The Current Music Blog: April 1, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/01/08

Posted at 8:55 AM on April 1, 2008 by Barb Abney

Oasis announce 5 North American dates.

Leonard Cohen to co-host America's Got Talent.

Today In Music History:
1939 - Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers) was born.
1948 - Jimmy Cliff was born.
1969 - The Beach Boys sued Capitol Records for unpaid royalties and production fees.
1984 - Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father.
1992 - Billy Idol was fined $2,000 for hitting a woman in the face.
2007 - Modest Mouse had the #1 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Live Blogging 04/01/08

Posted at 9:06 AM on April 1, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. The Black Keys
Attack & Release was released today.
Attack & Release Is our CD Of The Week. Get your copy when you support us online.Watch the "Strange Times" video.
Read the Pitchfork interview.
They're playing First Avenue on April 11th.
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11:35 a.m. The Raconteurs
"Salute Your Solution" is the first single from the band's 2nd album Consolers Of The Lonely.
Dates and more here...

11:30 a.m. The New Pornographers
They're currently touring with Okkervil River.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, Bon Iver and Andrew Bird.
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11:25 a.m. Hot Chip
The band are playing First Avenue on April 18th.
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11:20 a.m. R.E.M.
They released Accelerate today.
They'll be on The Colbert Report tomorrow night.
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11:15 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-partying Through Tornadoes) will be released on April 8th.
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're playing First Avenue April 26th.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird and Bon Iver
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10:55 a.m. These New Puritans
Lean more about the band here.

10:30 a.m. Elbow
Their latest is The Seldom Seen Kid. It will be released on the 22nd.
They're playing The Fineline on April 30th with The Watson Twins.
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10:15 a.m. Foals
The UK band will be playing The Entry on April 28th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Kaki King
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Kaki King with the tune "2 O'Clock" from her album Dreaming Of Revenge.
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9:50 a.m. Billy Bragg
You can still get "I Keep Faith," from his album Mr. Love & Justice on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
Listen to his SxSW performance in our archives.
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9:40 a.m. MGMT
Their site is an excellent time waster!

9:35 a.m. Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville to be re-issued with DVD and bonus tracks.

9:30 a.m. Local Music - Spiritual Mansions
They're playing an all ages show this Friday night (4/4) at The Triple Rock for Askeleton's CD Release Show.
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9:20 a.m. The Watson Twins
Their new album Fire Songs will be in stores on June 24th.
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9:15 a.m. Jarvis Cocker
He's playing the Pitchfork Festival in July.

9:10 a.m. Smiths (related)
Morrissey's Greatest hits will be released on on double-vinyl today.

"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 2:13 PM on April 1, 2008 by Steve Seel

We seem to be doing a lot of dancing this week; maybe the weather is making people yearn for Spring so badly that they're trying to bring it on through sheer force of will.

Akex Loesch of St. Paul writes today, "(These are) my three favorite random get up and dance songs, in no particular order."

1) Mika, "Relax"
2) Sam & Dave, "Soul Man"
3) Ozomatli, "Can't Stop"