The Current Music Blog: March 10, 2009 Archive

Song Of The Day Info - Benjy Feree 03/10/09

Posted at 10:10 AM on March 10, 2009 by Barb Abney

Song Of The Day Info - Benjy Feree
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Benjy Feree with the tune " Fear " from the recently released record, Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee.
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Live Blogging 03/10/09

Posted at 10:28 AM on March 10, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:55 p.m. Depeche Mode
Their 12th studio album is Sounds Of The Universe it will be released April 21st.
They will begin their Tour Of The Universe in May.
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1:45 p.m. Animal Collective
They're plaing First Avenue on May 20th.
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1:30 p.m. Morrissey
We'll be reviewing his latest, Years Of Refusal tonight on Musicheads.
He's playing State Theater on April 6th.
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12:50 p.m. A.C. Newman
He's playing The 400 Bar with The Broken West on March 24th.
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12:45 p.m. Neko Case - CD Of The Week
Middle Cyclone is our CD Of The Week.
She's playing State Theater with Crooked Fingers on April 26th.
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12:40 p.m. Local Music - Private Dancer
You can order their debut, Trouble Eyes here.
They're playing The Hexagon Bar with Gospel Gossip on April 3rd.
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12:05 a.m. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
The release date for their debut album, Fruit has been pushed back until May. However, they have released The Sun Ain't Shining No More EP and you can get it through iTunes NOW!!
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11:50 a.m. Andrew Lipke
You may remember his name from our Music Exchange with WXPN in Philadelphia last summer.
His recently released new record is called Motherpearl and Dynamite.
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11:45 a.m. Metric
Their forthcoming record, Fantasies will hit shelves on April 14th. However, you can pre-order it along with some extra goodies here.
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11:30 a.m. Cold War Kids
They're playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium with Death Cab For Cutie and Ra Ra Riot on April 15th.
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11:20 a.m. Manchester Orchestra
They're playing Station 4 on May 9th.
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11:15 a.m. Doves
Kingdom of Rust will hit the shelves on April 7th.
They're playing at The Varsity on May 28th.
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11:05 a.m. The Kooks
Read more about their inclusion on the War Child: Heroes compilation here.
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10:50 a.m. Bell X1
They just released their fourth record, Blue Lights On The Runway last week.
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10:40 a.m. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
They're playing The Varsity Theatre April 19th.
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10:30 a.m. Gomez
They will release A New Tide on March 31st. But if you pre-order a copy here you can get it autographed!
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10:20 a.m. Local Music - Solid Gold
They're playing Are You Local? - The SXSW Send-Off Showcase at
First Avenue Saturday night along with Jeremy Messersmith, Sims (of Doomtree), Gospel Gossip, Idle Hands, First Communion Afterparty, Bella Koshka and others.
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10:15 a.m. Andrew Bird
He's playing State Theater on April 11th.
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10:10 a.m. - The Kills
They will release their Black Balloon EP on April 14th.
They're playing First Avenue on May 11th.
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My 3 Songs 03/10/09

Posted at 12:15 PM on March 10, 2009 by Barb Abney

My 3 Songs 03/10/09
There McCarten from Minneapolis picked this set because..

"Like many of MPR's forty-something listeners, I had heard little rap or hip hop before the Current went on air. My only exposure to the genre had been from television, and I didn't particularly care for what I heard there. The Current introduced me to a whole new world of quality music that I would have never discovered otherwise! Here, then, is my "Hip Hop For People Who Hate Hip Hop" M3S submission."

"Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" - Us3
"Give The Drummer Some" - Nickodemus
"Hole In The Bucket" - Spearhead

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

Today In Music History 3-10-09

Posted at 12:21 PM on March 10, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

1963 - Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) was born.
1966 - Edie Brickell was born.
1971 - Timothy Z. Mosley (Timbaland) was born.
1984 - Van Halen's "Jump" was #1.
1988 - Andy Gibb died.
2000 - Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders singer) was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against Gap.

Today's music history highlight: It was on this date in 1967 that The Monkees held the No.1 position on the US album chart with 'More Of The Monkees.' This inspired me to play some Monkees, for several reasons: first, to continue to wish Peter Tork well, as he announced last week that he's come down with a rare form of cancer (although he says his prognosis is good), second, because this particular Monkees album was the first 12" piece of vinyl I ever owned as a wee lad; and finally, because I shall make it my mission to get the Prefab Four the continued props they deserve and rarely fully get. Let's get them in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!

Track played: The Monkees, "Not Your Stepping Stone"

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Real Men Listen To ... Van Halen's "Fair Warning"?

Posted at 12:45 PM on March 10, 2009 by Steve Seel (5 Comments)

Y'know, I really try to stay positive around here, and especially in these posts - since our esteemed Web Editor can't stand it when I seem to be inciting the haytuhs without cause, and I have to say I agree with his feelings on the subject. Still, it's hard to resist mocking such things as Esquire Magazine's "75 Albums Every Man Should Own." I mean, the responses nearly write themselves. If I don't complete my collection with these picks, is my masculinity suspect? Is the goal of such lists to create real men by way of exposure to the supposed good stuff, or to create posers with a shelf-full of "hipness trophies"? Would a list of essential women's picks feature Joni Mitchell and Sarah McLachlan, or is that too obvious? You see the problems here?

But really, I just like imagining the meetings where the Esquire editors sat around and debated the merits of The Clash's Combat Rock over London Calling, yet felt that something as un-mainstream as Luna's Penthouse needed to be included. I see I scored with Ray Charles' Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music and Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom (?), but you'll have to dock me points with Vic Chesnutt's Left To His Own Devices and Bill Callahan's Woke On a Whaleheart. Oh well.

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