The Current Music Blog: March 16, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History, 3-16-09

Posted at 6:45 AM on March 16, 2009 by Steve Seel

1954 - Nancy Wilson (vocals, Heart) was born.
1970 - Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumour after collapsing into Marvin Gaye's arms onstage during a duet of 'That's All You Need To Get By'.
1972 - Andrew Dunlop (guitar, Travis) was born.
1977 - After being with the label for just six days, The Sex Pistols were fired from A&M due to pressure from other label artists and its Los Angeles head office.
1992 - During a Metallica gig at Orlando Arena, fans dangled an usher by his ankles from the balcony as trouble broke out at the concert.

Music History Highlight: Flavor Flav (William Jonathan Drayton Jr.) was born. Flavor Flav came to prominence as the trebly-tenor counterpoint to Chuck D's booming baritone in the group Public Enemy. Known for his antics and onstage costumes, including oversize clocks worn around his neck, he began a "second career" of sorts as a reality television star, beginning with the show The Surreal Life.

We honor Flav's unmistakable voice today with a favorite Public Enemy track, "911 Is A Joke."

Song Of The Day Info - Ida Maria 03/16/09

Posted at 9:53 AM on March 16, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Song Of The Day Info - Ida Maria 03/16/09
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring a Maria with the tune "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" from her debut album Fortress Round My Heart.
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Live Blogging 03/16/09

Posted at 10:19 AM on March 16, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:45 p.m. Lily Allen
She's playing First Avenue on April 11th.
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1:30 p.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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1:15 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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1:00 p.m. the Thermals
They're playing The Triple Rock Social Club on April 26th.
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12:40 p.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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12:35 p.m. Silversun Pickups
SWOON will hit the shelves on April 14th.
Pre-order it now for an extra single.
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12:30 p.m. Local Music - The Idle Hands
They're playing Cash Moneyapolis at SxSW

11:30 a.m. Local Music - Dance Band
They're playing The Cedar with Occidental Brothers Friday night.
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11:05 a.m. Glasvegas
They're playing Varsity Theater on April 7th.
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10:45 a.m. Animal Collective
They're plaing First Avenue on May 20th.
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10:25 a.m. Tegan & Sara
Win some Tegan & Sara inspired shoes!!

10:20 a.m. Lady Sovereign
Her sophomore release, Jigsaw will come out on April 7th. She's playing The Fine Line Music Cafe on May 16th.
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10:15 a.m. M. Ward
He's playing First Avenue on April 25th.
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My 3 Songs 03/16/09

Posted at 12:02 PM on March 16, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

My 3 Songs 03/16/09
Max Timander from Minneapolis picked this set because..

"I didn't get to hear my three songs last time I requested so this time I wanted new songs."

The BPA (with David Byrne and Dizzie Rascal) - "Toe Jam"
Coldplay - "Speed Of Sound"
Franz Ferdinand - "Twilight Omens"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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The Latino/Morrissey Phenomenon

Posted at 1:01 PM on March 16, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

This morning, our Program Director Jim McGuinn joined me to talk about our CD of the Week, Morrissey's Years of Refusal. In the course of the discussion, Jim brought up the incredible following Morrissey has in the Latino community - East L.A. was Jim's specific example - which I was not at all aware of (after talking about it, Michael B. e-mailed to point out that Chuck Klosterman has written about this at length, apparently). Jim even mentioned the Morrissey tribute band, The Sweet and Tender Hooligans, who are huge in the East L.A. scene. Again, I had no idea of this.

Well, even if you don't speak a word of Spanish, one look at this video will make it abundantly clear how real this phenomenon is.

As always, support The Current online and this week we'll send you a copy of Morrissey's Years of Refusal.

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We are getting ready for SXSW...

Posted at 4:50 PM on March 16, 2009 by Melanie Walker (1 Comments)

Ok, so it's Monday afternoon, and it's starting to sink in... WE'RE HEADING TO SXSW!! AND IT'S GONNA BE 80 DEGREES!

Seriously, it's Melanie and Jim here... we're figuring out all the technology we need to bring you back the sights and sounds from the biggest music conference in the world. With over 1800 artists set to perform, we're only gonna be able to scratch the surface, but we'll try to bring you back some stories and songs that will probably fuel our universe for the next year.

If you guys have any recommendations for us to check out in Austin, let us know - last year the two of us saw over 90 bands - we're going to try catch as much music as we can this week starting Wed night (after obligatory Welcome to Texas bar-b-q and Shiner Bocks!).

Keep checking back - we're gonna have some more technologies up and running so you can be there... we think we've got the sights and sounds, we're working on smells. Maybe that's not till the Web 2.1 nosetwitterbook app is invented...

Jim and Melanie - soon to be at SXSW

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