The Current Music Blog: December 14, 2007 Archive

The Stream 12/14/07

Posted at 8:57 AM on December 14, 2007 by Barb Abney

Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp and The Ventures 2008 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductees.

The ugliness surrounding Joe Camel, Rolling Stone magazine and indie rock.

Win a copy of Once.

Today In Music History:
1932 - Charlie Rich was born.
1958 - Mike Scott (The Waterboys) was born.
1963 - Dinah Washington died.
1966 - Tim Skold (KMFDM, Marilyn Manson) was born.
1968 - Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was #1.
1977 - Saturday Night Fever premiered in New York.
1996 - John Peel was the subject of the TV show This Is Your Life.

Live Blogging 12/14/07

Posted at 10:09 AM on December 14, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:30 a.m. Oasis
Back on this day in 2000, Noel Gallagher recorded a cover of "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade for the Christmas Day edition of the British comedy show The Royle Family.

10:40 a.m. Okkervil River
Here's a great write up on the band.

10:30 a.m. Radiohead
See the packaging for In Rainbows.
Watch an "advertisment" for In Rainbows.

Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Mayda
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Mayda with the tune "Quick As A Dove" from the Stereotype EP. Hear from Mayda again..
Tonight at The Doomtree Blowout at First Ave.
Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
More info here.

9:35 a.m. Babyshambles
They're set to play Benicassim along with My Bloody Valentine.

9:15 a.m. The Redwalls
Read the SPIN review and watch the video for "Modern Diet."
More..

Do the Shuffle

Posted at 12:06 PM on December 14, 2007 by Tony Lopez (1 Comments)

The Shuffler is the man at table 5 calling you “honey.”

“I Won’t Back Down,” Johnny Cash
God bless Johnny Cash! All the covers that JC did during his time with Rick Rubin were so well chosen. He made each and every one his own. Tom Petty supplies background vocals here. And here’s the original with Petty playing with ¼ of ELO and ½ of the Beatles. Not too shabby.

“Broken Drum,” Beck
Beck makes his third appearance in five weeks. The Shuffle elves must really dig him! This track is from the Guero album and it plays like it’s in slow-motion. I love the video, too.

“Up to You,” Yo La Tengo
Ira Kaplan delivers one of his quintessential, noisy, yet melodic guitar solos on this cut from the modestly titled double disc of rarities, Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo.

“Waitress Song,” Freakwater
One of my favorite songs! Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Ann Irwin have been making roots music since the late eighties. Fans of Eleventh Dream Day will recognize Janet as the drummer and vocalist in that great indie-rock band. “Waitress Song” appears on 1995’s Old Paint released by Thrill Jockey. The duo put out a record two years ago called Thinking of You with Califone. Highly recommended.

“Ballade de Melody Nelson,” Serge Gainsbourg
Ahhh, the dirty old Frenchman! He’s accompanied here by one of his muses, Jane Birkin. Maybe it’s just me but don’t you feel like you need to take a shower after listening to him? Has anyone seen the clip of a drunk Serge gleefully hitting on Whitney Houston on French television in 1986? I won’t link to it because there is one instance of profanity, but it is absolutely classic! This was pre-Bobby Brown Whitney so her look of horror appears genuine.

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"My 3 Songs" for Friday 12/14/07

Posted at 12:08 PM on December 14, 2007 by Bill DeVille (1 Comments)

Today's set was chosen by Tami Vogel in Afton, MN. She loves music and voices....me too!

She picked...

Ryan Adams - La Cienga Just Smiled
Nick Cave - Nobody's Baby Now
Gear Daddies - Color of Her Eyes

Great set Tami!!

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Guest DJ Set 12-14

Posted at 9:57 PM on December 14, 2007 by Mark Wheat

DJ Heather is coming to Foundation next Friday night. She's one of the many DJs that we have already featured
who works with the OM label out of San Francisco. So I wanted to highlight the label as I look back at some of my fave sets of the year. This one comes from a triple cd set that would make a great stocking stuffer for the house music lover on your list, it's the original 'OM; Summer Sessions' with The Groove Junkies, Chuck Love and tonights mix from DJ Fluid. He's the head honcho of the whole enterprise so it's appropriate that we feature his marvelous mix that celebrates the joy of getting enveloped in music;
01 Fresh & Low "Take Your Time"
02 Afro Mystik "Miracles"
03 Iz & Diz "Magnificent"
04 White Collar Criminals "Wanting You"
05 Sean Dimitrie "Dr Doo You"
06 Fred Everything "Don't Want Chu Now"
07 Bryan Jones "Let It Go"