The Current Music Blog: May 7, 2008 Archive

The Stream 05/07/08

Posted at 8:56 AM on May 7, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

The Police announce their final concert date.

My Bloody Valentine announce more dates.

The Joe Strummer documentary The Future Is Unwritten will be released on June 24th.

Today In Music History:
1946 - Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) was born.
1961 - Phil Campbell (Motorhead) was born.
1983 - Paul Weller unveiled Style Council at a gig in London.
1986 - Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys drummer) was born.
1988 - Terence Trent D'arby's "Wishing Well" was the #1 single.
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt ("I Love A Rainy Night") died.

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Live Blogging 05/07/08

Posted at 9:33 AM on May 7, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:50 a.m. R.E.M.
Tickets are on sale now for their June 5th date at The Xcel with Modest Mouse and The National.
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11:00 a.m. Black Kids In-Studio Interview/Performance
They are the latest "darlings of the blogosphere." Their (Bernard Butler produced) debut album Partie Traumatic wil be released in late July.
They're currently out on the road with Cut Copy.
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10:55 a.m. Local Music - Mason Jennings
His new release In The Ever, will be released on the 20th.
You can pre-order it here.
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10:35 a.m. Greg Laswell
His new EP How the Day Sounds is available now. His forthcoming full length, 3 Flights From Alto Nido is expected to be released in July.
He's playing Fine Line Music Cafe on Jun 6th.
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10:10 a.m. Billy Bragg
He's playing The Cedar Cultural Center on June 13th.
You can still listen to his SxSW performance in our archives.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Dosh
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Dosh with the tune "The Magic Stick" from the album Wolves and Wishes which will be released next week.
Check out the in-studio interview/performance.
Dosh will be playing First Avenue along with P.O.S. on June 27th
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9:50 a.m. Clinic
They're playing 7th Street Entry on May 13th.
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9:40 a.m. The Black Lips
They'll be opening for The Raconteurs on upcoming dates.
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9:30 a.m. The Kills
They're playing The Triple Rock on May 11th.
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9:20 a.m. Fleet Foxes
They're playing 7th Street Entry on Jul 20th.
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9:15 a.m. Peter Murphy
He's playing The Fine Line on June 16th.
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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 12:51 PM on May 7, 2008 by Steve Seel

Continuing with our Minnesota 150 week here on My Three Songs as we give local musicians and music notables their crack at contributing three-song sets, today we've got Eric Lovold, of The Alarmists!

Eric says, "My theme is spring. We (The Alarmists) just put out spring singles because spring songs make people want to be outside and drive with their windows open."

1) The Zombies, "Care of Cell 44" ("best spring song ever?" muses Eric)
2) The Dandy Warhols, "Boys Better"
3) The Sleepy Jackson, "Come to This"

That's the second Zombies song that's been requested this week ... hmmm, could there be something about their sound that says "thawing"?