The Current Music Blog: April 8, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/08/08

Posted at 8:49 AM on April 8, 2008 by Barb Abney

Bob Dylan won a Pulitzer.

Preview tracks from the new My Morning Jacket album, Evil Urges.

Vote in the NME USA 2008 poll before time runs out.

Today In Music History:
1947 - Steve Howe (Yes) was born.
1963 - Julian Lennon was born.
1971 - Darren Jessee (Ben Folds Five) was born.
1994 - Kurt Cobain was discovered dead at his home in Seattle.
1998 - George Michael was arrested and later fined for a "lewd act."
2006 - Prince's 3121 was the #1 album in the country.

Live Blogging 04/08/08

Posted at 9:13 AM on April 8, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Kenna on Letterman (rerun)

11:40 a.m. Bob Mould
He was in recently for an in-studio performance.
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11:30 a.m. Joseph Arthur
Could We Survive is the first of the 4 EPs that he is releasing before late June. Crazy Rain is due for release next week and look for the next two EPs to hit shelves on May 13th and June 24th.
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11:25 a.m. The Raveonettes
See the live video of that song from their SxSW performance in our archives.
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11:20 a.m. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Listen to their in-studio performance/interview in our archives.
Kim Deal (Breeders) spoke of Malkmus in a recent interview.
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10:55 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
Are they playing Austin City Limits Festival?
They are playing SNL this weekend.
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10:45 a.m. Local Music - Atmosphere
Slug will be appearing at our next Fakebook performance.
They'll be releasing their new album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint... on the 22nd.
When Paste magazine received the CD promo-pack...
Here's the new video.
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10:35 a.m. Serge Gainsbourg
The old-school video for this tune.

10:15 a.m. The Black Keys
They're playing First Avenue AND The Entry Friday night.
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Song Of The Day Info - Clinic
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Clinic with the tune "The Witch" from their album Do It! which was released today.
Here's the Pitchfork review.
They're playing 7th Street Entry on May 13th.
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9:50 a.m. Local Music - Big Trouble
The Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble EP is out now.
They're playing Dixie's on Grand in St. Paul this weekend.
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9:40 a.m. Local Music - Tapes 'n Tapes
Their new album Walk It Off is in stores today.
Here's their recent in-studio.
They want your help walking for charity.
They're playing Conan tomorrow and First Avenue on Thursday.
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9:35 a.m. Local Music - The Plastic Constellations
They're playing an In-Store at Electric Fetus next Tuesday.
The CD release party for We Appreciate You is April 19th at First Avenue.
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9:30 a.m The National
A Skin, A Night, the DVD detailing the making of Boxer will be released on May 20th.
Watch the trailer here.
Pre-order it here.
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9:15 a.m. The Heavy
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
Something else they did while at SxSW.
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My Three Songs - 4-8-08

Posted at 12:15 PM on April 8, 2008 by Mac Wilson (1 Comments)

This afternoon's My Three Songs set was submitted by Paige Guggemos of Minneapolis. In her words, "It's been weeks now, and I can't get these three songs out of my head! They're all magical for different reasons..."

1. Cloud Cult - "Everybody Here Is a Cloud"
2. Bon Iver - "Skinny Love"
3. Pixies - "Debaser"

Nice third-act twist there, Paige. You know, "Skinny Love" and "Debaser" are two of the most pervasive earworms for me, too. I mean that in a good way, of course.

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