The Current Music Blog: March 13, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History, 3-13-09

Posted at 6:47 AM on March 13, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

1939 - Neil Sedaka was born.
1960 - Adam Clayton (U2) was born.
1965 - Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds.
1975 - Tammy Wynette and George Jones divorced.
1998 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed suit against Sound And Media Ltd., alleging that they released a "book-with-CD" about the band without permission.
2002 - Marc Moreland (Wall Of Voodoo guitarist) died.

Music History Highlight: Greg Norton, bassist for Husker Du, turns 50 today. Although Greg has enjoyed some musical activity in recent years with the project Gang Font, his life for the past couple of decades has focused primarily on the restaurant business. Today, I honor him with a Husker Du tune he sang the lead vocal on: "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely."

Update: Well, somedays I'm stupider than others. That's a Grant Hart song, and that's Grant's lead vocal. See, the problem is that all these years I've had the video in my head, and my brain remembers seeing Greg Norton singing that tune. This is what happens when you go on vague memories that have nothing to do with reality, and you don't even bother to fact check. Kill me. Anyway, happy birthday Greg! Hope you got a laugh out of that. And, apologies Grant.

Update II: Lord, I am an idiot. And clearly suffering from False Memory Syndrome.

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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Danforths 03/13/09

Posted at 10:17 AM on March 13, 2009 by Barb Abney

Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Danforths
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring the local band The Danforths with the tune "Oh I'm Tired " from their forthcoming record, Amphibian which will be released on the 24th.
Catch them live this Sunday evening on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
Their CD release show is at The Turf Club on March 21st. They're also playing Eclipse Records on March 28th.
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Live Blogging 03/13/09

Posted at 10:42 AM on March 13, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:35 p.m. Mates Of State
They're playing The Varsity Theater with Black Kids on April 12th.
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1:30 p.m. M. Ward
He's playing First Avenue on April 25th.
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1:25 p.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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1:10 p.m. Local Music - Halloween, Alaska
Their forthcoming record, Champagne Downtown will be released April 7th. The CD release show is at First Avenue on April 10th.
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11:55 a.m. The Faint
They're playing First Avenue with Ladytron on April 2nd.
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11:40 a.m. Local Music - The Honeydogs
Their CD release show for Sunshine Committee is tonight at First Avenue!
The Hopefuls and Caroline Smith and The Goodnight Sleeps will be playing, as well.
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11:25 a.m. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
They're playing The Varsity Theatre April 19th.
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11:10 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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11:05 p.m. Cut Off Your Hands
Apparently, when they were in town earlier this week, Minneapolis made a very good impression with the band.
Check for proof here...

10:50 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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10:45 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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10:35 a.m. A.C. Newman
He's playing The 400 Bar with The Broken West on March 24th.
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10:25 a.m. Glasvegas
They're playing Varsity Theater on April 7th.
They'll be co-headlining the a stage at the Oxegen Festival in Ireland in July.
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10:15 a.m. Hot Chip
Read more about their inclusion on the War Child: Heroes compilation here.
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My 3 Songs 03/13/09

Posted at 12:11 PM on March 13, 2009 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

My 3 Songs 03/13/09
David Bonk from Minneapolis picked this set because..

"These are my three favorite tracks from three of my favorite albums: Remain In Light, Second Edition, and Scary Monsters. All three have a paranoid- schizophrenic dance flavor that I find irresistible!"

Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches"
Public Image LTD - "Swan Lake"
David Bowie - "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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Rock'n'Roll Fantasies Come True

Posted at 7:59 PM on March 13, 2009 by Mark Wheat

A couple of mine did this week. I never thought I'd see one of my fave new 'out there' artists Seasick Steve featured on a big web page like Pollstar.
They're also streaming the new Metric album, which is called 'Fantasies,' hence the play on words! There's an interview with Emily on there too.

And my mate 'Movie Natters' Euan posted this Kutiman edit album that has been making the rounds. This is like the idea of trying to put all your fave bits of songs AND videos together to make something new and wonderful, will it start a trend?!

Happy Warm Weekend!!

Doomtree's Dessa is Dorothy Def!

Posted at 8:55 PM on March 13, 2009 by Mark Wheat

Hear Dessa on Keri Miller performing and talking about her new book.