The Current Music Blog: January 24, 2008 Archive

The Stream 01/24/08

Posted at 8:56 AM on January 24, 2008 by Barb Abney

Portishead will release Third in April!

Ringo Starr walked off Regis & Kelly set.

Coachella pre-sale begins later today. (go here for password info)

Today In Music History:
1941 - Aaron Neville and Neil Diamond were born.
1947 - Warren Zevon was born.
1955 - Jools Holland (Squeeze, TV presenter) was born.
1962 - Brian Epstein signed a deal to manage The Beatles.
1979 - The Clash released their first US single "I Fought The Law"
1981 - Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was hospitalised after a motorcycle crash.
1987 - Billy Vera and the Beaters were #1 with started "At This Moment."

Live Blogging 01/24/08

Posted at 9:30 AM on January 24, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:30 a.m. The Raveonettes
Lust, Lust, Lust will be released on February 19th.
Here's a review on one of their recent shows.
They're playing 7th Street Entry on St. Patrick's Day.
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11:10 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
Get your questions in to "Dr. Slug.
Slug will also be appearing at one of our upcoming Fakebook performances.
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10:50 a.m. The Shins
If you haven't heard their Van Halen cover you don't know what you're missing!!
It's a web-only exclusive in our performance archives.

10:25 a.m. Local Music - Endless Blue
They've just about wrapped up their next album and are working on a new website. They promise that the next album will be released this year.
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Song Of The Day Info - Drive-By Truckers
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Drive-By Truckers with the tune "A Ghost To Most" from their recently released album, Brighter Than Creation's Dark.
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9:50 a.m. Sons and Daughters
This Gift will be in stores on the 29th. You can pre-order it now...
They'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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9:30 a.m. Yeasayer
They're playing 7th Street Entry along with MGMT on February 7th.
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9:10 a.m. The Bird And The Bee
Their One Too Many Hearts EP will be released on Valentine's Day.
Here's their in-studio performance from a couple of weeks ago.
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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 1:31 PM on January 24, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

A short-range flashback to last week today: Bobby Nelson writes, "I was at the Bon Iver, Roma Di Luna, Pines shw last week at the Turf Club. It was a great show, so I'd love to relive it in My Three Songs." Happy to oblige, Bobby -- I think a lot of folks who were there feel the same.

1) Roma Di Luna, "Letter to a Young Poet"
2) Bon Iver, "Flume"
3) The Pines, "Moon When the Cherries Turn Black"

By the way, here's our own Lindsay Kimball's report from the show, including links to Flickr photos!

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