The Current Music Blog: September 5, 2008 Archive

The Stream 09/05/08

Posted at 8:53 AM on September 5, 2008 by Barb Abney

Ben Folds 5 to reunite for one show.

They've been writing new material, but Muse is not ready to record it just yet.

Sufjan Stevens has won an award.

Today In Music History:
1946 - Freddie Mercury was born.
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III was born.
1969 - The Stooges made their New York debut.
1969 - Dweezil Zappa was born.
1987 - Ian Astbury (The Cult) was arrested in Vancouver after a show ended in a riot.
2006 - Arctic Monkeys won the Mercury Prize for their album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

Live Blogging 09/05/08

Posted at 9:18 AM on September 5, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:45 a.m. Nas
He's playing tonight at First Avenue.
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11:35 a.m. Local Music - Romantica
They're playing High On Stress' CD release show tonight at The Fine Line.
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11:30 a.m. Calexico
Watch the "Two Silver Trees" video.
Their new album, Carried To Dust will hit the shelves on September 9th.
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11:25 a.m. Nine Inch Nails
The rescheduled date is November 25th at Target Center.
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11:15 a.m. Mike Doughty
He's playing The River Rocks Festival on the 20th.
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10:40 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
They will be playing The Monolith Music Festival and The Street Scene Festival.
Their next sceduled local appearance is at First Avenue on November 2nd.
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10:35 a.m. Magnetic Fields
They're playing The State Theater on October 10th.
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10:25 a.m. Ray LaMontagne
His latest, Gossip In The Grain will be released on October 14th.
You can pre-order it here.
He's playing The State Theater with Leona Naess on October 4th.
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10:20 a.m. Yeasayer
They're playing The Triple Rock Social Club on October 30th.
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10:15 a.m. Local Music - Jeremy Messersmith
You can still grab the tune "Franklin Avenue" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
His latest The Silver City, was produced by Dan Wilson.
His CD release show is at The Varsity Theater on September 25th.
He'll also be playing a free show at The Electric Fetus on the 16th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - One For The Team
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring One For The Team with the tune "Best Supporting Actor" from the release Build It Up.
They are the download of the day on the Absolute Punk site.
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9:50 a.m. The Broken West
Their latest, Now Or Heaven will be in stores on September 9th.
They're playing The 400 Bar on September 13th.
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9:25 a.m. The Fiery Furnaces
They have some upcoming dates with Of Montreal.
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9:20 a.m. Local Music - Semisonic
They're playing The River Rocks Festival on the 20th.
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9:10 a.m. My Morning Jacket
They're playing The Orpheum on October 2nd.
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Do The Shuffle

Posted at 12:09 PM on September 5, 2008 by Mac Wilson (3 Comments)

So Do the Shuffle went on another hiatus, this one totally inadvertent. With all the fun and chaos of the State Fair and the political conventions, I just plain forgot. Let's jump in and see what comes up this week.

Teenage Fanclub - "Dumb Dumb Dumb"
One of those bands I've never quite been able to fall in love with, even though I feel like I should. This comes from the particularly poppy Howdy!, their first (and last) album on a major label.

The Beach Boys - "Feel Flows"
A highlight from the Beach Boys' grossly undervalued early '70s work. You may recognize it from the closing credits to the film Almost Famous.

The Red Telephone - "September Gurls"
I have no idea who this band is, but this appeared on a Big Star tribute album, appropriately titled A Tribute to Big Star. It's a pretty nice compilation, with Nada Surf doing "Blue Moon" and Longwave doing "Holocaust".

Brian Wilson - "That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)"
Wilson breaks bold new ground on this concept album about southern California, with songs about love, surfing, and the ocean. Over the course of the album, he has many short interludes with snippets of the old standard "That Lucky Old Sun" with various spoken word pieces. This piece features some beautiful harmonies.

Wire - "On Returning"
Wire's average song length got longer and longer with each album they made, but even on their third album, they deliver this squeaky little pop number, clocking in at 2:06.

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Guest DJ Set 9-5-08

Posted at 8:34 PM on September 5, 2008 by Mark Wheat

First Friday of the Month means...

another set mixed by our resident

DJ ESP aka Woody McBride.

He's had a busy summer gigging and

dropping a ton of new music

on his label communique records.

Here's tonights tracks;

moody for you - moogkid - australia
stand by - jack haze - france
hi roko - diego roka - argentina
mykrogroove - metz (dj esp remix) - france
mark ahnk - minimal kills (dj esp remix) - usa
oceanography - dj esp - usa
lake winnebago - computer controlled - usa
dawn of creation/prophecy - judas priest - uk