The Current Music Blog: March 12, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History 3-12-09

Posted at 6:04 AM on March 12, 2009 by Steve Seel

1946 - Liza Minnelli was born.
1948 - James Taylor was born.
1955 - Charlie Parker died of a heart attack at the age of 34.
1969 - Graham Coxon was born.
1974 - John Lennon made the headlines after a drinking binge with Harry Nilsson where he insulted the Smothers Brothers and punched their manager.
1977 - The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club resulting in the decision to cancel the Pistols' contract and production of "God Save The Queen."
1979 - Pete Doherty was born.
1983 - U2's War was the #1 album.
2001 - Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" was voted the Song Of The Century by the RIAA.

Today's Music History Highlight: On this day in 1917, Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, was born. Chess Records was home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed among others. Chess died of a heart attack on October 16th 1969, aged 52. It's hard (if not impossible) to pick just one artist to represent the entire Chess catalog, but Muddy Waters was my choice today, with a tune that Led Zeppelin aped to great effect some years later: "You Need Love."

Song Of The Day Info - N.A.S.A. with Tom Waits and Cool Keith 03/12/09

Posted at 9:45 AM on March 12, 2009 by Barb Abney

Song Of The Day Info - N.A.S.A. 03/12/09
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring N.A.S.A. (that's Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon as North America South America) with help from Tom Waits and Cool Keith on the tune "Spacious Thoughts" from their their debut album The Spirit of Apollo.
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Live Blogging 03/12/09

Posted at 10:39 AM on March 12, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:25 p.m. M. Ward
He's playing First Avenue on April 25th.
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1:20 p.m. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Their forthcoming record, It's Blitz! and will be released on April 14th.
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1:15 p.m. Bloc Party
They're playing First Avenue on March 30th.
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1:10 p.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, Idle Hands , Sims (of Doomtree), Gospel Gossip, First Communion Afterparty, Bella Koshka and others.
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12:50 p.m. Kinky
You can still grab the tune "Those Girls" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page. It's from their latest, Barracuda.
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12:30 p.m. The National
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Dark Was The Night - Live at Radio City Music Hall on May 3rd.
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12:05 p.m. Lily Allen
She's playing First Avenue on April 11th.
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11:35 a.m. Youth Group
You can still grab the tune "All This Will Pass" for free on our Song Of The Day Podcast page. Their fourth studio album, The Night Is Ours will be released domestically on April 7th.
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11:30 a.m. Andrew Bird
My question, does the song "Oh No" remind you of this.....?

He's playing State Theater on April 11th.
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11:20 a.m. Pete Doherty
The former Libertines and Babyshambles frontman is releasing his solo debut record, Grace/Wastelands stateside on March 24th.
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11:15 a.m. Local Music - Jeremy Messersmith
He's playing Are You Local? - The SXSW Send-Off Showcase at First Avenue Saturday night along with Solid Gold, Idle Hands , Sims (of Doomtree), Gospel Gossip, First Communion Afterparty, Bella Koshka and others.
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11:10 a.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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11:00 a.m. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
They're playing several big festivals this summer and TONS of shows at SxSW this year!
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10:40 a.m. Sam Roberts
We reviewed his latest, Love At The End Of The World this week on Musicheads.
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10:25 a.m. Death Cab For Cutie
They're playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium with Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot on April 15th.
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10:20 a.m. Manchester Orchestra
They're playing Station 4 on May 9th.
Mean Everything To Nothing will be released on April 21st.
You can pre-order it here.
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My 3 Songs 03/12/09

Posted at 12:31 PM on March 12, 2009 by Barb Abney

My 3 Songs 03/12/09
Catherine Lussenhop, a Minneapolis native attending school in New York picked this set because..

"I'm from Minneapolis, but I go to school in New York, so I miss Minneapolis all the time. I listen to these songs to cheer me up and remind me of The Current and my favorite city."

Mouthful of Bees - "The Now"
The Shins - "Australia"
Animal Collective - "Derek"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.