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Live On Air Blogging 04/10/07

Posted at 9:05 AM on April 10, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

11:55 a.m. Ted Leo
Did an in-studio back in 2005.
Writes some hysterical material on the official website.
Is playing First Avenue later this month with Love of Diagrams.

11:40 a.m. Matt and Kim
They are getting quite a bit of attention these days. Learn all about them from this interview.

11:25 a.m. Brother Ali
The Undisputed Truth is officially availalble now! You can order it online.
The Undisputed Truth is also the Current's CD Of The Week.
If you like to plan ahead, mark your calender for the June 8th show at First Avenue. In the meantime, listen to his SxSW performance or an in-studio from December, 2005.

11:10 a.m. Cloud Cult
Played an in-studio for us a couple of weeks ago.
"Chemicals Collide" video.
More info on their Myspace page.

10:55 a.m. The Last Town Chorus
Have upcoming dates with Dean & Britta and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. They'll be coming to The Cedar with Michael Penn next month. More dates/info on their Myspace page.

10:35 a.m. Badly Drawn Boy
Played a very intimate show for us at The Fitz last month.

10:30 a.m. The legendary Jim Ruiz Group
Have a live date next month!

10:25 a.m. (as promised) Michael Franti Links
See live shows here.
Watch "Franti-V" here.

10:20 a.m. Antibalas
Antibalas are coming to First Avenue on April 24th. They played our SxSW showcase.

10:15 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Au Revoir Simone
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Au Revoir Simone with the tune "Fallen Snow". It's from the album The Bird Of Music. Here's a nice write up from The Tripwire. Here in the Twin Cities we'll have a couple of chances to see these gals live. They'll be in town with Peter, Bjorn & John and Fujiya and Miyagi next month. They'll return in June with Voxtrot. More info on their official site and/or their Myspace page.

10:00 a.m. Small Sins
Will be playing at Fine Line Music Cafe next month with Sloan.

9:50 a.m. The Alarmists & Voltage: Fashion Amplified
The Alarmists have been our in-studio guests before. Tomorrow they'll be playing Voltage: Fashion Amplified with The Plastic Constellations, Black Blondie, The Mood Swings, Dance Band and others at First Avenue.

9:45 a.m. The Shins
Have you heard their Van Halen cover? They played "Hot For Teacher" when they played an in-studio two years ago.

9:40 a.m. Owen
Owen was here for an in-studio last week.

9:35 a.m. XO As A Book
Read This 33 1/3 Blog Entry.

9:20 a.m. The Stills
Yep, they've been here.

9:15 am Gruff Rhys
His second solo album 'Candylion' was recently released. Learn to build a Candylion on his Myspace page.
SFA Q&A on MPR.

9:10 a.m. In-Studio Mania
Wow, each artist I have played so far this morning have been guests in our studio!
Alexi Murdoch in-studio.
Sia in-studio.
Josh Rouse in-studio.
Kevin Devine's in studio.

Comments (2)

so awesome that there will be a 33 1/3 book for XO. CRAZY that we have to wait until 2009. HOLY MOLY. thanks for posting this link, barb. i had no idea that there was a schedule out there for the release of the books.

christy
atlanta, ga

Posted by Christy | April 11, 2007 8:03 AM

No problem, Christy. Glad to have turned you on to something cool. I actually just stumbled upon this site last year and I am fascinated by it!

Posted by Barb Abney | April 11, 2007 12:12 PM

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