The Current Music Blog: January 5, 2009 Archive

The Stream 01/05/09

Posted at 8:41 AM on January 5, 2009 by Barb Abney

Prince launches new site.

Pitchfork's post-holiday catch up.

Lily Allen to become TV star?

Today In Music History:
1923 - Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records) was born.
1964 - Grant Young (Soul Asylum) was born.
1969 - Marilyn Manson was born.
1970 - Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) was born.
1973 - Bruce Springsteen's debut album Greetings from Asbury Park was released.
1979 - Charles Mingus died
1979 - Prince made his live debut at the Capri Theatre.
1997 - Sonny Bono was killed in a skiing accident.
2001 - Kirsty MacColl was laid to rest.
2003 - Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

Live Blogging 01/05/09

Posted at 9:29 AM on January 5, 2009 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Iron & Wine on Leno
The Ting Tings on Carson Daly
Glasvegas on Letterman

11:35 a.m. Local Music - The Guystorm
Their EP release gig is at Hexagon Bar with Lookbook on the 31st.
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11:05 a.m. Andrew Bird
Noble Beast will be in stores on the 20th. Pre-order it here.
He's playing State Theater on April 11th.
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10:50 a.m. Local Music - The Hopefuls
Listen to their recent in-studio interview/performance. Their new record is called Now Playing at the One-Seat Theatre. They're playing Turf Club this Saturday evening.
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10:35 a.m. Heartless Bastards
The Mountain will hit shelves on February 3rd.
They're playing The Varsity with The Gaslight Anthem on April 4th.
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10:20 a.m. The Gaslight Anthem
They're playing The Varsity with Heartless Bastards on April 4th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Women
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring Women with the tune "Black Rice" from their self titiled record which was recorded by Chad VanGaalen.
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9:30 a.m. Bon Iver
The Blood Bank EP will be released on the 20th. You can pre-order it here.
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9:00 a.m. The Black Keys
Dan Auerbach will release his solo debut, Keep It Hid on February 10th. He's also playing First Avenue on March 7th.
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My Three Songs Monday

Posted at 12:14 PM on January 5, 2009 by Jill Riley

Alli, listening in Edina, just wanted to hear these tunes simply because she likes them. Sounds like a good enough reason to me!

1.) Arctic Monkeys "Teddy Picker"
2.) The Ting Tings "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
3.) Tokyo Police Club "Tesselate"