The Current Music Blog: March 12, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/12/08

Posted at 8:58 AM on March 12, 2008 by Barb Abney

Charles Bissell (The Wrens) has joined Okkervil River.

Free Kitten to release new music.

Review of a recent Cloud Cult show in Kansas City.

Today In Music History:
1946 - Liza Minnelli was born.
1948 - James Taylor was born.
1955 - Charlie Parker died of a heart attack
1969 - Graham Coxon was born.
1974 - John Lennon made the headlines after a drinking binge with Harry Nilsson where he insulted the Smothers Brothers and punched their manager.
1977 - The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club resulting in the decision to cancel the Pistols contract and production of "God Save The Queen."
1979 - Pete Doherty was born.
1983 - U2's War was the #1 album.
2001 - Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" was voted the Song Of The Century by the RIAA.

Live Blogging 03/12/08

Posted at 9:37 AM on March 12, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:50 a.m. She & Him
The new collaboration between Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward is called She & Him.
Their debut, Volume 1. will be released on the 18th.
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on March 14th.
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11:40 a.m. Louis XIV
They're playing The Varsity along with What Made Milwaukee Famous on the 23rd.
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11:25 a.m. Local Music - Dance Band
They're playing The Nomad's 3rd anniversary party on Friday.
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11:15 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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John Sellers Interview:
John's Book is Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life.

He's got a couple of really cool events coming up in the near future..
Sunday March 16th - The Mountain Bar Los Angeles, CA
Vermin on the Mount reading series St. Patrick's Day edition

Wednesday March 26th - Book Court Brooklyn, NY
With Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna)

Learn more about John here and/or here.

10:50 a.m. White Williams
He's playing our SxSW broadcast on Friday.
Learn more here or here.

10:40 a.m. Local Music - Ghost In The Water
Their debut CD, Tooth will hit the shelves on April 8th. But you can get an advanced copy at their CD reelase show next Friday evening at The Kitty Cat Klub with Unicorn Dream Attack and Beatrix Jar.
More info here and/or here.

10:20 a.m. The Duke Spirit
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Saturday.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Pines
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Pines with the tune "Careless Love" from their album Sparrow In The Bell.
The band will be playing Mar a couple of SxSW gigs.. First, tomorrow they're playing
Driskoll Victorian Room and then on Friday they're playing at Mother Egans.
More on the Red House Records Showcase here.
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9:50 a.m. The Heavy
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Saturday.
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9:40 a.m. Wye Oak
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on Saturday.
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9:30 a.m. Carbon/Silicon
They're the last act on stage Friday evening for our SxSW Broadcast.
They're playing The Varsity March 30th.
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9:10 a.m. Vampire Weekend
They're playing The Triple Rock on April 3rd.
More info here and/or here.

"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 3:00 PM on March 12, 2008 by Steve Seel

It's some musical coffee today from Aaron Stoltman of Mpls, who writes, "LIke so many unfortunates, I spend my day behind a desk fighting and endless war against the 'unproductive' characteristics of falling asleep. These songs possess the energy and variety necessary to aid me and hopefully others in the fight to stay up!"

1) The American Anaglog Set, "The Hatist"
2) Matthew Dear, "Shy"
3) MGMT, "Electric Feel"

Personally, I think we should have naptime at the office instead. But that's just me.

Here we are at SXSW!

Posted at 5:30 PM on March 12, 2008 by Bill DeVille (3 Comments)

Well hello. I will be sporadically checking in from Austin TX!

It's been a long day already but it's just getting started. We are setting up camp at our broadcast facility at 7th & Red River. Been here for a couple of hours and already have ran into Kim from the Fine Line, Sonja from 1st Avenue, Taco from the Cabooze and legendary Twin Cities journalist Jim Walsh. I don't run into that many familiar faces in the Twin Cities in a week!

While waiting for my connecting flight I ran into one of the groups we'll be featuring , Wye Oak. They are a charming new duo from Baltimore. They will be live on our broadcast Saturday. I am very exited about them.

Now it's time to figure out what to do next!

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