The Current Music Blog: April 10, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/10/08

Posted at 8:52 AM on April 10, 2008 by Barb Abney

Prince added to Coachella line-up.

The Heart Is a Drum Machine is a new music documentary currently in production.

Chinese Democracy is finished (yeah, we've heard that before) and rumors are flying that Axl will be the next reality TV star.

Today In Music History:
1959 - Brian Setzer was born.
1959 - Katrina Leskanich (Katrina And The Waves) was born.
1964 - Alan 'Reni' Wren (The Stone Roses) was born.
1976 - Frampton Comes Alive was the #1 album.
1990 - Tom Waits took Doritos Chips to court for using a sound-alike on radio ads.
1999 - A charity tribute concert for the late Linda McCartney was held in the UK.

Live Blogging 04/10/08

Posted at 9:17 AM on April 10, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:55 a.m. Secret Gig Poll
So, who do you think is playing this show?

11:50 a.m. Local Music - Love In October
Pontus, The Devil, and Me is available now.
Check out their brand new video and a story here.
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11:40 a.m. Local Music - Solid Gold
They're playing Uptown Bar & Cafe next week.
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11:15 a.m. Brian Setzer
There's a pre-sale going on until ten o'clock tonight for his Atlantic City Christmas show in November.

11:00 a.m. Andrew Bird
The Plug Independent Music Award winner has recently been blogging for The New York Times.
He will be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, The New Pornographers and Bon Iver.
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10:30 a.m. Bon Iver
Last months AV Club interview with Justin.
They're playing The Turf Club Saturday night.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, The New Pornographers and Andrew Bird.
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10:15 a.m. Lupe Fiasco
He's playing Target Center along with Kanye on June 11th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Cloud Cult
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Cloud Cult with the tune "Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus" from their album Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-partying Through Tornadoes) which was released earlier this week. It's also our CD Of The Week. Get your copy when you support us online.
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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9:50 a.m. Local Music - Doomtree
They're playing The Plastic Constellation's CD release show at First Avenue next weekend.
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9:40 a.m. R.E.M.
Accelerate is #2 on the charts.
We reviewed it earlier this week on Musicheads.
Get the podcast here.

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9:35 a.m. Jarvis Cocker
He'll be giving a songwriting lecture this summer.

9:25 a.m. The Kooks
You can still grab the tune "Always Where I Need" for FREE on our Song Of The Day Podcast page. Their album Konk will be released stateside next week.
They recently talked to NME about their former bassist.
They're playing The Fineline on May 31st.
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9:15 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
Here's a great feature article on the duo.
Are they playing Austin City Limits Festival?
They are playing SNL this weekend.
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9:00 a.m. American Music Club
They're playing Turf Club tonight.
They'll be stopping by for an in-studio interview/performance before the show.
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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 1:58 PM on April 10, 2008 by Steve Seel

People think I'm insane when I say I'm glad to be home after spending a week in Florida visiting the family. Okay, so I'm not crazy about coming back to a winter storm warning. But let's just say home is where the heart is.

Still, Cassi Benik of Eagan has a summery set today ... to make us all ache even more for that change of season that keeps feeling just out-of-reach. She says, "(These tunes) remind me of summer and make me want to drive my my windows down!"

1) Lily Allen, "LDN"
2) Atmosphere, "Summertime"
3) Peter Bjorn and John, "Young Folks"

More Songs Considered

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 10, 2008 by Mark Wheat

This week I got to use the experience of being on Musicheads and was very pleased to be asked to guest on a podcast done by our friends at NPR, All Songs Considered. It was great to share my love of locals Cloud Cult with the national audience and give props to our friends in Seattle (Cheryl of KEXP was another guest) with Fleet Foxes, and a taste of the UK with The Last Shadow Puppets!