The Current Music Blog: April 28, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/28/08

Posted at 9:09 AM on April 28, 2008 by Barb Abney

Pitchfork Festival lineup is complete.

Rufus Wainwright to compose an opera.

Coldplay giving away new tune beginning tomorrow and playing a free show in NYC in June.

Today In Music History:
1938 - Duane Eddy was born.
1975 - John Lennon appeared on "Tonight" while Ringo appeared on "Smother Brothers."
1980 - Tommy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band) died in a car crash.
1983 - Michael Jackson's "Beat It'' was #1.
1990 - Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses) married Erin Everly.
1999 - The Verve released a statement announcing they had "mutually agreed to split."

Live Blogging 04/28/08

Posted at 9:54 AM on April 28, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Santogold on Conan
Chuck Prophet on Carson Daly
The Roots (w/Chrissette Michele & Wale) on Letterman
Morrissey on Craig Ferguson

11:55 a.m. Santogold
The self titled disk hits stores tomorrow.
Santogold will be on Conan tonight.
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11:20 a.m. R.E.M.
Tickets go on sale Saturday for their June 5th date at The Xcel.
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11:15 a.m. Devotchka
They're playing First Avenue with Basia Bulat on May 7th.
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10:40 a.m. Islands
Arms Away will be released May 20th.
They're playing First Avenue on June 3rd.
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10:30 a.m. Alejandro Escovedo
His new album, Real Animal will be released on June 24th.
He and Bruce Springsteen played this tune live on stage together recently.
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10:15 a.m. Mates Of State
Re-Arrange Us will be released May 20th.
Their Babble Blog is a must-read for parents.
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Song Of The Day Info - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with the tune "Hold On To Yourself" from their 14th studio album Dig, Lazarus, Dig.
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9:50 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
They're playing Soundset 08 May 25th along with Dilated Peoples, Aesop Rock, Brother Ali, P.O.S. and many more.
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9:30 a.m. Moby
Ever wonder what he looked like before he started shaving his head?

9:10 a.m. Tokyo Police Club
They're playing The Varsity Theatre on May 6th.
You can still listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
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9:00 a.m. The New Pornographers
They're playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, Bon Iver and Andrew Bird.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 1:51 PM on April 28, 2008 by Steve Seel

What more do you need on a Monday than three bouncy, punchy tunes? Mike Larson of Coon Rapids understands.

1) The Rumble Strips, "Alarm Clock"
2) The Fratellis, "Chelsea Dagger"
3) Art Brut, "My Little Brother Just Discovered Rock 'n Roll"

Mike says, "Plain and simple: these songs are fun." Thanks Mike!

Sly Stone: That Didn't Take Long

Posted at 2:00 PM on April 28, 2008 by Steve Seel (8 Comments)

Just got word that the Sly & The Family Stone concert scheduled for this Friday at First Avenue has been cancelled. Shocking! From the press release:

"Due to scheduling conflicts with some of the members of Sly & The Family Stone, the concert slated for this Friday at First Avenue has been cancelled. The date will not be rescheduled. Refunds at point of purchase."

Scheduling conflicts! Go ahead and take your shots. I feel especially bad for Bill DeVille, who's been pumped for this show for weeks. He even talked about it last week on Musicheads. Well, I don't know if we should be suprised from the notoriously no-show prone Sly. Maybe it would be more appropriate to say, if the show actually went on, "The scheduled cancellation of the Sly and the Family Stone concert has been cancelled."

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More Local Boys Making Good

Posted at 8:16 PM on April 28, 2008 by Mark Wheat

Dan Israel got a 4-star review for his recent 'Turning' album in Uncut (from the U.K.), one of the finest music magazines, in my humble opinion. It's on newsstands now (all the cool record stores carry it, as do Barnes and Noble and Borders) - it's in the May 2008 issue, with Led Zeppelin on the cover.

Prince seems to have won over everyone at Coachella, playing some of his biggest hits with guest artists, plenty of sizzling guitar solos and some very well chosen covers!