The Current Music Blog: April 7, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/07/08

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

Official Lollapalooza line-up.

Radiohead's answer to Facebook.

The scoop on the long awaited Flaming Lips Christmas On Mars release.

Pitchfork TV is live now.

Today In Music History:
1915 - Billie Holiday was born.
1920 - Ravi Shankar was born.
1951 - Janis Ian was born.
1974 - Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" was #1.
1994 - Singer Percy Sledge pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

Live Blogging 04/07/08

Posted at 9:11 AM on April 7, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
The Mars Volta on Letterman (rerun)
Hot Chip on Conan

11:50 a.m. Clinic
They are set to release Do It! tomorrow.
Here's the Pitchfork review.
They're playing 7th Street Entry on May 13th.
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11:45 a.m. Local Music - Tapes 'n Tapes
Their new album Walk It Off will be released tomorrow.
Here's their recent in-studio.
They want your help walking for charity.
They're playing Conan on Wednesday and First Avenue on Thursday.
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11:35 a.m. Local Music - Mystery Palace
They're currently out on tour with Digitata.
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10:40 a.m. Neva Dinova
You May Already Be Dreaming will hit the shelves tomorrow.
They're playing The Entry with Ladyhawk on the 27th.
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10:35 a.m. Elbow
Their latest, The Seldom Seen Kid. will be released on the 22nd.
They're playing The Fineline on April 30th with The Watson Twins.
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10:20 a.m. Erykah Badu
New Amerykah is in stores now.
Get in on the remix contest here.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Kooks
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Kooks with the tune "Always Where I Need" from their album Konk which will be released stateside next week.
They're playing The Fineline on May 31st.
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9:50 a.m. Tokyo Police Club
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They will be releasing Elephant Shell on April 22nd.
They're playing The Varsity Theatre on May 6th.
Their "tour/bathroom" blog.
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9:45 a.m. Andrew Bird
The Plug Independent Music Award winner has recently been blogging for The New York Times.
He will be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, The New Pornographers and Bon Iver.
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9:30 a.m. Foals
The UK band will be playing The Entry on April 28th.
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9:15 a.m. The Hold Steady
Will be in town Thursday night for a concert for Lend a Hand, Hear the Band.

9:05 a.m. Yoav
You can vote for the "Club Thing" to be added to MTVu beginning at 11 a.m.
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My Three Songs - 4-7-08

Posted at 12:20 PM on April 7, 2008 by Mac Wilson

Today's socially-minded set comes to us courtesy of Allison Gamble of Duluth, MN.

1. Bruce Springsteen - "Eyes on the Prize"
2. Mavis Staples - "Down in Mississippi"
3. Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready to Make Nice"

In Allison's words: "I just watched a documentary on Pete Seeger, and that reminded me that music can be (in addition to just sounding good and being fun to listen to) capable of inspiring social change." She chose these three songs because they deal with cogent social issues of our day, in addition to being just plain great tracks.