The Current Music Blog: March 11, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/11/08

Posted at 8:57 AM on March 11, 2008 by Barb Abney

Iggy Pop and The Stooges covered 2 Madonna tunes for her induction into Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame.

Pitchfork Festival initial line-up announced.

Win tickets to see British Sea Power on Letterman.

Today In Music History:
1950 - Bobby McFerrin was born.
1961 - Mike Percy (Dead Or Alive: "You Spin Me Round, Like A Record") was born.
1968 - Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay" went gold.
1968 - Lisa Loeb was born.
1972 - Neil Young's album Harvest was #1 in the US & UK.
1993 - Oasis recorded their first demos in Liverpool.
2005 - The front door of Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home went up for sale because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it.

Live Blogging 03/11/08

Posted at 9:31 AM on March 11, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Drive By Truckers on Conan
Blind Boys Of Alabama on Leno

11:50 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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11:35 a.m. Headlights
They're playing The Nomad on March 29th.
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11:30 a.m. The Raveonettes
They're kicking off our SxSW broadcast Thursday.
Then the following week, they're playing 7th Street Entry on St. Patrick's Day.
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10:50 a.m. Mike Doughty
See/hear his recent in-studio appearance here.
He'll be playing First Avenue on March 22nd and 23rd.
More here..

10:15 a.m. Sons and Daughters
They're playing our SxSW broadcast Thursday afternoon.
Then they'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Chooglin'
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Chooglin' with the tune "Take Mine Down" from their self titled release.
The band will be playing the Minnesota Migration SXSW Day Party on Friday.
More info here and/or here.

9:40 a.m. Joseph Arthur
He's releasing 4 new EPs between now and late June.
Pre-order Could We Survive (along with a Limited Art Poster of an original water color by Joseph Arthur and 2 copies of the EP, to be released March 18th.)
The CD release show is next Friday night at MOMAR.

9:10 a.m. Lightspeed Champion
They're kicking off our Saturday morning our SxSW broadcast.
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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 1:38 PM on March 11, 2008 by Steve Seel

A nice one today from Kristin (no home town specified). She writes of her three tunes: "I'm turning 40 today, and am wishing for a set of songs that marked milesontes in my life to this point. The first one was sort of an anthem for me when I kicked some unhealthy habits in my 20's. The second was the song my husband and I chose for our wedding, since it's romantic yet realistic. And the third was a favorite of my older son, who requested it by hollering "Pink Moon" over and over, which somewhat dimished its soothing properties, I think. It's also what I insisted on listening to in the car on the way to the hospital to give birth to my second son.

My sons, now 2 and 4, often insist on CDs rather than the radio in the car, so I have to pick my battles to assert my occasional right to listen to The Current.

1) Sinead O'Connor: "Feel So Different"
2) John Hiatt: "Have A Little Faith"
3) Nick Drake: "Pink Moon"

Happy 40th Kristin, and thanks for a terrific set.

Facemelter Episode 10: Kirk Hammett

Posted at 3:40 PM on March 11, 2008 by Brett Baldwin

Now here's a scary thought — Kirk Hammett replaced Dave Mustaine in Metallica in 1983 — so he's been melting faces for 25 years in the best-known metal band in the world. With history like that, it's no wonder he's been elevated to such iconic status. He's been in the news lately on account of his working with Randall Amplifiers and ESP guitars, to create signature cabinets, stacks and guitars to emulate Metallica's sound. And all that's fine and good if you want to try to sound like Hammett and melt your own face. Or you could just let me and Jill do the honors with our latest episode, featuring his solo from "Creeping Death" off the classic Ride the Lightning album. It's up to you.

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