The Current Music Blog: January 19, 2009 Archive

OK, Some of These Are Teh Awesome

Posted at 7:29 AM on January 19, 2009 by Steve Seel

After I lamented the sheer jump-the-sharkness of the Obama "Hope" poster tributes/mashups/etc. last week, Paste Magazine is now presenting a couple of collections of the better ones that people have made utilizing their "Obamicon Me" application. All the ones included in these collections are indeed pretty good. Here's the first ten, and the followup 40.

The Stream 1/19/09

Posted at 7:54 AM on January 19, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

The Washington Post's and the New York Times' photo slideshows on yesterday's pre-innauguration party at the Lincoln Memorial feature some pretty awesome shots of some of the musical performances.

Boy George gets 15 monts in jail; late-night comedy writers around the world recognize the event as a gift from heaven.

The Edge, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois have some wine and burst into song.

This Day in Music History:

2006, Wilson Pickett died of at age 64.
1998, Carl Perkins died aged 64.
1993, Fleetwood Mac re-formed to perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration.
1980, 'Brass In Pocket' gave The Pretenders their first UK No.1 single.
1967, The Monkees were at #1 on the UK singles chart for "I'm A Believer"
1967, The Beatles began recording 'A Day in the Life' at Abbey Road studio's London, recording four takes of the new song.
1951, Dewey Bunell, (America) was born.
1949, Robert Palmer was born.
1946, Dolly Parton was born.
1943, Janis Joplin was born.

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Live Blogging 01/19/09

Posted at 9:32 AM on January 19, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:45 p.m. Adele
She's playing The Fitzgerald Theater tomorrow night.
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1:30 p.m. School Of Seven Bells
They're playing The Entry on February 11th with Fujiya & Miyagi.
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1:15 p.m. Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion Will be released on CD tomorrow.
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12:50 p.m. The Bird And The Bee
Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future will be released January 27th.
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12:45 p.m. Lily Allen
It's Not Me, It's You will hit the shelves on February 10th.
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12:40 p.m. Los Campesinos!
You can still grab the tune "Ways to Make It Through the Wall" from the new album We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed on our Song Of The Day podcast page.
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12:30 p.m. Nine Inch Nails
Read more about the free concert footage.

My 3 Songs 01/19/09
Eric from Chicago picked this set because.. "These three songs are better known in their cover versions than their originals."

Bjork's take on Betty Hutton's "It's Oh So Quiet"
They Might Be Giants' cover of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" as originally performed by The Four Lads
Carl Perkins with the original "Blue Suede Shoes" as made famous by Elvis Presley

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11:55 a.m. Local Music - Jeremy Messersmith
He's playing Rock The Cradle Sunday!
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11:20 a.m. Kanye West
He's really digging the new Decemberists and Feist/Ben Gibbard tunes and he posted links on his blog.

10:50 a.m. Andrew Bird
Noble Beast hits the shelves tomorrow!
He's playing State Theater on April 11th.
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10:40 a.m. Glasvegas
They're playing Varsity Theater on April 7th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Loney Dear
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring Loney Dear with the tune "Airport Surroundings" from the new album Dear John which will be released next Tuesday.
He'll be supporting Andrew Bird on tour beginning next week.
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