The Current Music Blog: March 7, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/07/08

Posted at 8:55 AM on March 7, 2008 by Barb Abney

PLUG Awards winners announced.

We Are Scientists to release Brain Thrust Mastery on the 18th.

Tickets on sale today for August's V Festival dates.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Townes Van Zandt was born.
1945 - Arthur Lee (Love) was born.
1946 - Peter Wolf (J Giels Band) was born
1953 - Jules Shear was born
1976 - Madame Tussaud's in London unveild a wax statue of Elton John.
1987 - The Beastie Boys became the first rap act to have a #1 album in the US with their debut Licensed To Ill.

Live Blogging 03/07/08

Posted at 9:26 AM on March 7, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:50 a.m. Devotchka
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on March 13th.
A Mad And Faithful Telling will be released on March 18th.
They're playing First Avenue with Basia Bulat on May 7th.
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11:45 a.m. Local Music - Moon Maan
Chain YR Soul will be featured on Dirt (the TV show) this weeekend.
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11:40 a.m. Sons and Daughters
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on March 13th.
Then they'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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11:15 a.m. Hot Chip
Here's the MTVU interview from last week.
The band are playing First Avenue on April 18th.
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10:50 a.m. The Gutter Twins
The Gutter Twins are Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan.
Their debut, Saturnalia hit stores this week.
They are playing First Avenue tomorrow night.
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10:40 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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10:30 a.m. Local Music - Retribution Gospel Choir
They'll be playing Turf Club on the 22nd before heading off on their European tour.
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10:25 a.m.. Bell X1
They're playing The Varsity on March 20th.
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10:15 a.m. Belle & Sebastian
Former founding member, Isobel Campbell has again colaborated on an album with Mark Lanegan.
Sunday at Devil Dirt will be released in May.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Luke's Angel's
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Luke's Angel's with the tune "Geheimnis" from the release Paulopolis.
Hear from them again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
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9:50 a.m. The Kills
Midnight Boom will be in stores on the 18th.
They're playing The Triple Rock on May 11th.
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9:40 a.m. Local Music - The Alarmists
They're playing all over the place in the next few weeks, including Chicago, SxSW and The Dubliner's St. Patty's Day party.
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9:30 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple will be released on April 8th.
The video was banned in the UK.
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9:20 a.m. Local Music - Gary Louris
He's playing State Theater on the 25th.
Here's his recent in-studio appearance.
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9:10 a.m. Sia
She recently announced that Har Mar Superstar will be lending support on her upcoming European tour.
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Do the Shuffle

Posted at 12:03 PM on March 7, 2008 by Tony Lopez (5 Comments)

I gotta make moves!

“No Time to Play,” Guru f/ D.C. Lee & Ronny Jordan
Guru put out the first volume of the Jazzmatazz series in 1993, and it just about perfectly embodied the whole hip-hop/jazz movement. He recruited jazz heavyweights like Donald Byrd, Branford Marsalis and Roy Ayers to put a jazz vibe that hip-hop had only been starting to incorporate. It really is amazing and belongs in every music lover’s library. On “No Time to Play,” Ronny Jordan plays guitar and D.C. Lee contributes vocals. She used to sing with Paul Weller’s The Style Council. In fact, they were once married and have two children.

“What?,” A Tribe Called Quest
I generally consider this the lead-in track to “Scenario.”

“Cars and Parties,” Edith Frost
Edith Frost is a singer in the alt-country vein and deserves more time on the air. Any time on the air, really. She’s been spending the last year or so making guest appearances on the albums of other artists like Sonny Smith, The Zincs and Morning Recordings. She hasn’t put out a record of her own since 2005’s It’s a Game. This song comes from her Drag City release, Wonder Wonder.

“It’s All in Your Mind,” Beck
As Mac Wilson said last week, it just wouldn’t be a Shuffle without Beck.
Update at 2:39pm: According to Pitchfork, Danger Mouse will be producing Beck's next album. So it's official! I am now anticipating Beck's next release!

“Loving Cup,” The Rolling Stones
I love, love, love this song!

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"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 1:46 PM on March 7, 2008 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

Well, I didn't notice until the music was all picked out that I picked another set today from Molly Peterson, who submitted yesterday's set as well. So you get a twofer, Molly! They're both good sets.

Molly says, "These songs always seem to fit the mood I find myself in whenever I'm driving."

1) Willoughby, "Losing You" (John Lennon cover)
2) Heartless Bastards, "Blue Day"
3) Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Cat Power, "I've Been Thinking"

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Guest DJ Set 3-7-08

Posted at 9:53 PM on March 7, 2008 by Mark Wheat

Every first Friday of the month we feature a mix by our resident local mixmeister, DJ ESP aka Woody Mcbride his and the music of other local and international communique artists such as dave wesley, st vitas, skytree, david diagonal, dakota veer, antony dupont, dj sweep and others available on beatport.com and Woody put together a mix of some of the newest stuff on the label;

the writer - jack haze - communique records usa
zombies - dj esp - white label croatia
frankie vega - video (woody mcbride remx) - blueline records chicago
push it as far as you can - dj esp - calme records france
iraq - unkle ryan (dj esp remx) - foolery records
schminimal - woody mcbride - communique records usa

Next Week; Steve Seel will be filling in for me while I'm down in Austin,
I hooked him up with a new mix from our friends at fabric, it's #38 in their series
by the German duo known as M.A.N.D.Y.