The Current Music Blog: December 12, 2007 Archive

The Stream 12/12/07

Posted at 8:56 AM on December 12, 2007 by Barb Abney (2 Comments)

Radiohead announce even more dates (sadly, none for the US.)

Okkervil River offer Golden Opportunity FREE mixtape.

Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) has made a film.

Today In Music History:
1915 - Frank Sinatra was born.
1938 - Connie Francis was born.
1957 - Sheila E. was born.
1970 - The Doors played their final live show with Jim Morrison.
2003 - Mick Jagger was knighted by Prince Charles.

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Live Blogging 12/12/07

Posted at 9:29 AM on December 12, 2007 by Barb Abney

10:40 a.m. Vampire Weekend
Here's an interesting older interview with the band.
Their self-titled EP is available now.
You can pre-order their full length here.
You can sample some more of their tunes here.

10:35 a.m. LCD Soundsystem
Sound Of SIlver has been nominated for a GRAMMY.
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Song Of The Day Info - Ian Ball
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Ian Ball of Gomez with the tune "Failure" from his debut solo record Who Goes There, which is in stores now.
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9:30 a.m. Bruce Springsteen
He's coming back to town on the 16th of March.
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9:20 a.m. Local Music - Maria Isa
She's got a few upcoming gigs you might be interested in, including an appearance on In The Loop.
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9:10 a.m. Robert Plant
There's ongoing speculation about a few more Led Zep dates.

Beatles ahead by a head!

Posted at 5:04 PM on December 12, 2007 by Mark Wheat (3 Comments)

Thanks to everyone who has responded so far to the old chestnut of a question...
Who Is The Greatest Band Ever! There have been some very inspiring posts showing the depth of love for music that you have as an audience...er...but Led Zep are losing?!?! The Beatles are ahead, with 'david' doing an awesome job of breaking down why. Honorable mentions go to The Rolling Stones, Clash, Neil Young, Bruce and Massive Attack, thanx to 'Depunked Bridgette' who created her own blog about it!
One of the most eloquent pieces was from 'michael' who suggested U2 and that they may be the last of the bands to develop that could be even considered for this title, making them the greatest ever almost by default, interesting. Thanks to Greg Tennant too for trying to derail the discussion almost immediately (he was the second post) with..."to hell with deciding whos number one, it shouldn't matter,it's a none issue". I will feature some of these comments on the air Thursday night between 8-9pm and play some corresponding tracks.
Add you thoughts here if you would like to be included and go here to check out all the comments so far.

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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 5:06 PM on December 12, 2007 by Steve Seel

We've got a slightly mysterious one today: Alahna Robinson of Mpls writes, "It's been a while since I've been in this mindset. I'd like to share my mindset with hip-and-with-it Minneapolis."

1) Arcade Fire, "Wake Up"
2) Rufus Wainwright, "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"
3) Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland 1945"

Clearly, I'm not hip-and-with-it at all, because I don't get the subtext. But if you do, then enjoy's Alahna's coded message for you today.

(title of posting corrected -- ss)