The Current Music Blog: August 13, 2007 Archive

Live On Air Blogging 08/13/07

Posted at 9:02 AM on August 13, 2007 by Barb Abney

Noonish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Brother Ali on Craig Ferguson
Jesse Malin on Conan
Lily Allen on Carson Daly
White Rabbits on Letterman

Breaking News: WILCO
Wilco have postponed tomorrow night's performance at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth because Nels Cline has chickenpox. The show has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 4th. Read all of the details here.

11:50 a.m. Voxtrot
They recently announced their fall tour dates.
More info.

11:40 a.m. The Veils
The New Zelanders are currently touring the US.
One of their band members has quit the bad mid-tour to return home.
This info and more here.

11:20 a.m. The Sea And Cake
They'll be playing The Varsity on September 14th.
More Sea And Cake info.

11:10 a.m. The Cribs
They dropped by for an in-studio earlier this month.

10:50 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.

10:45 a.m. Office
To tour with Earlimart in October.
More info.

10:40 a.m. I'm From Barcelona
They recently won the Swedish national "Newcomer of the Year" award.
Learn more about them here.

10:30 a.m. The Magic Numbers
Have a few more US dates this month.

10:20 a.m. M.I.A.
Her new album, Kala will be released August 21st.
She's playing The Vegoose Festival in October.
She visited the station back in 2005 for an in-studio performance.
All things M.I.A. here.

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day Info - Junior Senior
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Junior Senior with the tune "Can I Get Get Get" from the album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo which will be in stores tomorrow.
They're in the U.S. for a few dates.
More info here.

9:50 a.m. Gogol Bordello
Super Taranta is available now.
Their site.

9:40 a.m. Fields
Everything Last Winter is available now.
Go here to learn where you can hear their tunes backed by a symphony.

9:30 a.m. Editors
An End Has A Start is in stores now.
The band will be playing at The Fineline on September 12th.
They did an in-studio back in April, 2006.
More info here and/or here.

9:20 a.m. John Vanderslice
Emerald City is available now.
He'll be playing The Entry along with Bishop Allen on October 8th.

9:10 a.m. Over The Rhine
Their new album, The Trumpet Child will be in stores on the 21st.
Sample some more of their music and learn more about them here.

9:00 a.m. Neko Case
The New Pornographers new album Challengers will be released on the 21st.
They'll be appearing at First Avenue along with Emma Pollack and Benjy Ferree on October 16th.
You can pre-order your tickets here.

"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:12 PM on August 13, 2007 by Steve Seel

Davis Willie from Nerstrand, MN submits a set with "spine" today. "Working full time at a college library this summer, obviously I spent an obscene abount of time with books," he says. "Searching through my own (no pun intended) music library, these three songs ranked at the top of the ones I could find pertaining to books."

1) Spoon, "The Book I Write"
2) Elvis Costello, "Everyday I Write The Book"
3) The Futureheads, "Skip To The End"