The Current Music Blog: April 21, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/21/08

Posted at 8:55 AM on April 21, 2008 by Barb Abney

Radiohead, Amy Winehouse and others nominated for Ivor Novello music awards.

Neko Case injured her ankle and has left The New Pornographers tour.

Watch as Ryan Adams goes blonde!

Today In Music History:
1947 - James Osterberg (Iggy Pop) was born.
1959 - Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) was born.
1959 - Robert Smith (The Cure) was born.
1960 - Dick Clark testified before a congressional committee about payola.
1976 - Eric Carmen (Ex-Raspberries) entered the charts with "All By Myself."
1982 - The Clash cancelled a tour when Joe Strummer disappeared for three weeks.
1990 - Sinéad O'Connor's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" was #1.
2001 - Peter Buck (R.E.M.) was arrested for being drunk on an aircraft.

Live Blogging 04/21/08

Posted at 9:20 AM on April 21, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Grizzly Bear on Conan

11:55 a.m. Local Music - The Owls
They're playing The Deaths CD release show is next Saturday at the Turf Club.
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11:35 a.m. Portishead
Third will be released next week.
Pre-order the limited edition double vinyl Third boxset here.
Is their Myspace icon from the movie They Live?
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11:25 a.m. We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery will finally be release domestically on May 13th.
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11:20 a.m. Sun Kil Moon
They're playing The Varsity on June 6th along with Retribution Gospel Choir.
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11:10 a.m. Iggy Pop
Happy Birthday!!
The Stooges will be playing London's Get Loaded In the Park in August.
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10:50 a.m. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Are on the 2nd leg of their current tour and they suggest you check out openers, Joggers.
Kim Deal (Breeders) spoke of Malkmus in a recent interview.
Listen to their in-studio performance/interview in our archives.
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10:45 a.m. The Breeders
They're playing First Avenue on May 30th.
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10:35 a.m. Four Tet
The new EP/mini album, Ringer will be released May 6th.
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10:30 a.m. Aimee Mann
Her new release, Smilers will be in stores June 3rd.
She's playing The Minnesota Zoo on June 12th.
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10:25 a.m. Rilo Kiley
They're playing First Avenue on May 22nd.
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10:15 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
They're playing First Avenue Saturday night.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird and Bon Iver
You can still listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Atmosphere
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Local Music from Atmosphere with the tune "Guarantee" from their album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint... which hits the shelves tomorrow.
A nice review of Saturday nights Fakebook performance.
They're stopping by for an in-studio session later this afternoon.
When Paste magazine received the CD promo-pack...
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9:50 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
Fun with backwards masking.

9:30 a.m. The Wombats
They're playing a HUGE homecoming gig in Liverpool in November.
Here's the "Moving To New York" video.

9:25 a.m. Cat Power
She's had to cancel the remainder of this months tour.

9:20 a.m. She & Him
This morning Pitchfork posted an interview with the band.
You can still listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
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9:15 a.m. Kate Nash
She's playing the NME Awards Tour with The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at First Avenue on May 3rd.
She's also been nominated for an Ivor Novello music award.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:34 PM on April 21, 2008 by Steve Seel

We've got an interesting and creative one today, from Charlie Lyons of St. Paul. "I recently read Kurt Vonnegut's 'Player Piano'," he says, "about modern machinery and technology stripping the working class not only of their jobs, but their sense of self. Here are two songs that revolve around the advancement of technology, and one that resists it."

1) Kid Dakota, "Pilgrim"
2) Dresden Dolls, "Coin Operated Boy"
3) Wolf Parade, "Modern World"

Very cool set, Charlie. Thanks!

Got a three-song set? Step right this way.

(Where is that page, by the way? Well, go to thecurrent.org, scroll down a bit, and look on the left, underneath "Your Voice").