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Live On Air Blogging 04/13/07

Posted at 9:01 AM on April 13, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Noon-ish: Tunes On The Telly Tonight
The Shins on Leno
Joseph Arthur on Conan
Cold War Kids on Craig Ferguson
Peaches on Henry Rollins (Marilyn Manson will also be a guest but won't be performing)

11:55 a.m. RJD2
Will be playing First Avenue on the 21st along with Happy Chichester. He played our SxSW showcase last month.

11:35 a.m. Flaming Lips
Pitchfork has the scoop on their forthcoming DVD. Have you heard the chit chat between Mary Lucia and Wayne Coyne at last year's State Fair? Listen here.

11:30 a.m. Local Music - Mandragora Tango Orchestra
Have an East Coast tour coming up soon.

11:15 a.m. Bjork
Her new album Volta will be in stores in May. Dates in the states beyond Coachella and info on her upcoming SNL performance on her official site.

11:00 a.m. Afghan Whigs
Their greatest hits collection titled Unbreakable will be released on May 15th. You can pre-order it here.

10:55 a.m. Local Music - Brother Ali
The Undisputed Truth is the Current's CD Of The Week. Listen to his SxSW performance or an in-studio from December, 2005. The CD release show is June 8th at First Avenue.

10:40 a.m. White Rabbits
Their new disk Fort Nightly will be in stores on May, 22nd. They'll be playing The 400 Bar with Richard Swift. They also have upcoming dates with Mystery Jets and The Cribs. Learn more on their official site or their Myspace page.

10:30 a.m. Joan Armatrading
Will be in town in June at The O'Shaugnessy

10:20 a.m. Local Music - Omaur Bliss
Has some upcoming shows.

10:05 am Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Missing Numbers
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring local music from Missing Numbers, with "False History" from their album, More Salt?. Hear from them again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts. Their official CD Release will be april 21st with Rank Strangers, Faux Jean, and the Slats at St Paul's Turf Club. Learn more about her on them on their official site.

9:45 a.m. Modest Mouse
They are playing next Friday and Saturday at The Orpheum. More tour dates and an interesting contest on their official site.

9:30 a.m. Local Music - Captain Yonder
They'll be releasing their new album Good-Bye, Woland! on May 1st. More info and upcoming tour dates on their official site.

9:20 a.m. Brandi Carlisle
She stopped by for an in-studio in December, 2005.

9:15 a.m. Joseph Arthur
Will be releasing Let’s Just Be Tuesday. Why wait? You can pre-order it now. He'll be playing at The Varsity later this month.
He's made a couple of in-studio appearances here. First in March, 2005 and last October.

9:05 a.m. Headlights
They recorded a live version of this tune when they appeared in-studio here at The Current.


Comments (1)

Hey, Make sure you get to the Modest Mouse show EARLY! the first band playing is Grand Archives- featuring Matt Brooke (former Band of Horses, Carrissa's Wierd). They don't even have a record out yet... but the songs so far are awesome.

Posted by Wells T. | April 13, 2007 10:24 AM


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