The Current Music Blog: May 2, 2008 Archive

The Stream 05/02/08

Posted at 9:06 AM on May 2, 2008 by Barb Abney

You could own John Lennon's handwritten "Imagine" lyrics.

Check out the 2008 cover art hall of fame.

Today In Music History:
1904 - Bing Crosby was born.
1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck was born.
1946 - Lesley Gore was born.
1972 - Bruce Springsteen auditioned for CBS Records (he passed the audition).
1980 - Joy Division played their last gig with Ian Curtis.
1985 - Lily Allen was born.
2006 - Keith Richards suffered a mild concussion when he fell out of a coconut tree.

Live Blogging 05/02/08

Posted at 9:16 AM on May 2, 2008 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

10:30 a.m. Local Music - The Alarmists
They're playing Polara's CD release show at The Varsity May 9th.
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10:10 a.m. Kate Nash
She's playing the NME Awards Tour with The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at First Avenue tomorrow night.
She's also been nominated for an Ivor Novello music award.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Autumn Leaves
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Autumn Leaves with the tune "Lighthouse" from their album Long Lost Friend.
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9:30 a.m. M83
Their latest, Saturdays = Youth is in stores now.
They're playing The Triple Rock on May 28th.
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9:10 a.m. Alejandro Escovedo
His new album, Real Animal will be released on June 24th.
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"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 12:50 PM on May 2, 2008 by Steve Seel

Ann Bonley of Eagan MN submits some solid ecclecicism today. She writes, "I had my iPod on shuffle this morning and realized what an odd variety of music I had."

1) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Stree Rhythm Band, "Express Yourself"
2) Johnny Cash, "Hurt"
3) Fountains of Wayne, "Someone to Love"

Nice job Ann! Thanks.

Do The Shuffle

Posted at 2:13 PM on May 2, 2008 by Mac Wilson (3 Comments)

Travis - "Driftwood"
Pretty song from the band of Scots (but then again, pretty songs is what they do)

The Magnetic Fields - "Three-Way"
The elegant instrumental opener from their new Distortion, released in January.

The Bird and the Bee - "Spark"
It's a shame, because the duo consistently turns out great song after great song, but this is one of the most listless things they've yet released.

Fountains of Wayne - "Fire Island"
I have a convoluted theory that Welcome Interstate Managers would have indeed become a five-and-a-half star album if they had trimmed the last four songs and just wrapped it up with "Fire Island". What do you think?

Tiger Baby - "Chinese Fairytale"
This was quite a discovery. They're a Danish electropop outfit that has recorded some really beautiful stuff. The Imeem tagline is rather amusing, too. Plus, they're one of the cutest image searches out there.

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The Dosh School of Cooking

Posted at 3:13 PM on May 2, 2008 by Steve Seel

I love this video.

For those who heard our interview with Martin Dosh today, and were curious about the video we talked about that demonstrates how Martin puts his trademark looping-pedal-driven compositions together, this lays it out -- in neat visual (and visually metaphorical) form.

As I said, it's like watching a cooking show with its overhead shots of the fry-pans -- only you're watching a musical chef instead.

Guest DJ Set 5-2-08

Posted at 9:18 PM on May 2, 2008 by Mark Wheat

First Friday resident ;
DJ ESP (aka Woody McBride)