The Current Music Blog: October 23, 2007 Archive

The Stream 10/23/07

Posted at 8:56 AM on October 23, 2007 by Barb Abney

Johnny Marr isn't ruling out a Smiths reunion.

Will Oldham to cover Bjork, Danzig and R. Kelly on next release.

Voodoo Music offerring artists a different way to release their music.

Today In Music History:
1949 - Michael Burston (Motorhead) was born.
1956 - Dwight Yoakam was born.
1962 - Little Stevie Wonder recorded "Thank You For Loving Me All The Way," his first single for Motown Records.
1982 - The Damned released Strawberries packaged with a lyric sheet that smelled like strawberries.
1989 - Nirvana played their first European gig in North East England.
1999 - Sandra Ann-Rosas, the wife of Los Lobos singer Ceasar, disappeared. Police later charged her half brother with kidnapping and murder.

Song Of The Day - Telly Tunes 10/23/07

Posted at 10:03 AM on October 23, 2007 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Flight of the Conchords on Conan
Editors on Leno
Zap Mama on Craig Ferguson

Song Of The Day Info - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with the tune "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" from their album, Raising Sand which is in stores today.
Here's a little more insight on the unlikely pairing of these two artists.

New Releases 10-23-07

Posted at 7:30 PM on October 23, 2007 by Mark Wheat

Neil Young 'Chrome Dreams II'
- Find out what The Onion, and some of their blog fans, think of the great man's body of work.

Ween 'La Cucaracha'
- They're the quintessential cult band with their own 'god', The Boognish and check in with what the Musicheads had to say.

Prefuse 73 'Preparations'
- Check out what Pitchfork thinks of this...
AND scroll down to their coverage of The Iceland Airwaves Festival, some great pictures including, at the very bottom, locals Solid Gold!

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 'Raising Sand'
- Behind the scenes video of the making of this collaboration between two legends.

The Weakerthans 'Reunion Tour'
- Film that induced the name of the band.

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir 's/t'
- This band is from Chicago even though 'Scotland Yard' is the name of the central police station in London...they don't sing gospel either! They must just be big Anglophiles, check out the album sleeve on the Bloodshot website.

Cassius '15 Again'
- French house legends set themselves some limits.