The Current Music Blog: July 29, 2008 Archive

The Stream 07/29/08

Posted at 9:00 AM on July 29, 2008 by Barb Abney

David Byrne and Brian Eno announce tour dates and Everything That Happens Will Happen Today details.

The Walkmen have pre-released their latest, You & Me for charity.

The Hold Steady's Vice.

Today In Music History:
1946 - Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) was born.
1953 - Geddy Lee (Rush) was born.
1966 - Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) made their live debut.
1974 - Cass Elliot died.
1978 - The Grease film soundtrack was the #1 album.

R.I.P. Cassettes?

Posted at 8:15 AM on July 29, 2008 by Dale Connelly (6 Comments)

After a prolonged illness, cassette tapes are finally kicking the bucket.
The death blow? Audio book publishers are pulling the plug.
Apparently, the only people who still need the cassette are prisoners. Because prisoners don't have internet access they can't download music, and for some reason prisoners are also not allowed to have music on CD.
Why?
Perhaps there's a way to fashion a CD into a weapon by sharpening the edge. Tiny lethal Frisbees zipping around the cell block might make for an exciting scene in a jailbreak movie, but it would be a tragic waste of digital media in reality.
And so this potential misuse by some really bad apples in punishes the larger bad apple community. Not only have they lost their freedom, they're caught in an old format time warp.
I confess to having boxes and boxes of cassettes stashed away at home, but I can't remember the last time I listened to one. How about you?

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Live Blogging 07/29/08

Posted at 9:31 AM on July 29, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Chuck Prophet on Carson Daly

11:50 a.m. Midnight Juggernauts
The Melbourne, Australia band's debut Dystopia is out now.
Watch the video for "Shadows."
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11:45 a.m. The Dandy Warhols
Earth to the Dandy Warhols will hit shelves August 19th.
They're playing First Avenue September 9th with Darker My Love.
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11:35 a.m. Minus the Bear
Last month They Make Beer Commercials Like This was re-released featuring "Houston, We Have Uh-Oh" which was previously only available on a charity compilation.
Catch them tonight Jimmy Kimmel.
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11:20 a.m. Fleet Foxes
They're playing Letterman next week.
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11:15 a.m. Cold War Kids
Loyalty To Loyalty will be released on September 23rd.
They're playing The Fine Line Music Cafe on October 10th.
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The Music Exchange Info July 29th
The Current and WXPN in Philadelphia are exchanging local music this month. Tune in each Tuesday and Thursday to hear local music from Philadelphia and Minnesota selected by WXPN and The Current. You can also visit us online to download a free song from our featured artist. Today's featured song from WXPN is "Tonight Is The Night" from Tickley Feather. The Current's song is "Little White Lie" from Ed Ackerson.

10:55 a.m. Beck
He's playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium with MGMT on September 30th.
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10:45 a.m. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
They're playing for free at The State Fair August 21st & 22nd.
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10:30 a.m. Local Music - Chris Koza
He'll be out on the road most of next month.
Here's his recent in-studio interview/performance.
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Song Of The Day Info - Inara George
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Inara George with the tune "Duet" from her forthcoming album An Invitation with Van Dyke Parks which will be released next month.
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9:45 a.m. The Raconteurs
They want your pics/video.
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9:35 a.m. Dirty Projectors
Rise Above features their versions of much of the Black Flag album Damaged.
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9:25 a.m. Primal Scream
They'll be headlining an upcoming NME winter tour.

9:15 a.m. Friendly Fires
Their eponymous album comes out on Septrember 2nd.
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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 4:39 PM on July 29, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

"These are three songs that never leave my mp3 player" wrote Liz Karkula today. "They are perfectly pleasant no matter what mood you are in."

1) Rilo Kiley, "More Adventurous"
2) Band Of Horses, "No One's Gonna Love You"
3) Flunk, "Spring To Kingdom Come"

Thanks Liz!

If you haven't submitted your set yet, you've got one more day to get in on the givaway for Erik's Bike Shop. Pedal over here and submit your three tunes!

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