The Current Music Blog: July 17, 2009 Archive

Adult ADD kills blogs...

Posted at 11:19 AM on July 17, 2009 by Barb Abney (0 Comments)

Sorry these didn't get posted yesterday, folks. I had a case of insomnia Wednesday night that left me kind of foggy and very unfocused yesterday.

Song Of The Day 7/16
The Toronto band The Rural Alberta Advantage released their debut album Hometowns last week. You can grab the tune "Don't Haunt This Place" for free on our Song Of The Day Podacst!

If you're a new subscriber, you'll also receive new music from Magic Wands, Middle Class Rut and Amazing Baby, as well as today's Song Of The Day.

More from The Rural Alberta Advantage...

My 3 Songs 7/16
Willie Burns from Bloomington picked yesterday's My 3 Songs set because...

"Song one is by my favorite artist of all time, song two is my absolute favorite song right now, and song three is the ULTIMATE friday night song.."

G. Love and Special Sauce - "Blues Music"
Manchester Orchestra - "I've Got Friends"
The Fratellis - "Chelsea Dagger"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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Today In Music History: Happy Birthday Lou Barlow

Posted at 7:19 AM on July 17, 2009 by Steve Seel (0 Comments)

Birthdays:

Geezer Butler (bass, Black Sabbath) is 60.
David Hasselhoff, actually considered to be a singer and musician by a bunch of people in Germany in Austria, is 57.

1948 - Ron Asheton (guitar, Iggy Pop And The Stooges), was born. Asheton died in Janurary of this year, just as The Stooges were enjoying a comeback. He was 60.
1959 - Billie Holiday died in a New York City hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse, aged 43. (Police officers were stationed at the door to her hospital room, as she was under arrest for heroin possession at the time).
1965 - "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" by James Brown was released. It sold more than two million copies. (Also on this day in 1991, Brown was honored by his native state of Georgia for his comeback following a two-year prison term).
1968 - The Beatles animated movie Yellow Submarine premiered at The London Pavilion. The Beatles made a cameo appearance in the film but didn't supply their own voices for the characters.
1987, The Ozzy Osbourne Band started a 16-week tour of US prisons.
2004, Half of the 4,500 people in the audience walked out of Linda Ronstadt's show at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas after the singer dedicated an encore of "Desperado" to filmmaker Michael Moore and urged the crowd to see his film Fahrenheit 9/11.

Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion solo) is 43 today. Lou's solo work often gets overshadowed by his Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh contributions, so we played something from his CD Emoh today, "Caterpillar Girl."

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Everything Is Wonderful In The World of Magic

Posted at 10:46 AM on July 17, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

Ah, nothing like quoting Doug Henning every now and then. Anyway, since this week saw the premiere of Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, we've got magic on our minds today, so all things magical was the topic for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. Hoo boy ... happy Friday.

1) The Flaming Lips, "The W.A.N.D"
2) Pilot, "It's Magic"
3) The Kills, "Last Day of Magic"
4) Focus, "Hocus Pocus"

That's right, "Hocus Pocus." C'mon! You know you love it. Besides, Doug Henning himself looks like he could have been in this band.

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Random Vinyl 7/13-7/17

Posted at 1:16 PM on July 17, 2009 by Jill Riley (0 Comments)
Filed under: Random Vinyl

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Monday: Pink Floyd, "A Nice Pair" (1973)
A re-issue of two albums, "Piper At The Gates of Dawn" and "A Saucerful of Secrets." Since this was released just after "Dark Side of the Moon", fans were able to go back and get a taste of what Pink Floyd sounded like when Syd Barrett was apart of the band. We played "Lucifer Sam."

Tuesday: Various Artists, "Stars of the Apollo Theatre" (Columbia KG 30788)
This album pays tribute to some of the great performers of the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. It contains some rare and unreleased material as well. We chose to play a Bessie Smith recording from 1933, "Gimme A Pigfoot."

Wednesday: The Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers" (1971)
Famous for the Andy Warhol designed cover, the real working zipper on the jeans might come to mind. "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" are the big hits from this album. We went with the ballad, "Moonlight Mile."

Thursday: The Mothers of Invention, "Just Another Band From L.A." (1972)
A live album recorded at the campus of UCLA in 1971. Frank Zappa, Flo & Eddie (The Turtles), need we say more? Playing 24 minutes of "Billy The Mountain" seemed a bit much, so we went with, "Eddie, Are you Kidding?" It's a nice jab at consumerism.

Friday: Luxuria, "Unanswerable Lust" (1988)
Howard DeVoto, original lead singer for The Buzzcocks (and later for the band Magazine) put together this new wavey-project in 1988 with multi-instrumentalist Noko (Norman Fisher-Jones). It ended up being a one-off, and truthfully, the record isn't all that great - except for the lead track and single, "Redneck," which is quite awesome in Steve's opinion.

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Grab yourself a free tune with no name..

Posted at 1:24 PM on July 17, 2009 by Barb Abney (0 Comments)

Earlier this week Double Bird stopped by the studio in advance of their appearance on The Local Show with David Campbell. While they were here they recorded a couple of tunes, one of which is our featured track on today's Song Of The Day podcast. You can grab the untitled tune for free!

If you're a new subscriber, you'll also receive new music Magic Wands, MC Rut, Amazing Baby and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Next week we'll be featuring new music from Fiery Furnaces, Eugene McGuinness, Moby, Other Lives and local music from Eyedea and Abilites.

Double Bird will be playing 501 Club on August 1st along with Unknown Prophets.
Catch Double Bird this Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. on The Local Show with David Campbell.

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3 "epic" songs...

Posted at 4:43 PM on July 17, 2009 by Barb Abney (0 Comments)
Filed under: My Three Songs

Jennie Berndt from Woodburry picked today's My 3 Songs set because...

"These songs are some of the most "epic" songs ever made. They're masterpieces that make you feel bigger than you are and take you somewhere incredible when you listen to them."

David Bowie - "Life On Mars"
The Beatles - "A Day In The Life"
Prince - "Purple Rain"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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