The Current Music Blog: February 20, 2008 Archive

The Stream 02/20/08

Posted at 8:59 AM on February 20, 2008 by Barb Abney

Adem to release covers album on May 12th.

Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas to become a mutant.

The Brit Awards are tonight.

Today In Music History:
1946 - J. Geils was born.
1967 - Kurt Cobain was born.
1971 - The Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack was the #1 album.
1976 - Kiss had their footprints implanted on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1980 - Bon Scott (AC/DC) was found dead in the passenger seat of a friend's car. 1981 - Edward Lay (Editors) was born.
1982 - Pat Benatar married her guitarist/producer Neil Giraldo.
1991 - Bob Dylan received a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys.

Live Blogging 02/20/08

Posted at 9:27 AM on February 20, 2008 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
The Whigs on Conan
Shiny Toy Guns on Carson Daly
Foo Fighters on Letterman
Ziggy Marley on Craig Ferguson

11:15 a.m. The Hold Steady
According to their website record #4 is "in the bag."

11:00 a.m. Local Music - Brother Ali
He'll be appearing at one of our upcoming Fakebook performances.
He'll be kicking off a HUGE tour on the 29th.
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10:50 a.m. Sons and Daughters
They're playing our SxSW broadcast on March 13th.
Then they'll be playing The Varsity Theater on March 29th.
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10:40 a.m. Bon Iver
In case you missed the kick off of the tour with Black Mountain last night.

10:20 a.m. Muse
Their live CD/DVD set, Haarp will be released next month.
They have announced several live stadium dates, including the Teenage Cancer Trust show.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Raveonettes
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Raveonettes with the tune "Aly, Walk With Me" from their latest, Lust, Lust, Lust which was released yesterday.
They're kicking off our SxSW broadcast on March 13th.
Then the following week, they're playing 7th Street Entry on St. Patrick's Day.
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9:50 a.m. Nada Surf
They're playing First Avenue on April 3rd.
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9:40 a.m. R.E.M.
They will release Accelerate on April 1st.
This Wiki entry has all the details.
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9:00 a.m. Red House Painters (related)
Mark Kozelek will release April, his first collection of new and original material in nearly 5 years, on April 1st.
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My 3 Songs 2-20

Posted at 12:12 PM on February 20, 2008 by Mark Wheat

Spring break might still seem a long way off, so Zane from Mpls
suggested this set of music to help you along if "school sucks"....

Halloween Alaska "All The Arms Around You Now"
Iris "Imposter"
Matthew Dear "Deserter"