The Current Music Blog: December 26, 2007 Archive

The Stream 12/26/07

Posted at 8:50 AM on December 26, 2007 by Barb Abney

An NME tribute to Oscar Peterson.

Thom Yorke remixes and In Rainbows commercial.

Today In Music History:
1935 - Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (The Four Tops) was born.
1955 - Lars Ulrich (Metallica) was born.
1968 - Led Zeppelin started their first tour in North American as Vanilla Fudge's supporting act.
1976 - The Sex Pistols recorded "God Save The Queen."
1999 - Curtis Mayfield died.

Live Blogging 12/26/07

Posted at 9:55 AM on December 26, 2007 by Barb Abney

11:30 a.m. Lupe Fiasco
Local artist Nikki Jean is featured on Lupe Fiasco's The Cool.
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10:40 a.m. Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago will be in stores on February 19th.
Playing at The Turf Club with The Pines and Roma Di Luna on January 17th.
Read the official bio here.
More info here and/or here.

Song Of The Day Info - Buck 65
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Buck 65 with the tune "Way Back When" from his album Situation, which is in stores now.
Read more about the 1957 concept.
SPIN's review.
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9:45 a.m. Feist
She's appearing at the New York Times Seventh Annual Arts & Leisure Week in NYC.
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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 2:15 PM on December 26, 2007 by Steve Seel

Today Jill Neske of St. Paul requests "The three Bobs! Geldof, Dylan, and Mould."

1) The Boomtown Rats, "I Don't Like Mondays"
2) Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind"
3) Husker Du, "I Apologize"