The Current Music Blog: January 18, 2008 Archive

The Stream 01/18/08

Posted at 8:57 AM on January 18, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

CYHSY to play Planned Parenthood benefit show.

Radiohead took over BBC 1 yesterday.

Musician/producer BT's child has been found and returned home.

Roxy Music's DVD The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History (1972 – 1982) will hit the shelves on February 5th.

Today In Music History:
1941 - David Ruffin (The Temptations) was born.
1973 - Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker) was born.
1974 - Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke (Free), Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople) and Boz Burrell (King Crimson) formed Bad Company.
1981 - Wendy O'Williams (The Plasmatics) was arrested on stage for lude behavior.
1986 - Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For" was #1.
1996 - Lisa Marie Presley divorced Michael Jackson.

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Live Blogging 01/18/08

Posted at 9:40 AM on January 18, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:10 a.m. Sons and Daughters
This Gift will be in stores on the 29th. You can pre-order it now...
They'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
Here's the interview with Adele I talked about.
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10:40 a.m. Mark Knopfler
Here's a great older interview with Guitar Player magazine.
His site indicates that some North American tour dates will be announced soon.
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10:20 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
Get your questions in to "Dr. Slug.
Sad Clown Bad Winter #11 is available now.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring the NE Minneapolis band To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie with the tune "Lovers & Liars" from their full-length debut, The Patron which is available now..
They're playing several shows in the next few weeks, including First Ave. tonight.
More info here and/or here.

9:30 a.m. Maritime
SPIN's letting you hear/download their cover of Hot Chip's "Boy From School."
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9:10 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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Bon Iver Live @ The Turf

Posted at 10:29 AM on January 18, 2008 by Lindsay Kimball (11 Comments)

I know it's only mid-January and seems too early to call, but I have a feeling the sold out Bon Iver / Pines / Roma di Luna show at the Turf Club will go down as my favorite show of the year. Here's a rundown of what went down.

Set list:
Flume
Lump Sum
Skinny Love
The Wolves (Act I and II)
Blindsided
Creature Fear
Team
For Emma
Re: Stacks
(Yes, they were played in the same order as they are on the record.)

Photos from Staciaann Photography

Fave moments:
- During "The Wolves (Act I and II)" the entirety of the Turf Club was powerfully singing along with the phrase "what might have been lost" while the three in Bon Iver pushed back with guitar distortion, drums, harmonies that collided into sonic goodness and goosebumps.
- They played "Creature Fear" last night. While this was my first Bon Iver show, I hear this one doesn't get played much. It starts out timid and builds throughout to end with explosive drums.
- Ending the set solo with the last track on the record, "RE: Stacks," a quiet and delicate song set against the background of a silent Turf Club.

Did you catch the show last night? What'd you think? What were your fave moments?

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Do the Shuffle

Posted at 12:02 PM on January 18, 2008 by Tony Lopez (6 Comments)

No jinx this week, as I had feared in last week’s Shuffle. Unless you consider a 45% appearance rate by Beck a jinx.

“Round the Bend,” Beck
Beck successfully channels Nick Drake’s melancholia on this song from 2002’s Sea Change. In other news, Odelay is being reissued on January 29.

“Can’t Stop Thinking About Her,” The Red Button
Poptastic deliciousness by this duo from Los Angeles. Seth Swirsky is an accomplished pop songwriter, making music for people like Al Green, Rufus Wainwright, Jane Weidlin and a host of other artists. Mike Ruekberg is Alex Chilton reincarnated. Well, that is, if Alex Chilton were dead. Anyway, local music aficionados will remember Mike from his days fronting pop trio Rex Daisy. And who can forget his alter-ego Monty De Carlo in 2 Tickets 2 Paradise? Sweet.

“Story of an Artist,” Daniel Johnston
This song breaks my heart every time. As luck would have it, and as Christina Schmitt told us last week, Daniel Johnston is playing a gig at First Avenue in February. He epitomizes the term Outsider artist. The Devil and Daniel Johnston is an absolute must-see.

“The Slummer the Slum,” The “5” Royales
Making their second straight Shuffle appearance, this song is like a blueprint for the blues-rock that would follow in its wake. Plus, whenever I hear the word “roy-yal,” I think of this scene in Pulp Fiction. “Royale with cheese” does sound a lot more appetizing, doesn’t it?

“Iko Iko,” The Dixie Cups
The history of a song is always appealing to me. And this tune’s New Orleans heritage is particularly interesting.

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Rebate

Posted at 1:23 PM on January 18, 2008 by Christina Schmitt (1 Comments)

If the US Government gives us a $800 rebate this year, would you save it or spend it on...a new guitar amplifier? What do you think of the current financial picture?

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"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 2:14 PM on January 18, 2008 by Steve Seel

It's frigid, it's windy, it's miserable. So let's get out of town for today's M3S set. Leslie Estrem of Mpls submits "three perfect driving songs" (I would usually say something like "good stuff for heading up to the cabin," but with the weather right now, why don't we roadtrip to Texas instead and get some tacos?)

1) Cake, "Stickshifts and Safetybelts"
2) Son Volt, "Trace"
3) Hayden, "Dynamite Walls"

Wow, Hayden! Nice touch, Leslie. Excellent set.

It's so stupid and obvious to say "stay warm" this weekend ... so I'll say something more original, like "make sure the doggies don't stay out back too long."

Guest DJ Set 1-18-08

Posted at 10:10 PM on January 18, 2008 by Mark Wheat (4 Comments)

Steve Bug is known as one of the founding fathers of "minimal". Inspired by the Chicago House beats that he would but on regular roadtrips to Hamburg, Germany, he's now based in Berlin running the Poker Flat label.
This is a special radio mix put together for us by fabric the club in London that continues its fine series inviting Steve to put together 'fabric 37' which was released in the USA this Tuesday.
Here's what we heard tonight;
01 Manoo - "Joparish"
02 Dennis Ferrer - "Touched the Sky"
03 White Label - "C'mon Dance"
04 Einzelkind - "Spam Bot"
05 Petre Inspirescu - "De Boul"
06 Argy - "Unreliable Virgin"
07 Martin Buttrich - "Hunter"

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