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Live On Air Blogging 07/27/07

Posted at 9:10 AM on July 27, 2007 by Barb Abney

2:00 p.m. Tunes On The Telly Tonight/This weekend:
Silversun Pickups on Carson Daly
Buffalo Tom on Letterman
The Cribs on Craig Ferguson
The Good, The Bad and The Queen on Henry Rollins.
Tomorrow Night
Snow Patrol on SNL

1:45 p.m. Folk Implosion
Lou Barlow and the rest of Dinosaur Jr. have announced more dates AND Fender made Mascis guitar.

1:35 p.m. Bat For Lashes
Brooklyn Vegan's latest on the band (and Blitzen Trapper, as well.)

1:15 p.m. Daft Punk
They're playing the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas this October.

12:45 p.m. Laura Veirs
Don't forget about the "make the video" contest.
Go here for all of the details.

12:30 p.m. Talib Kweli
Will be playing the Rock The Bells Fest along with Wu-Tang Clan and Nas in the Metrodome Parking lot on August 25th.

12:15 p.m. Arctic Monkeys
They did an in-studio with Mary back in May.
They've been nominated for a Mercury Prize.

"My 3 Songs" for Friday
Hans Wrage of St. Paul says "These are my three songs to rock out to. They're best played with the stereo turned up to 11. Each conjures it's own rock- out emotion: fromt he bubbly French pop of the Prototypes, to the dark vocals of Karen O in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to playful beats of The Fratellis. Turn it up and rock out!"

11:45 a.m. Voxtrot
They recently announced their fall tour dates.

11:30 a.m. Amy Winehouse
She's returning to town on September 28th for a date at State Theater.

10:50 a.m. Scissors For Lefty
Here's a brief review of one of their recent gigs.
More info here and here.

10:40 a.m. The Cribs
They'll be playing at Turf Club along with White Rabbits on August 1st.
Earlier this week NME reported that The Cribs called the current music scene "rubbish".
More dates and other news.

10:30 a.m. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Lifeline will be in stores on August 28th.
You can watch the video for "In The Colors" here.
They'll be playing The Orpheum Theatre on September 3rd.
They will be playing the The Voodoo Music Festival along with Rage Against the Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins and Wilco in October.
Other dates and more info on the official Ben Harper site.

10:20 a.m. Iron & Wine
The full length album, Shepherd's Dog will be released in September. Learn more about them and view all of their upcoming dates & news here and/or here.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - Boy Sopranos
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Boy Sopranos with the tune "Into The Spin". Hear from Boy Sopranos again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.

9:50 a.m. Interpol
Interpol bassist goes Hollywood.
The band are playing The State Theater on October 12th along with Liars

9:20 a.m. The Cinematic Orchestra
Will be playing The Fine Line on Friday September, 21st.
Learn more about them here.

9:10 a.m. Prince - CD Of The Week
Panet Earth is The Current's CD Of The Week.
Get your own copy when you support The Current online.

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