The Current Music Blog: April 29, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/29/08

Posted at 8:56 AM on April 29, 2008 by Barb Abney

The National have designed a t-shirt for The Yellow Bird Project.

Yoko Ono is suing Expelled filmmakers.

The scoop on Will Oldham's new release.

Today In Music History:
1934 - Otis Rush was born.
1945 - Tammi Terrell was born.
1947 - Tommy James was born.
1968 - The musical Hair opened on Broadway.
1979 - Matt Tong (Bloc Party) was born.
1980 - Black Sabbath began their first tour with Ronnie James Dio.
1993 - Mick Ronson died.

Live Blogging 04/29/08

Posted at 9:26 AM on April 29, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:40 a.m. Tori Amos
Comic Book Tatoo will hit book shelves on July 23rd.

11:35 a.m. Foals
Listen to their In-studio interview/performance from yesterday.
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11:25 a.m. Scarlett Johansson
Her album of (mostly) Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head will be released May 20th.
More info here and/or here.

11:15 a.m. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Pershing was just released today.
They're playing 7th Street Entry May 24th.
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11:10 a.m. The Roots
Rising Down hit the shelves today.
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10:50 a.m. Elvis Costello
His new album, Momofuku was released on vinyl last week. It will be released on CD next week.
Read all of the album details here.
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10:25 a.m. The Last Shadow Puppets
The band is made up of Alex Turner ( Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals).
Their debut album The Age Of The Understatement will be released May 6th.
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10:20 a.m. The Watson Twins
Their new album Fire Songs will be in stores on June 24th.
They're playing The Fine Line tomorrow night with Elbow.
They'll be stopping by on Thursday for an in-studio interview/performance.
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Song Of The Day Info - Jim Noir
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Jim Noir with the tune "Don't You Worry" from the self-titled album.
You can still listen to his SxSW performance in our archives.
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9:50 a.m. Bob Mould
Hüsker Dü rarities collection coming soon.
Listen to his most recent in-studio performance.
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9:25 a.m. Lupe Fiasco
He's playing Target Center along with Kanye on June 11th.
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9:20 a.m. Elbow
They're playing The Fine Line tomorrow night with The Watson Twins.
They'll be stopping in for an in-studio interview/performance before the show.
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9:10 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
See the video for "Everybody Here Is A Cloud" here.
They're 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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9:00 a.m. Wilco
They're playing The Virgin Fest.
They're also playing the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester tomorrow night.
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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 5:11 PM on April 29, 2008 by Steve Seel

We bid a sad adieu to a faithful listener today. Matt Walcheske writes:

"Just months after I moved here 3 1/2 years ago, I found the joy of The Current. I had left Milwaukee, a city I love, but an absolute wasteland of FM radio.* I now find myself moving again, this time fo Chicago. And though I'll have a better job and be closer to family, sadly, the thing I will miss most will be 89.3. Here I work 5-6 days a week, often 9 hours a day or more, all in my truck. With no CD player, I can leave on The Current, never change the station, and be in complete radio bliss. I never knew something like The Current could exist and I know Chicago has nothing like it; few cities do. So, I'll begrudgingly rely on internet streams to keep my love of The Current allive. Since it's too hard to choose my new favorite artists which The Current has introduced me to, I decided to go with three concerts I attended in the Twin Cities that stand out in my mind. It's all bittersweet! Rock on."

1) Mates of State, "Goods (All In Your Head)"
2) Arcade Fire, "Intervention"
3) The Black Keys, "Your Touch"

Thanks for saying such kind things, Matt. Happy trails, and best of luck.

* (I should point out that things may have changed a bit in Milwaukee since Matt left: one of our good friends here, Tarik Moody, helped start an entirely new thing at 88.9 FM, Radio Milwaukee).