The Current Music Blog: February 7, 2008 Archive

The Stream 02/07/08

Posted at 9:00 AM on February 7, 2008 by Barb Abney

Kurt Cobain: About A Son will be released on DVD on the 19th.

Feist won The Shortlist Music Prize.

Jamie Hewlett (the Gorillaz creator) has produced a new TV show.

Today In Music History:
1934 - Earl King was born.
1949 - Brian Travers (UB40) was born.
1959 - Buddy Holly funeral was held in Lubbock, Texas.
1964 - Beatlemania hits the states when The Beatles arrive at JFK International Airport to begin their first tour of the United States.
1969 - John and Yoko were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1974 - Danny Goffey (Supergrass) was born.
1976 - Paul Simon was #1 with "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover."
1994 - Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) was forced to leave the American Music Awards ceremony for his disruptive behavior
1999 - Robert Williams (wrote "'Route 66") died.

Live Blogging 02/07/08

Posted at 9:36 AM on February 7, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:30 a.m. Mike Doughty
Golden Delicious will hit the shelves on the 19th.
I'll interview him on the 18th.
He's playing First Avenue on March 22nd.
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11:20 a.m. Voxtrot
Ramesh has done some recording with Belle and Sebastian and others while in Scotland.

10:50 a.m. Band Of Horses
They'll be playing The 18th Annual Carnegie Hall Benefit Concert for Tibet House on February 13th, along with Philip Glass, Ray Davies, Sufjan Stevens & Tom Verlaine.

10:45 a.m. Kate Nash
The British artist's debut, Made Of Bricks has been nominated for three Brit Awards.
Here's SPIN's review.
Learn more about her here and/or here.

10:20 a.m. Goldfrapp
Their fourth album, Seventh Tree will be released on the 26th.
You can pre-order it here.
Here's an interesting in-depth interview with Alison and Will.
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10:15 a.m. Jamie Lidell
His new record Jim hits the shelves on April 29th.

Song Of The Day Info - British Sea Power
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring British Sea Power with the tune "Waving Flags" from Do You Like Rock Music which will be released next week.
You can pre-order it here.
They're playing Triple Rock on March 21st.
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10:00 a.m. Billy Bragg
His new album Mr. Love & Justice will be released in March.
Robert Wyatt will be lending talent to the record.

9:50 a.m. Mark Ronson
He's been quoted as saying he won't play Sunday Night's Grammys unless Amy Winehouse plays.

9:30 a.m. Local Music - The Battle Royale
They're playing a sold-out show at 7th Street Entry along with Yeasayer and MGMT tonight!
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9:20 a.m. Nada Surf
They're playing First Avenue on April 3rd.
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9:10 a.m. Eddie Vedder
He's helping with the music on the documentary series The People Speak.
He's also contributeds music to the soundtrack to the documentary Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran.
And there's that whole headlining Bonnaroo thing.