The Current Music Blog: March 25, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/25/08

Posted at 8:49 AM on March 25, 2008 by Barb Abney

NME's Raconteurs review.

Tapes 'n Tapes have released a single in the UK.

Need transportation to Coachella?

Today In Music History:
1942 - Aretha Franklin was born.
1947 - Elton John was born.
1966 - Jeff Healey was born.
1972 - America's "Horse With No Name" was #1.
1977 - Elvis Costello released "Less Than Zero" his debut single.
1995 - Eddie Vedder was rescued when a riptide carried him offshore in New Zealand.
2002 - Bono was a character witness at the air rage trial of Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
2006 - Buck Owens died.

Live Blogging 03/25/08

Posted at 9:17 AM on March 25, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
The Raveonettes on Letterman
Steve Earle on Leno

11:50 a.m. Vampire Weekend
They're playing The Triple Rock on April 3rd.
More info here and/or here.

11:40 a.m. Carbon/Silicon
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're featured on our SxSW highlights video.
They're playing The Varsity March 30th.
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11:35 a.m. Local Music - Retribution Gospel Choir
They'll be playing The Varsity on June 6th.
Here's the P-fork review of the full length debut.
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11:25 a.m. Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs will be released May 13th.
They will be playing both Bonnaroo and Coachella this summer.
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11:15 a.m. Lupe Fiasco
He's playing Target Center along with Kanye on June 11th.
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11:10 a.m. Yoav
Learn more about this artist here and/or here.

11:00 a.m. Liars
They'll be the openers on Radiohead's spring dates.

10:40 a.m. The National
They're playing the Music Now Festival next month.
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10:30 a.m. Drive-By Truckers
They're doing an in-store later this week.
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10:20 a.m. Fleet Foxes
They're playing 7th Street Entry on April 9th with Blitzen Trapper.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Mountain Goats
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Mountain Goats with the tune "Sax Rohmer #1" from Heretic Pride.
Last week they announced the cancellation of their Australian tour dates.
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9:55 a.m. The Duke Spirit
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They have an upcoming North American tour with BRMC.
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9:50 a.m. Sly & The Family Stone
Keep your fingers crossed!

9:45 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple will be released on April 8th.
Here's a great interview with the guys.
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9:40 a.m. The Dodos
They're playing Coachella as part of The Akron Family.
Here's the P-fork review of Visiter.
More here and/or here.

9:30 a.m. The Raconteurs
"Salute Your Solution" is the first single from the band's 2nd album Consolers Of The Lonely which hit the shelves today.
Dates and more here...

9:20 a.m. Hot Chip
The band are playing First Avenue on April 18th.
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9:10 a.m. Connie Price & The Keystones
Learn more about this L.A. band here.

"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 1:23 PM on March 25, 2008 by Steve Seel

I love seeing when people discover some music that their parents also dig - mostly because this was nigh unheard of between me and my folks, save for some classical music smatterings (I mean, you try listening to two minutes of a "Gaither Homecoming" CD and see how far you get).

Anyway, Blythe Staley of Mpls writes, "Because my mom's coming to visit me in MN from Idaho and I'm excited to see her! I'm in charge of her iPod, so whenever she visits, we do a little music exchange. These three songs are three of our shared favorites."

1) Simon & Garfunkel, "Only Living Boy in New York"
2) Kasey Chambers, "Pony"
3) Andrew Bird, "Skin Is, My"

If your mom digs Andrew Bird, Blythe, you've got one cool mom.

Facemelter Episode 12: Slash

Posted at 2:10 PM on March 25, 2008 by Brett Baldwin (1 Comments)

Slash's life-story lives up to — or exceeds — the expectations for such a larger-than-life guitarist. Here's a sample of fascinating facts about the guitarist formerly known as Saul Hudson.

• His father is Anthony Hudson, album cover designer for Geffen Records, including Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark.
  
  
• His mother is clothing designer Ola Hudson. Her work includes costumes for David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth.
  
  
• In Slash, the autobiography of Slash, by Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist credited Seymour Cassel with giving him the nickname "Slash" because he was always on the go and never sitting still.
  
  
• Slash and Steven Adler (G n' R Drummer from '85 –'90) both failed auditions to join 80s Hair Metal band Poison.

And it makes me wonder: does how he grew up seem incredible because of who he ended up being, or is he an awesome guitar player because of the extraordinary circumstances in which he was raised?

Thank about that for a minute, man.

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