The Current Music Blog: May 22, 2008 Archive

The Stream 05/22/08

Posted at 9:00 AM on May 22, 2008 by Barb Abney

Red Hot Chili Peppers have disbanded for a year to concentrate on personal lives/projects.

Win Vinyl and CD copies of Elvis Costello's Momofuku.

Sonic Youth's greatest songs (as chosen by others) Hits Are For Squares to hit shelves in Starbucks next month.

Today In Music History:
1950 - Bernie Taupin was born.
1959 - Morrissey was born.
1962 - Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms) was born.
1971 - The Rolling Stones were at #1 with the album Sticky Fingers.
2002 - Adam Ant was charged with possession of an imitation firearm.

Live Blogging 05/22/08

Posted at 9:06 AM on May 22, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Death Cab For Cutie on Jimmy Kimmel
The Heavy on Fuel TV's Daily Habit

11:50 a.m. Weezer
Their 6th album will be released on June 3rd.
If your pre-order it you can grab a limited edition red 7" single of "Pork & Beans."
More Weezer related fun..
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11:35 a.m. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! has been nominated for Best Album in Mojo Honours 2008.
Is that ironic considering Nick's previous letter to MTV?
The US tour is slated for September.
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11:25 a.m. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
They're playing The State Fair in August.
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11:15 a.m. Local Music - Mason Jennings
You can still grab the tune "I Love You And Buddha Too" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
In The Ever was released earlier this week.
Mason is part of the Yahoo Music Who's Next competition.
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10:40 a.m. My Morning Jacket
Evil Urges is due in stores on June 10th.
They're playing The Orpheum on October 2nd.
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10:35 a.m. Local Music - Jeremy Messersmith
He's playing a gig at The Entry next Friday night.
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10:20 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
Next month they'll be playing the 150th MySpace Secret Show.
They're also playing one date on Thievery Corporation's upcoming tour.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Submarines
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Submarines with the tune "You Me & The Bourgeoisie" from their album Honeysuckle Weeks.
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9:50 a.m. Vampire Weekend
They're playing The Accelerator Festival this summer.

9:45 a.m. Mates Of State
Re-Arrange yourself!
Re-Arrange Us is The Current's CD Of The Week. Get your own copy when you support us online.
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9:40 a.m. Local Music - Vampire Hands
You can download the tune "Opium Typhoon" AND purchase their Virgin Dust/American Lips release here.
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9:30 a.m. We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery is in stores now.
They're playing The Varsity with Oxford Collapse on Thursday August 7th.
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9:25 a.m. Santogold
Here's a lesson about how to pronounce Santi's name and a little insight into the album cover.

9:15 a.m. The Dandy Warhols
Earth To The Dandy Warhols is the title of their forthcoming release.
You can learn more and stream it here..

9:10 a.m. The Heavy
They'll be featured on Fuel TV's Daily Habit tonight.
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9:05 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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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 12:33 PM on May 22, 2008 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)

In honor of our "daisy day" out on Nicollet Mall -- where we were out in the sunshine giving out daisies to help celebrate springtime -- we took the liberty of picking the tunes just for today.

1) XTC, "Humble Daisy"
2) Eels, "A Daisy Throught Concrete"
3) Ween, "Push the Little Daisies"

Those daisies went fast, too! So if you didn't get one, hope you enjoyed our musical daisies instead.

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