The Current Music Blog: March 10, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/10/08

Posted at 8:52 AM on March 10, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Mark Ronson, Foo Fighters and Bruce Springsteen tunes to be available for free download.

Lou Reed live-blogged a boxing match.

French Kicks; new album, new tour.

Today In Music History:
1963 - Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) was born.
1966 - Dave Krusen (Pearl Jam/Candlebox) was born.
1966 - Edie Brickell was born.
1971 - Timothy Z. Mosley (Timbaland) was born.
1984 - Van Halen's "Jump" was #1.
1988 - Andy Gibb died.
2000 - Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders singer) was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against Gap.

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Live Blogging 03/10/08

Posted at 9:12 AM on March 10, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:40 a.m. She & Him
The new collaboration between Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward is called She & Him.
Their debut, Volume 1. will be released next week.
They're playing our SxSW broadcast Saturday.
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11:30 a.m. The Heavy
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Saturday.
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11:15 a.m. Rilo Kiley
They're playing Coachella and Bonnaroo.
Jenny Lewis is working on new solo material.

10:40 a.m. Bon Iver
They're playing The Turf Club on April 12th.
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10:30 a.m. Black Mountain
They'll be wrapping up their dates with Bon Iver tomorrow night then it's off to SxSW.
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10:25 a.m. CD Of The Week - Devotchka
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Thursday.
A Mad And Faithful Telling is our CD Of The Week.
Get your copy when you support The Current online.
They're playing First Avenue with Basia Bulat on May 7th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - STNNNG
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring STNNNG with the tune "The Incidents Surrounding My Three Deaths" from their sophomore release Fake Fake.
The band will be playing the Minnesota Migration SXSW Day Party on Friday.
More info here and/or here.

9:45 a.m. The Duke Spirit
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Saturday.
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9:30 a.m. British Sea Power
They're playing Triple Rock on March 21st.
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9:20 a.m. Tokyo Police Club
They will be releasing Elephant Shell on April 22nd.
They're playing our SxSW broadcast Sunday.
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9:10 a.m.. Bell X1
They're playing The Varsity on March 20th.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:00 PM on March 10, 2008 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

A canine set today from Meredith Mescher of East Lansing, MI -- specifically, wolves. "The words 'wolf' and 'wolves' seem to pop up in a lot of songs/bands that I listen to," she says. "Plus, the more you say the word, the stranger it sounds. Wolf, wolf, wolf." (Does anybody hear barking?)

1) Le Loup, "We Are Gods, We Are Wolves"
2) Sea Wolf, "You're A Wolf"
3) TV On the Radio, "Wolf Like Me"

By the way, "loup" is French for "wolf." Meredith has covered all her bases here. Nice job Meredith!

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