The Current Music Blog: March 6, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/06/08

Posted at 8:54 AM on March 6, 2008 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Gnarls Barkley video banned from MTV.

New Notwist album announced.

Joaquin Phoenix directed the latest Silversun Pickups video.

Today In Music History:
1944 - David Gilmour was born
1944 - Mary Wilson (The Supremes) was born
1998 - Oasis singer Liam Gallagher faced charges of head butting a fan during a gig in Australia.
2004 - David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel.

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Live Blogging 03/06/08

Posted at 9:07 AM on March 6, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:25 a.m. Local Music - The Honeydogs
They have upcoming shows at Uptown Bar and The Fineline.
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11:10 a.m. Nada Surf
"Weightless" is featured on both the Heroes soundtrack (in stores March 18th) and in the new promo for the show, watch it here.
They're playing First Avenue on April 3rd.
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10:50 a.m. The Raveonettes
They're kicking off our SxSW broadcast on March 13th.
Then the following week, they're playing 7th Street Entry on St. Patrick's Day.
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10:40 a.m. Nicole Atkins
Have you seen her American Express commercial yet?
She was in for an in-studio along with Mark Wheat last week.
She's playing our SxSW broadcast on March 14th.
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10:30 a.m. Richard Hawley
He's involved in a 2nd Life competition.
Here's an interesting promo item for his new album, Lady's Bridge.
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Song Of The Day Info - Goldfrapp
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Goldfrapp with the tune "A&E" from Seventh Tree.
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10:00 a.m. Local Music - Digitata
They recently posted an update here.

9:40 a.m. CD Of The Week - Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago is our CD Of The Week.
Get your copy when you support The Current online.
They're playing The Turf Club on April 12th.
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9:30 a.m. Vampire Weekend
They'll be on SNL this weekend.
They're playing The Triple Rock on April 3rd.
More info here and/or here.

9:20 a.m. Bjork
The scoop on the latest controversy.

9:10 a.m. Basia Bulat
The Canadian artist's album, Oh, My Darling was released in the states last month.
She's coming back to First Avenue with Devotchka on May 7th.
She name checked Minneapolis in a recent blog post.
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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 1:36 PM on March 6, 2008 by Steve Seel

Boy, it seems just about everybody is pining for Spring right about now. I'm not so sure why we do this, since it is, after all, only the first week of March; you understand, people, that we could have snow until ice until the end of April. Maybe it was that lousy commute yesterday morning that just sufficiently ticked everybody off to put them over the edge.

But anyway. Molly Peterson of St. Paul is ready for the change of season, and at the very least is determinded to bring about some change sonically. She writes, "I love these three songs because they are light and springy to me. They make me want to be in the sun, drive with my windows down, and put a smile on my face."

1) Andrew Bird, "Tables and Chairs"
2) The Little Ones, "Cha Cha Cha"
3) The Boy Least Likely To, "Be Gentle With Me"

Thanks Molly. I think those tunes did the job.