The Current Music Blog: August 24, 2007 Archive

The Stream 08/24/07

Posted at 8:54 AM on August 24, 2007 by Barb Abney

Whoaa.. Amy Winehouse and hubby apparently had a big newlywed spat.

There's still time to get in on the pre-sale for The Hold Steady's State Theater show.

Low will be opening for Wilco at their rescheduled show in Duluth.

It's official, Morrissey IS crazy! He turned down $75 million for a Smiths reunion tour.

Trent Reznor isn't a "Zeitgeist era" Smashing Pumpkins fan and he's not too shy to talk about it.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Jim Capaldi (Traffic) was born.
1961 - Colin Angus (The Shamen) was born.
1961 - Mark Bedford (Madness) was born.
1963 - John Bush (Anthrax) was born.
1967 - Bruce Springsteen joined the band Earth.
1977 - Waylon Jennings was arrested for possession of cocaine.
1979 - B.B. King played The Roxy in Los Angeles in celebration of his 30 years in show business.
1981 - Mark Chapman received a 20 year jail sentence for the murder of John Lennon.
1983 - Shawn Michelle Stevens, the fifth wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, was found dead of a methadone overdose.
1987 - Donny Osmond released "I'm In It For Love", his first single in a decade.

Live On Air Blogging 08/24/07

Posted at 9:40 AM on August 24, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. LCD Soundsystem
Are playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium along with Arcade Fire on September 30th.
The two bands will also release split 7".

11:30 a.m. Local Music - The Mad Ripple
Get the scoop on the upcoming Java Jacks residency and more info here.
Read Chris Robert's Mad Ripple feature.

11:20 a.m. The National
They're playing at The Fine Line on September 20th.
They did an in-studio back in September, 2005.
More National stuff..

10:45 a.m. Regina Spektor
She's coming back to town for a show at The Myth on October 6th.
She did an in-studio with us last year.
More dates and info.

10:30 a.m. Local Music - Mandragora Tango Orchestra
They recently released a free digital mini album called Mandragora Tango Live 2007. Get it here.
Check out some of their live videos here.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Keep Aways
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Keep Aways with the tune "Hillside" from their self-titled release. Hear from The Keep Aways again this Sunday night on The Local Show with David Campbell.
Upcoming dates and more info here.

9:50 a.m. John Vanderslice
Emerald City is available now.
He'll be playing The Entry along with Bishop Allen on October 8th.

9:30 a.m. Spoon
They'll be playing at First Avenue on October 10th and 11th.
More dates and backstage footage here.

9:15 a.m. a.m. The New Pornographers - CD Of The Week
Challengers is The Current's CD Of The Week.
Get your own copy when you support The Current online.
They'll be appearing at First Avenue along with Emma Pollack and Benjy Ferree on October 16th.
You can pre-order your tickets here.

"My 3 Songs" for Friday 8/24/07

Posted at 12:13 PM on August 24, 2007 by Bill DeVille (39 Comments)

Today's set was chosen by Nick K in Minneapolis. He comes from a classical background but his tastes are more of a "Supersonic Symphony"

Explosions in the Sky - The Birth & Death of the Day
Sonic Youth - Pink Steam
Autolux - Blanket

Now back to reality!

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Sound Unseen vs State Fair and other stuff

Posted at 12:39 PM on August 24, 2007 by Christina Schmitt (6 Comments)

I'm sure there are reasons for this, but why is the awesome Sound Unseen Festival being held in the middle of the State Fair? So much to do. Tonight's fest movie, "You're Gonna Miss Me," is a documentary about Roky Erickson from the 13th Floor Elevators. City Pages says the doc doesn't measure up to “The Devil and Daniel Johnson," another movie about a mad music savant. Could be, but I still plan on checking it out. If you miss it, you can catch filmmaker Kevin McAlester talking about the life and career of Roky Erickson on this week's Sound Opinions (Sat. at 9 a.m. on The Current).

Zzzzz…wha? Oh, also screening this weekend: "Girls Rock," a doc about girls in an Oregon rock ‘n' roll camp. I have not seen this film. Sarah Askari at City Pages says it's cool, and I'm sure it's well done and inspirational. But personally, after years of supporting the riot grrl community, I want to be done with the topic already. Aren't we on our fourth wave of feminism? Do girls really need Hello Kitty guitars to get out there and rip it up? I say get a tattoo, a guitar under $300, and god bless.

These days I'm more into discussing the genius of lyrics like, “Sometimes a pony gets depressed." You will probably find Current DJ Jacquie Fuller and other poets at the screening of Silver Jew -- the story of the Silver Jews tour.

Here's a conundrum felt by people sitting on the patio of 331 Club in NE Minneapolis recently – what to do this Saturday, August 25? Do you spend the $$ for either the Helmet/Melvins show in the downtown Grumpy's parking lot; the Queens of the Stone Age show at First Avenue; or go down to see the Subhumans play at the Triple Rock? I'll be at the Melvins show. Where will you be?

Oh yeah, and there's this little thing going on called the Minnesota State Fair…and a shameless 89.3 The Current plug. Our DJs will be down there all weekend at the MPR Booth—including a live broadcast of Radio Free Current Saturday night with host Jill Riley. Get the full schedule here: MPR at the State Fair.

89.3 The Current fans will most likely be at the Grandstand Sunday night for the Fountains of Wayne /Suicide Commandos, an unusual pairing that somehow makes sense and could easily feel at home on The Current airwaves. The show is FREE.

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Guest DJ Set 8/24

Posted at 2:51 PM on August 24, 2007 by Mark Wheat (297 Comments)

The planets are alligned to make our world seem a little too stressful right now, and as we approach the end of summer...how can that be?!?!...let's sit back and chill out for a while at 10pm tonight after the craziness that is the Fair;
Tonight we indulge in my favourite style of music to create the perfect ambience, some call it 'down-beat', 'lounge' or 'chill out', at cafe abstrait it's known as 'couch culture'. Created in 1996 by Frenchman Raphael Marionneau, in Hamburg Germany, it was a weekly club, a radio show and still a label with compilation cds and dvds that can make your couch into the coolest club!

These are the tracks we played from their mix "relaxation is total peace" released in 2001;
- le wax 'the end?'
- millena nova 'so beautiful'
- fenomenom 'pacific memories'
- lemon jelly 'his majesty king raam'
- bluetonic world 'beyond the universe - code 2'
- exxon yazz 'central king'

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