The Current Music Blog: April 14, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/14/08

Posted at 8:51 AM on April 14, 2008 by Barb Abney

The Raconteurs tour starts tonight. - They were featured on Weekend Edition yesterday.

Noel Gallagher (Oasis) speaks out against Jay Z's headlining slot on European festival.

Mika vs. Mika: Will someone have to change their name?

Today In Music History:
1935 - Loretta Lynn was born.
1945 - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) was born.
1967 - David Bowie's The Laughing Gnome was released in the UK.
1968 - Phil Spector married Veronica Bennett (Ronettes singer.)
1976 - Eric Faulkner (The Bay City Rollers) nearly died after accidentally taking a drug overdose.
1979 - The Doobie Brothers tune "What A Fool Believes" was #1.
1980 - Win Butler (Arcade Fire) was born.
1994 - Kurt Cobain was cremated.

Live Blogging 04/14/08

Posted at 9:21 AM on April 14, 2008 by Barb Abney

Tunes On The Telly Tonight:
Spoon on Conan (rerun)
Daniel Lanois on Craig Ferguson
Morrissey on Carson Daly (rerun)

11:15 a.m. Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell, will be released on April 22nd.
You can still get the tune "In A Cave" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
They're playing The Varsity Theatre on May 6th.
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
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10:35 a.m. Mates Of State
Their Babble Blog is a must-read for parents.

10:30 a.m. Kate Nash
She's playing the NME Awards Tour with The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at First Avenue on May 3rd.
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Song Of The Day Info - The Ruby Suns
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Ruby Suns with the tune "Tane Mahuta"
from their album Sea Lion.
The New Zealand outfit has upcoming dates with Architecture in Helsinki and Foals. They'll also be playing the Pitchfork Festival later this summer.
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9:40 a.m. Syd Barrett
The (reported) history of the recording of The Madcap Lights is fascinating.

9:30 a.m. The Wombats
Here's the "Moving To New York" video.

9:20 a.m. The New Pornographers
They're currently touring with Okkervil River.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, Bon Iver and Andrew Bird.
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9:10 a.m. Billy Bragg
Mr. Love & Justice will be released domestically next week.
Listen to his SxSW performance in our archives.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 12:37 PM on April 14, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

A melancholy Monday set today, from Julie Carroll of Mpls, who writes: "Because breaking up is hard to do!"

1) Feist, "So Sorry"
2) MGMT, "Youth"
3) Silversun Pickups, "Kissing Familes"

Nice crescendo of emotion in that set, Julie ... otherwise, hope everbody's hearts heal soon.

Meanwhile, a separate observation: has anybody ever noticed how Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups sounds like Lindsey Buckingham when his singing gets more hysterical?

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