The Current Music Blog: January 12, 2009 Archive

The Stream 1/12/09

Posted at 6:50 AM on January 12, 2009 by Steve Seel

Fleet Foxes to play SNL.

Bono writes a New York Times editorial, er commentary, er ... something.

Got any "Musical New Year's Resolutions"? I kinda like these.

Today In Music History:

1946 - Cynthia Robinson (Sly & the Family Stone) was born.
1963 - Bob Dylan played a folk singer in the radio play The Madhouse of Castle Street.
1965 - Rob Zombie was born.
1970 - Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) was born.
1974 - Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" was #1.
1991 - Johnny Paycheck ("Take This Job And Shove It") was released from an Ohio prison for shooting a tavern patron.
1995 - The Allman Brothers Band, Al Green, the late Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Neil Young, The Orioles and the late Frank Zappa were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1998 - The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas & the Papas, Santana, Lloyd Price, Gene Vincent, Allen Toussaint and Jelly Roll Morton were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2000 - Sharon Osbourne resigned as the manager for The Smashing Pumpkins stating "...I must resign today due to medical reasons. Billy Corgan was making me sick!"
2003 - Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees died.

Live Blogging 01/12/09

Posted at 10:13 AM on January 12, 2009 by Barb Abney (4 Comments)

1:55 p.m. Jolie Holland
Her next domestic show is the R.E.M. tribute benefit show in March.
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1:30 p.m. The Killers
They're playing Northrop Auditorium next Monday (January 19th.)
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12:55 p.m. Idlewild
They're taking a new approach to releasing music.

12:45 p.m. School Of Seven Bells
They're playing The Entry on February 11th with Fujiya & Miyagi.
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12:40 p.m. The Little Ones
They're playing The Varsity on February 23rd.
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My 3 Songs 01/12/09
Anna Gonzalez from Bloomington picked her set because she ".. just started listening to The Current last year...these were the 3 songs that have me hooked..."

Passion Pit's "Sleepy Head" from Chunk Of Change.
MGMT's "Electric Feel" from Oracular Spectacular.
M83's "We Own The Sky" from Saturdays=Youth.

Thanks for the request, Anna.
Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here

Noon - 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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11:45 a.m. Of Montreal
They just posted the video for "An Eluardian Instance" here.

11:30 a.m. Local Music - The Hopefuls
You can still grab the tune "Virgin Wool" on our Song Of The Day podcast page.
Listen to their recent in-studio interview/performance.
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10:55 a.m. The Hold Steady
They are auctioning off the stage backdrop from their recent Means Well tour with The Drive-By Truckers.
Franz will bring his solo show to Triple Rock on Friday night.
The band have announced a few upcoming tour dates.

10:40 Glasvegas
They'll be on Craig Ferguson Thursday night.
They're playing Varsity Theater on April 7th.
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10:20 a.m. Carbon/Silicon
Apparently Kanye's a fan.

10:10 a.m. Bon Iver
The Blood Bank EP will be released on the 20th. You can pre-order it here.
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Song Of The Day Info - Theresa Andersson
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring Theresa Andersson with the tune "Birds Fly Away" from her album Hummingbirg, Go.
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