The Current Music Blog: September 12, 2008 Archive

The Stream 09/12/08

Posted at 8:49 AM on September 12, 2008 by Barb Abney

The scoop on Score, the 20th anniversary compilation from Merge records.

Hot Chip covers in the works?

Oasis postpones tonight's New York gig.

Today In Music History:
1944 - Barry White was born.
1952 - Neil Peart (Rush) was born.
1956 - Barry Andrews (XTC) was born.
1957 - Pat Dinizio (The Smithereens) was born.
1966 - The first episode of The Monkees was shown on TV in the US.
1966 - Ben Folds was born.
1986 - John McGeoch (Public Image Ltd guitarist) received 40 stitches after a wine bottle was thrown at the stage during a gig in Vienna.
1988 - Shane Macgowan (Pogues) was admitted to a hospital due to nervous exhaustion.
1990 - Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announced they were leaving Fleetwood Mac.
2003 - Johnny Cash died.

Live Blogging 09/12/08

Posted at 9:08 AM on September 12, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:45 a.m. Local Music - The Small Cities
They're playing The Van Gobots CD release show at The Uptown Bar tonight with Yer Cronies and Pictures Of Then.
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11:40 a.m. The Walkmen
They're playing The 400 Bar tomorrow night.
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11:30 a.m. Local Music - The Invincible Kids
Catch them next week at The Dinkytowner.
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11:20 a.m. Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul hits the shelves on October 7th.
You can pre-order it here.
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11:10 a.m. Jem
Her new album, Down To Earth will be released next week.
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10:45 a.m. Okkervil River
You can still grab the tune"Lost Coasatlines" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page. Their latest, The Stand Ins, was released this week.
SPIN's album spotlight.
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10:30 a.m. Death Cab For Cutie
They're playing The Xcel Energy Center with Neil Young on October 14th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - City On The Make
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring City On The Make with the tune "Chicks On Bikes" from their $1,000,000 EP.
They're playing The 400 Bar tonight.
Hear from them again this Sunday evening on The Local Show with Chris Roberts. More..

9:45 a.m. R.E.M.
Peter's guitar is still missing after being stolen earlier this week.

9:30 a.m. White Stripes (related)
Watch the commercial featuring the Jack White/Alicia Keys 007 theme.

9:20 a.m. Minus The Bear
They're playing The Varsity on October 15th with Annuals.
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9:15 a.m. Local Music - Maps Of Norway
Their Die Off Songbird CD release show is October 10th at The Turf Club with Gospel Gossip, Unicorn Basement and Strut & Shock.
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9:10 a.m. Stereolab
They're playing First Avenue on October 12th.
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"My 3 Songs" for Friday

Posted at 2:33 PM on September 12, 2008 by Steve Seel

"These are just some really great live acts," writes Mike Wetzel today. "If anyone can ever get a chance to see any of these people, they should jump on it!"

1) Battles, "Atlas"
2) Kaki King, "Pull Me Out Alive"
3) Gogol Bordello, 'Wonderlust King"

While I've not had the priviledge to catch any of these acts myself (well, OK, I've had the chance in each case, but I've missed them when they've been through town), one can certainly observe the accuracy of Mike's claims on YouTube ...

Guest DJ Set 9-12-08

Posted at 9:22 PM on September 12, 2008 by Mark Wheat

The Chemical Brothers!!!
Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons
Are truly pioneers in the field of massive tunes!
They started in Manchester in the late 80's, originally calling themselves
The Dust Brothers, they reverted to the The Chems because of the
production team over here who are perhaps most famous for working
with Beck. In the early 90's they had a regular club gig in London called
The Heavenly Social, where they combined dance music and rock.
They played some of the biggest festivals ever by a dance act and have
set the standard for others to follow. Their 'Dig Your Own Hole ' in '97
was their biggest hit album but their strength is massive singles and
remixes, so a good place to start is with one of their hits compilations
either the '93-03' set or the new one called 'Brotherhood.'
All the tracks we played are on both except the last one which is the
new track on 'Brotherhood' ;

1. Leave Home
2. Galvanize
3. Block Rockin' Beats
4. Setting Sun
5. Hey Boy Hey Girl
6. Let Forever Be
7. Midnight Madness