The Current Music Blog: August 15, 2007 Archive

Live On Air Blogging 08/15/07

Posted at 9:00 AM on August 15, 2007 by Barb Abney (84 Comments)

Noonish - Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Satellite Party on Carson Daly

11:45 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
Tour dates and pre-sale info here.

11:30 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.

11:15 a.m. Local Music - Romantica
They did an in-studio back in May.
They've been getting some exciting press lately. More info here.
If you're in a local band you should send The Local Show your music!!

11:10 a.m. Cold War Kids
Will be supporting White Stripes beginning in September.

10:45 a.m. VHS or Beta
Their forthcoming release Bring On The Comets will be in stores on the 28th.
They'll be playing First Avenue on Wednesday September 5th.
Watch their "making of..." video series and get more info.

10:30 a.m. Morrissey
Movie info.

Song Of The Day Info - Over The Rhine
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Over The Rhine with the tune "Trouble" from their forthcoming album The Trumpet Child which will be in stores next Tuesday.
Sample more of their music and learn more about them here.

9:50 a.m. UNKLE - CD Of The Week
War Stories is The Current's CD Of The Week.
Get your own copy when you support The Current online.
They recently announced their very first North American tour.
More info..

9:45 a.m. Local Music - Digitata
They'll be playing in Chappel Hill tomorrow night.
They dropped by for an in-studio back in May.
More info.

9:40 a.m. Voxtrot
They recently announced their fall tour dates.
More info.

9:15 a.m. Feist
She recently pulled all of the content off of her site and left this message in it's place, which sends visitors here.

9:10 a.m. The Rosebuds
They have some upcoming dates with The National.

9:00 a.m. Local Music - Martin Devaney
He's playing Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines tonight.
More info.

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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 2:11 PM on August 15, 2007 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

Marcus Frost of Wayzata seems to be scratching his chin looking for the reason that he requested today's set. "What's tickling my fancy?" is his answer. (Is this "Jeopardy"?)

1) Busdriver, "Sun Shower"
2) Ratatat, "Seventeen Years"
3) Jamie T, "Sheila"

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