The Current Music Blog: January 3, 2008 Archive

The Stream 01/03/08

Posted at 8:49 AM on January 3, 2008 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Members of Oasis, Stone Roses, The Smiths, New Order and Primal Scream to form and play as a supergroup, for charity.

Cat Power announces dates for her forthcoming covers album, Jukebox. She'll be playing First Avenue on February 11th.

Elbow will release The Seldom Seen Kid in March.

Today In Music History:
1926 - Sir George Martin (the fifth Beatle) was born.
1964 - Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub) was born.
1976 - The Bay City Rollers were at #1 with "Saturday Night."
1981 - David Bowie made his last Broadway appearance as the Elephant Man.
1987 - Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (she was the first woman to do so.)
1992 - Jim Kerr (Simple Minds singer) married actress Patsy Kensit
2002 - Zak Foley (EMF "Unbelieveable") died.

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Live Blogging 01/03/08

Posted at 9:25 AM on January 3, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. Super Furry Animals
They're teaming up with The Fiery Furnaces for some upcoming dates.
They'll be playing The Varsity on February 15th.
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11:10 a.m. Chris Walla
His solo debut, Field Manual will be released on the 29th.
You can pre-order it here.
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10:40 a.m. SoulSavers
Their latest album It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land is in stores now.
Watch the video for "Revival".
More SoulSavers here and/or here.
More Mark Lanegan here, here and here.

10:25 a.m. Local Music - The Mood Swings
They'll be playing at the Fine Line along with The Debut on January 19th.
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10:20 a.m. Cass McCombs
His forthcoming release, Dropping the Writ will be in stores January 28th.
He'll be out on the road with Band Of Horses by the end of the month.
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Song Of The Day Info - Dr. Dog
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Dr. Dog with their Architecture In Helsinki cover "Heart It Races" from their 7" Remix.
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9:40 a.m. Lush
Former member, Emma's band Sing-Sing have called it quits.
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9:25 a.m. Local Music - Mandragora Tango Orchestra
They'll be playing a couple of gigs this weekend.
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9:10 a.m. Destroyer
Dan Bejar and his sweetie, Sydney Vermont are Hello, Blue Roses. They're releasing their self-titled debut on January 22nd.
Here's the Brooklyn Vegan write-up.
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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 12:55 PM on January 3, 2008 by Steve Seel

Today Thomas Grabenbauer of Rosemount MN writes, "One of the reasons I like The Current is that the local music is mixed in with the regular playlist. Here are three examples of local music I have discovered on The Current."

1) The Honeydogs, "Sour Grapes"
2) Slim Dunlap, "Just For the Hell of It"
3) The Alarmists, "Good Advice"

Well, that was certainly fun dusting off that particular Slim track, Thomas; hadn't played that one in a while. The others are always trustworthy choices, too. Thanks!