The Current Music Blog: January 8, 2008 Archive

The Stream 01/08/08

Posted at 8:55 AM on January 8, 2008 by Barb Abney

U2 to premiere 3-D concert film at Sundance.

Win a copy of the film Once.

Justice/Diplo annouce world tour.

Today In Music History:
1935 - Elvis Presley was born.
1937 - Shirley Bassey was born.
1947 - David Bowie was born.
1979 - Rush were named Canada's official Ambassadors Of Music.
1991 - Steve Clark (Def Leppard) was found dead in his apartment.

Live Blogging 01/08/08

Posted at 9:25 AM on January 8, 2008 by Barb Abney

10:50 a.m. Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago will be in stores on February 19th.
You can pre-order it here. .
Catch a live Bon Iver performance on January 17th at The Turf Club with The Pines and Roma Di Luna.
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10:30 a.m. Local Music - Vampire Hands
They're playing at The Entry on the 20th and along with Dan Deacon at First Avenue on the 24th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Sons and Daughters
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Sons and Daughters with the tune "Gilt Complex" from their forthcoming album, This Gift which will be in stores on the 29th. You can pre-order it now...
They've recently announced US dates. They'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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9:50 a.m. MGMT
They're playing Letterman tonight.
They're playing 7th Street Entry along with Yeasayer on February 7th.
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9:40 a.m. Liam Finn
His album, I'll Be Lightning is in stores now.
He's playing The 400 Bar along with Pela on March 1st.
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9:30 a.m. The Thrills
They're on the longlist of nominees for the Shortlist Music Prize for their album Teenager.
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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 1:56 PM on January 8, 2008 by Steve Seel (4 Comments)

We've got an interesting one today -- one that might provoke a bit of discussion (but if so, I hope it will stay light and not go to terribly negative places -- life is too short, folks). Mariah Marshall of Mpls writes, "This set originated out of a conversation of the most overplayed songs of the year. '27 Jennifers' and 'Paper Planes' are two songs that my roommates and I can use as weapons of annoyance against one another. Each one of us loves one of those songs as much as (one of) the other ones hate it. To round out the set, 'Young Folks'' is the unanimous vote for most overplayed song of the year."

1) Mike Doughty, "27 Jennifers"
2) M.I.A., "Paper Planes"
3) Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks"

I wouldn't argue with the PB&J myself, Mariah (as great a song as it is). I'll take the 5th (this time) on the M.I.A.; but I'm a bit puzzled by the Mike Doughty. I don't think we have played it that much; but maybe it's just come up a bit too much in your life. That's certainly valid, though ...

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Introducing Facemelter!

Posted at 11:06 PM on January 8, 2008 by Jill Riley (2 Comments)

I'm proud to say The Current has a new podcast called Facemelter. I've been working on it with Brett Baldwin, one of the new media producers here at Minnesota Public Radio. One day Brett and I found out that we both liked heavy guitars and that feeling you get when you know your face has been melted. So we came up with a concept-- let's talk about guitar solos that are so awesome, they melt your face!

So here we are! Sign up for the weekly podcast, make suggestions and get ready to have your face melted!

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