The Current Music Blog: August 20, 2008 Archive

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Posted at 2:18 PM on August 20, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

As Mark Wheat pointed out yesterday, the debate continues about the "hometown" of The Hold Steady; even though many of us hold their local roots dear, we are willing to admit that the band itself came together in it's current form in Brooklyn, and thus Brooklyn is the proper hometown attribution. Still, here's the caption on NME's website for a photo of Craig Finn at the V Chelmsford festival: "The Hold Steady, Channel 4 Stage, V Chelmsford. The Minneapolis band ended their set with 'Slapped Actress', ending the song by singing the chorus a capella." Howabout "Minneapolis via Brooklyn"? (h/t mark wheat)

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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 2:32 PM on August 20, 2008 by Steve Seel

Greg Murphy writes today, "The theme is clearly ... yeah ... wait ... okay, sugar is sweet, and life is sweet, and kick-it-into-high-gear key changes are super sweet! Yeah, that's it!!!"

1) Ted Leo, "Counting Down the Hours"
2) Nina Simone, "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl"
3) Sweet, "Little Willy"

Even tenuous threads are just fine, Greg. No rules here.