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New Music Added To The Current This Week!

Posted at 6:15 PM on November 4, 2009 by Melanie Walker (1 Comments)

Hey there! It's Melanie Walker the Music Director here at The Current! Check out the latest new music we'ved added to our playlists each week here on The Current's music blog! You can learn more about the artist or band and listen to more of their music by clicking on their name and you will be linked directly to their website. Enjoy!

Florence And The Machine has a new album out titled Lungsand it is our featured CD of the week! We'll be hearing multiple tracks from the record all week including "Drumming Song", "Kiss With A Fist" and "Rabbit Heart (Rise It Up)". Lungs is in stores now. Florence Welch from South London has been making quite a name for herself in the UK and now in the States as well. Her debut release is a collection of tracks she's had multiple producers and musicians collaborate with her on. According to Welch "The name Florence and the Machine started off as a private joke that got out of hand. I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought "Okay, I'll be Florence Robot is a Machine," before realizing that name was so long it'd drive me mad". Lungs has been nominated for a 2009 Mercury Prize award, which is a very prestigious award in the UK.

Brother Ali "Fresh Air" from his new album Us in stores now. Rapper Brother Ali spent much of his life in the Upper Midwest, living in Madison, WI and Michigan as a young child. This is where he was first introduced to breakdancing, graffiti and rap. Ali eventually settled in northern Minneapolis with his family when he was 15. Ali first started his career in hip hop with a demo tape called Rites of Passage which made it into the hands of the still young Rhymesayers crew. The soon signed the MC and brought him with them to the 2000 Scribble Jam where Ali became a finalist. His 2003 debut, Shadows on the Sun, was produced by Atmosphere's Ant and including a song titled "Forest Whitiker" that spoke of his albinism. Us is Brother Ali's 3rd album.

Fanfarlo "Harold T. Wilkins" from their new album Reservoir in stores now. Up-and-coming indie pop band from London England, Fanfarlo, really developed their reputation through an apperence at the South By Southwest confrence in Austin, TX and word of mouth. They soon began getting quite a buzz online as well. The band is comprised of Simon Balthazer (vocals), Mark West (guitar), Leon Beckenham (trumpet), Cathy Lucas (violin), Justin Finch (bass), and Amos Memon (drums). Reservoir is their debut album!

Felt "Protaganists" from their new album Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez in stores November 17th. Initially started as a joke between friends Murs (from Living Legends) and Slug (from Atmosphere), Felt developed after a discussion came up during a tour about who would have the best chance of getting together with Christina Ricci. That ridiculous idea eventually lead them to dedicating an album to her to hopefully benefit their cause. In 2005, after they realized that their dreams of meeting Ms. Ricci might never come true so Murs and Slug decided to focus their efforts on another celebrity, and A Tribute to Lisa Bonet came out later that year. Felt 3 is their third attempt at winning an actresses heart. Aesop Rock joined the crew to help realize their dream of attracting Ms. Rosie Perez.

Julian Casablancas "11th Dimension" from his new album Phrazes for the Young in stores now. Juliian is best known as the lead singer/songwriter of the Strokes. He spent part of his teens in the Swiss boarding school Instituit Le Rosey, where he met Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr., and in New York's Lycee Français high school, where he met Fabrizio Moretti and Nick Valensi. The band's 2001 debut album Is This It was a huge success. Most of Casablancas' bandmates released albums with other projects or on their own so Casablancas began recording his own solo debut album in 2008 with producer Jason Lader and Bright Eyes' Mike Mogis. Phrazes for the Young is Julian's first solo release.

Massive Attack "Psyche (Flash Treatment)" from their new EP Splitting The Atom in stores now. Massive Attack were among the most innovative and influential groups of their generation acting as the pioneering force behind the rise of trip-hop music. They signiture sound set the pace for much of the dance music to emerge throughout the 1990s, from acclaimed artists such as Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Beth Orton, and Tricky. They began in1983 with the formation of the Wild Bunch, one of the earliest and most successful DJ collectives to arrive on the U.K. electronic music scene. Five studio albums and one EP later, Splitting The Atom is the second EP for Massive Attack to release.

Muse "MK Ultra" from their new album The Resistance in stores now. Muse's is guitarist/vocalist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard. From Teignmouth, Devon, these three British friends began playing music together and began the first incarnation of Muse while only 13 years old. By 1997, they released their self-titled debut EP on Dangerous Records, followed by the Muscle Museum EP in 1998. The group's emotive, passionate sound and live presence drew critical acclaim and industry buzz, and Muse signed a deal with Maverick Records after a trip to New York's CMJ festival. Since then, Muse have won 25 major music awards including two Brit Awards, six NME Awards, four Kerrang! Awards and five Q Awards. The Resistance is their fifth studio album.

Solid Gold "Matter Of Time" a new single by the band available through Green Label Sound for free. Minneapolis' Solid Gold is Zach Coulter, Matthew Locher and Adam Hurlburt. Founding members Zach and Matthew met in at the University of Wisconsin. Soon guitarist Adam Hurlburt was brought in that the trio quickly started crafting their signature sound. Their live show became complete with the addition guitarist Shon Troth and drummer "Sticks." Matter of Time is Solid Gold's first release since their incredibly successful debut album, Bodies of Water.

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:D brother ali

Posted by Jes | November 5, 2009 11:48 AM

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