The Current Music Blog: November 27, 2007 Archive

The Stream 11/27/07

Posted at 8:54 AM on November 27, 2007 by Barb Abney (107 Comments)

Lily Allen was recently diagnosed with a heart murmur.

The Kills to release U.R.A. Fever in March.

Listen to "Flex," a new, unreleased Doomtree track.

Today In Music History:
1942 - Jimi Hendrix was born.
1965 - Whipped Cream & Other Delights from Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass was the #1 US album.
1965 - Wallis Buchannan (Jamiroquai) was born.
1978 - Mike Skinner (The Streets) was born.
2001 - Elvis was inducted into The Gospel Association Hall Of Fame.

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Live Blogging 11/27/07

Posted at 9:30 AM on November 27, 2007 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

11:30 a.m. Georgie James - CD Of The Week
Places is our CD Of The Week.
Get your own copy when you support The Current online.

11:15 a.m. Local Music - Dan Wilson
He's out on the road with Sondre Lerche. He'll be playing a sold-out show at The Guthrie next week.
More..

* Daft Punk live online chat @ 11:30 a.m.*

10:40 a.m. Jose Gonzalez
He was recently nominated for three PLUG awards.
More..

10:25 a.m. Local Music - The Melismatics
They have a handful of dates through the remainder of the year.
More...

10:10 a.m. Song Of The Day - Jens Lekman
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Jens Lekman with the tune "The Opposite Of Hallelujah" from the album Night Over Kortedela.
He'll be touring the UK with Josh Rouse next month.
More info here.

9:50 a.m. Local Music - Tapes 'n Tapes
Here's their in-studio performance.
They're playing The Triple Rock Friday night.
They've finished the recording of their new album.
Learn more here.

9:40 a.m. Grizzly Bear
They've been nominated for MTV2's Subterranean Best of 2007. Vote here.
More Grizzly Bear..

9:15 a.m. Hot Hot Heat
They want your fan pics!

9:00 a.m. Wilco
Tickets for a few of their upcoming Australian dates in March have already gone on sale.

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"My 3 Songs" for Tuesday

Posted at 2:50 PM on November 27, 2007 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

Greg Thompson from Iowa City IA writes, "never has heartbreak been so danceable. These songs just feel good, especially all together."

1) The Format, "She Doesn't Get It"
2) Rilo Kiley, "Breakin' Up"
3) Rooney, "When Did Your Heart Go Missing"

Danceable and sweet, sweet, sweet, Greg. You may now be feeling the hypoglycemia kicking in. But hey, we all need a confectionary component to our diets.

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iN lIEU OF nEW

Posted at 8:00 PM on November 27, 2007 by Mark Wheat

Tuesday night has stopped being New release night , as the biz winds down for the year, but for the Anglophile on your present list this "Brit Box Set "is spotty but almost over inclusive!!
To keep updated on what is hot in the UK...NME reports on a rather special performance by The Enemy tonight in the UK....and this is a fun site devoted to album (which is to me!) art, explaining the reference to The Enemy wearing yellow and black tracksuits, as if that needed explaining!
AND...to complete your own Anglophilia go ahead and support the best team in Europe!!