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New Music Added To The Current This Week!

Posted at 10:05 PM on November 18, 2009 by Melanie Walker

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!

Them Crooked Vultures has a new self titled album out and it is our featured CD of the week! We'll be hearing multiple tracks from the record all week including "Mind Eraser No Chaser", "New Fang" and "No One Loves Me and Neither Do I". Them Crooked Vultures is in stores now. Supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures, features Queens of the Stone Age's guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme, Nirvana/Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on drums, and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass. The band also features Alain Johannes (Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age) as a live rhythm guitarist. The trio first discussed working together in 2005, but not much more was heard of the project until summer 2009, when Them Crooked Vultures announced that they had been recording an album in Los Angeles.

Los Campesinos "There Are Listed Buildings" from their new EP There Are Listed Buildings EP in stores now. Formed in 2006 in Cardiff, Wales, seven-piece group Los Campesinos! (roughly translating to "the Peasants") includes Aleksandra (keyboard, horn), Ellen (bass), Gareth (glockenspiel), Harriet (violin, keyboard), Neil (guitar), Ollie (drums), and Tom (guitar), with all members sharing vocals and the last name of Campesinos! They had their first show in May 2006 and by the following August opened for Broken Social Scene. They soon signed later that year to U.K. label Wichita, which released their first single in early 2007. A few months later they were added to the roster of Canadian label Arts & Crafts.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings "I'm Not Gonna Cry" from their new album Daptone Gold in stores now. The Dap Kings are a funk and soul band that serves as the house band for Daptone records. They are credited as being spearheads of a revivalist movement that captures the essence of funk and soul music of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. This is acheived mainly by shuning modern digital recording methods and instead using traditional analogue recording equipment. The Dap Kings started as the Soul Providers in the mid nineties. The Soul Providers began recording James Brown inspired instrumentals and vocal collaborations with Deep Funk legend Lee Fields. It was during these sessions that they discovered Sharon Jones after she recorded backing vocals for one of the tracks. They were impressed enough that she became the perminent lead vocalist for the band. Daptone Gold is a collection of B sides and rarities from the Daptone Records collection.

The Cribs "We Share the Same Skies" from their new album Ignore the Ignorant in stores now. The Cribs are an indie rock band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire in the UK. The band consist of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. The former guitarist for The Smiths, Johnny Marr, recently joined the band in 2008. Ignore the Ignorant is their 4th album.

The Pines "Heart And Bones" from his their album Tremolo in stores now. The Pines David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey originally moved to the twin cities from Arizona. They recorded their new album, Tremolo on Red House Records, in only two days. But, you would never guess that it was a rushed job. This is their best work to date getting rave reviews locally as well as nationally in the alt-country world.

Weezer "I'm Your Daddy" from their new album Raditude in stores now. Weezer hails from Los Angeles and was formed in 1992. Initially, the band consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar), Patrick Wilson (drums, guitar, backing vocals), Matt Sharp (bass, backing vocals), and Jason Cropper (rhythm guitar, backing vocals). Cropper was eventually replaced by Brian Bell, while Matt Sharp was replaced by Mikey Welsh who was later replaced with Scott Shriner. Their first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar. Their debut album was recorded in 1994 with producer Ric Ocasek at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. Their success all began with their first single "Undone - The Sweater Song". The music video was directed by Spike Jonze and the song became a huge hit. 15 years later Weezer has released six albums, five EPs, and a DVD becoming one of the most popular alternative rock bands of the last two decafdes. Raditude is their 7th album.

Wild Beasts "All the King's Men" from their new album Two Dancers in stores now. Formed initally in Kendall England as a duo called Fauve by Hayden Thorpe (guitar, vocals) and Ben Little (guitar) in 2002, they eventually were joined by drummer Chris Talbot in 2004 and changed their name to Wild Beasts. Tom Flemming was recruited as Wild Beasts' bassist and the band relocated to Leeds, where they quickly earned a dedicated local following. Two Dancers is their second full length release.

Wolfmother "Sundial" from their new album Cosmic Egg in stores now. Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band that formed in Erskineville, Sydney in 2000. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett, the band has released one studio album (2005), which reached number three on the Australian Charts. The album also won the 2005 J Award and 2006 ARIA Awards for Best Breakthrough Album and Best Rock Album. They even gained critical acclaim in the USA with a single from the album titled "Woman" which won the band their first Grammy Award, for Best Hard Rock Performance, in 2007. But that didn't mean everything was going well for the band. Co-founding members Ross and Heskett left the band due to "irreconcilable personal and musical differences,". After a brief hiatus, Stockdale returned with new musicians: bassist and keyboardist Ian Peres, guitarist Aidan Nemeth and drummer Dave Atkins.

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