The Current Music Blog: April 17, 2008 Archive

The Stream 04/17/08

Posted at 8:54 AM on April 17, 2008 by Barb Abney

Bonnaroo update: Widespread Panic and others added.

I Need That Record!: The Death (Or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store is a documentary to be released soon.

Radiohead featured in basketball commercial.

Polvo to reform.

Today In Music History:
1955 - Pete Shelley was born.
1964 - Maynard James Keenan was born.
1970 - Johnny Cash played at The White House. (Nixon reportedly requested "A Boy Named Sue")
1974 - Vinnie Taylor (Sha Na Na) died.
1987 - Carlton Barret (The Wailers) was killed.
1989 - Linda McCartney died.

Live Blogging 04/17/08

Posted at 9:19 AM on April 17, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:50 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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11:45 a.m. The Black Keys
They're featured on this week's episode of Musicheads.
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11:25 a.m. Local Music - Retribution Gospel Choir
They'll be playing The Varsity on June 6th along with Mark Kozelek.
Here's the P-fork review of the full length debut.
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10:50 a.m. Local Music - Tapes 'n Tapes
Here's their performance on Conan.
Here's their recent in-studio.
They want your help walking for charity.
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10:30 a.m. Bon Iver
Last months AV Club interview with Justin.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with Cloud Cult, The New Pornographers and Andrew Bird.
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10:20 a.m. The Bravery
They're playing The Fineline Sunday night.
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10:15 a.m. Portishead
Pre-order the Third boxset here.
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Song Of The Day Info - Foals
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Foals with the tune "Balloons" from their album Antidotes.
They will be playing The Entry on April 28th.
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9:45 a.m. The Kooks
Konk is our CD of the week.
They recently talked to NME about their former bassist.
They're playing The Fineline on May 31st.
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9:40 a.m. Local Music - Brother Ali
He'll be appearing at Saturday nights SOLD OUT Fakebook performance.
He's also part of Soundset '08 on May 25th.
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9:30 a.m. Local Music - Jayber Crow
Their CD release show for Two Short Stories is this Saturday night at The Nomad along with Spider John Koerner.
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9:20 a.m. The Golden Republic
The band has broken up.

9:15 a.m. Aimee Mann
Her new release, Smilers will be in stores June 3rd.
She's playing The Minnesota Zoo on June 12th.
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9:05 a.m. The Watson Twins
Their new album Fire Songs will be in stores on June 24th.
They're playing The Fineline on April 30th with Elbow.
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"My 3 Songs" for Thursday

Posted at 4:50 PM on April 17, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

Morgan Bray of Maplewood writes today, "I love The Alarmists; 'Soldados' is my favorite song, gotta support local music! Also, Michael Franti is one of the most amazing and humble musicians I have ever seen. (And the reason for the final song:) It's just awesome!"

1) The Alarmists, "Soldados"
2) Michael Franti and Spearhead, "Yell Fire!"
3) The Black Keys, "10 A.M. Automatic"

Thanks Morgan!

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