The Current Music Blog: February 12, 2008 Archive

The Stream 02/12/08

Posted at 8:50 AM on February 12, 2008 by Barb Abney

Radiohead to announce US tour dates soon?

Dolly Parton postpones tour.

UK government to ban illegal downloaders from the internet?

Today In Music History:
1939 - Ray Manzarek (The Doors) was born.
1958 - Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens) was born.
1959 - Neil Conti (Prefab Sprout) was born.
1977 - Barbra Streisand's album A Star Is Born was #1.
1997 - David Bowie received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins died.
2003 - John Densmore took legal action against Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger for breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition when they joined Ian Astbury (former Cult singer) and Stewart Copeland (The Police) as The Doors.
2007 - Sting confirmed that The Police were getting back together.

Live Blogging 02/12/08

Posted at 9:35 AM on February 12, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. Joseph Arthur
He'll release the new EP Could We Survive on March 18th.
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11:30 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple will be released in April.
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10:45 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
They're looking for a drummer and a merch person for their upcoming tour.
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-partying Through Tornadoes) will be released on April 8th.
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10:30 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
Go here for info on Slug's Valentine's Day duties for The Onion AV Club.
Slug will also be appearing at one of our upcoming Fakebook performances.
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10:15 a.m. CD Of The Week - British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music hit stores today. It is our CD Of The Week.
Get your copy when you support The Curent online.
They're playing Triple Rock on March 21st.
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Song Of The Day Info - Thao
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Thao & The Get Down Stay Down with the tune " Bag Of Hammers" from their recently released album We Brave Bee stings And All.
They're coming to town with Xiu Xiu, playing at The Triple Rock on March 18th.
More info here and/or here.

9:50 a.m. Malcolm Middleton
The former Arab Strap member released A Brighter Beat less than a year ago and he's already mere weeks away from his next full-length Sleight Of Heart, due out in early March.
Learn more about him here and/or here.

9:40 a.m. American Music Club
Their latest effort, The Golden Age will be released next week.
You can pre-order it here.
They are currently on a European tour but will be touring the US in April/May.
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9:25 a.m. Cass McCombs
His Wikipedia entry says that he doesn't want barcodes on his CDs.
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9:00 a.m. Moldy Peaches
Last week it was reported that they will be releasing "Anyone Else But You" as a single on February 25th.

"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday 2/12/08

Posted at 12:12 PM on February 12, 2008 by Bill DeVille

Darrin Kovar of St Paul put together the tunes for today's set...He and his 3 year old son Q have been doing some reminiscing about their trip to England a couple of years ago...

The Clash - London Calling
Lily Allen - LDN
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK

Darrin, savor the moment when your child likes cool music!

Facemelter: Joe Satriani

Posted at 5:15 PM on February 12, 2008 by Brett Baldwin

Hey all — Facemelter co-host Brett Baldwin here. I had high hopes for the Grammys this year, but only because I was hoping that Joe Satriani would finally win one. A while ago he was dubbed the Susan Lucci of the Grammys, but even she's won an Emmy by now. So despite his record 14 nomination losing streak, Jill and I salute you, Mr. Satriani. And for the rest of you, get your faces ready, because this week on Facemelter, we feature his guitar stylings. We'll celebrate the release of the Deluxe Edition of Surfing with the Alien and focus on the title track. And when you listen to the podcast you can learn about how he ended up with that sweet comic book artwork; plus Jill and I reveal the little-known-fact that all songs about The Silver Surfer are awesome.

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