The Current Music Blog: March 26, 2008 Archive

The Stream 03/26/08

Posted at 8:54 AM on March 26, 2008 by Barb Abney

The Kills' Hotel (Jamie Hince) to marry Kate Moss?

Wire, Jonathan Richman, Mogwai, Of Montreal and more to play Sled Island Festival, curated by Spiral Stairs (Preston School Of Industry, Pavement.)

Tony Wilson to be honored with 24-hour conversation.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Diana Ross was born.
1948 - Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was born.
1968 - James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins) was born.
1994 - Soundgarden's Superunknown was the #1 album.
1995 - Eazy-E died.
1999 - Ananda Shankar died.
2004 - Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) died.

Live Blogging 03/26/08

Posted at 9:28 AM on March 26, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:30 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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11:25 a.m. Local Music - Romantica
They're finalists in the International Songwriting Competition.
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11:20 a.m.. Bell X1
Listen to their in-studio performance/interview in our archives.
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11:15 a.m. M.I.A.
She's playing The Myth on May 13th.
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11:10 a.m. The Black Keys
Attack & Release will hit stores on April 1st.
Watch the "Strange Times" video.
They're playing First Avenue on April 11th.
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10:45 a.m. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Listen to their in-studio performance/interview in our archives.
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10:40 a.m. Local Music - Big Trouble
You can buy Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble online now.
They're playing our Third Annual Listener Appreciation Event on April 2nd with Solid Gold and The Alarmists and Kid Dakota
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10:30 a.m. British Sea Power
They dropped by last week for an in-studio performance/interview.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Gutter Twins
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Gutter Twins (Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan) with the tune "Idle Hands" from their debut, Saturnalia.
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9:50 a.m. Sons and Daughters
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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9:40 a.m. Devotchka
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're playing First Avenue with Basia Bulat on May 7th.
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9:30 a.m. LCD Soundsystem
"Big Ideas" is their latest tune. You'll find it on the 21 Soundtrack.
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9:15 a.m. These New Puritans
The U.K. quartet released Beat Pyramid domestically, last week.
They have upcoming European dates with The Kills and Lightspeed Champion.
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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 1:39 PM on March 26, 2008 by Steve Seel

Mike Roser of Chaska MN has a brief and somewhat obliquely worded explanation for his set today: "People people ... they might like it." I assume he merely means to expose you to some things you might not know, but which you might take to.

1) Bound Stems, "Risking Life and Limb for the Coupon"
2) Danielson, "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?"
3) Memonena, "Wet and Rusting"

That's a nice mini-mix-tape. Thanks Mike.