postponed their show, but they shouldn't fret they have two Atmosphere shows coming in September...in a pizza place?!?!

The Stream 08/15/07

Posted at 10:43 PM on August 14, 2007 by Barb Abney (6 Comments)

Bright Eyes cancels UK dates.

Amy Winehouse IS in rehab.

Getting creative with your old mixtapes.

Win an autographed copy of Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight.

Today In Music History:
1958 - Buddy Holly married Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas.
1958 - William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy died.
1961 - Matt Johnson (The The) was born.
1962 - Marshall Schofield (The Fall) was born.
1964 - Adam Yauch (MCA, Beastie Boys) was born.
1969 - The original Woodstock concert opened in Bethel, N.Y
1983 - Joey Ramone underwent brain surgery after being beaten in a fight.
1991 - Paul Simon played a free concert for 750,000 people in New York's Central Park.
2000 - David Bowie and Iman's daughter was born.

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