The Current Music Blog: March 17, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History, 3-17-09

Posted at 7:00 AM on March 17, 2009 by Steve Seel

1919 - Nat King Cole was born.
1951 - Scott Gorham (guitar, Thin Lizzy) was born.
1957 - Elvis Presley bought the Graceland mansion.
1962 - Clare Grogan (vocals, Altered Images) was born.
1967 - Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) was born.
1968 - The Bee Gees made their US television debut on the Ed Sullivan show.
1972 - Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole) was born.
1975 - Justin Hawkins (vocals, The Darkness) was born.
2002 - The Soundtrack album O Brother, Where Art Thou? started a two week run at No.1 on the US album chart.

Music History Highlight - It was on this day in 1965 that not one, but two members of The Flaming Lips were born: vocalist Wayne Coyne and bassist Michael Ivins. To commemorate the day, I played one of the less-often heard tracks (but one of my favorite Lips tunes) from The Soft Bulletin: "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate."

Song Of The Day Info - The Vines 03/17/09

Posted at 10:10 AM on March 17, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Song Of The Day Info - The Vines 03/17/09
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Vines with the tune "Get Out" from their fourth record, Melodia which will be released domestically next Tuesday. You can pre-order it here.
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Live Blogging 03/17/09

Posted at 10:26 AM on March 17, 2009 by Barb Abney

1:50 p.m. The Decemberists
The Hazards of Love will be released on March 24th. They'll be performing the album in full at SxSW at Stubbs tomorrow.
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1:20 p.m. A.C. Newman
He's playing The 400 Bar with The Broken West on March 24th.
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1:10 p.m. Silversun Pickups
SWOON will hit the shelves on April 14th.
Pre-order it now for an extra single.
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12:55 p.m. Stone Roses
Please, please, please let this really happen!

12:45 p.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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12:30 p.m. CD Of The Week - Morrissey
Years Of Refusal is our CD Of The Week.
He's playing State Theater on April 6th.
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11:55 a.m. Pete Yorn
Back And Forth will be released on June 23rd. It was produced by Mike Mogis and Frank Black!
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11:45 a.m. Lily Allen
She's playing First Avenue on April 11th.
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11:30 a.m. PJ Harvey and John Parish
Their sophomore project together, A Woman A Man Walked By will be released on March 31st.
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11:20 a.m. Local Music - Solid Gold
They're playing TONS of shows while at SxSW including the Fader Party and Cash Moneyapolis on Friday.
Their next local gig is April 3rd at Turf Club.
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11:10 a.m. M. Ward
He's playing First Avenue on April 25th.
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10:50 a.m. O+S (oh plus s)
This is the new project from Orenda Fink, Cedric LeMoyne and Michael Patterson.
Follow them on Twitter .
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10:40 a.m. Wilco
Their live concert DVD Ashes of American Flags will be released on April 18th. You can pre-order it here.
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10:25 a.m. Youth Group
Today is your last chance to 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.
Follow them on Twitter.
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10:15 a.m. The Faces
I haven't seen any new updates since this.. but I'm still optimistic!

10:10 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
They'll be playing Soundset '09 along with MF Doom, Brother Ali, Sage Francis, P.O.S., El P, Eyedea & Abilities, I Self Devine and others. It's on Sunday, May 24th at Canterbury Park in Shakopee. Tickets go on sale to the general public later this week (Saturday) but you can get pre-sale tickets at Fifth Element.
Atmosphere's God Loves Ugly tour kicks off in just over three weeks.
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My 3 Songs 03/17/09

Posted at 12:39 PM on March 17, 2009 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

My 3 Songs 03/17/09
AJ Schumacher from St. Paul picked this set because..

"Part of my ongoing effort to prove that the world's best pop songs are written about women named Valerie."

Material Issue - "Valerie Loves Me"
The Zutons - "Valerie"
Steve Winwood - "Valerie"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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The 9:30 Coffee Break - St. Patrick's Day Edition

Posted at 1:28 PM on March 17, 2009 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)

Being that St. Paddy's day is, after all, an American holiday, I thought it'd be fun to solicit requests for American bands featuring Irish ex-pats today. It seems a lot of folks were thinking along the same lines in their ideas.

1) Flogging Molly, "Screaming At the Wailing Wall"
2) Romantica, "Drink the Night Away"
3) Dropkick Murphys, "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"

What's cool is that so many folks requested local faves Romantica, who's frontman is Irish ex-pat Ben Kyle. Plus, it was also correctly noted by some that the local band Valet features the Ben's brother Robin Kyle as lead singer and lyricist.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! Tomorrow: hangover songs ...

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