Live Blogging 04/18/08

Tunes On The Telly Tonight/This Weekend:
Liam Finn on Craig Ferguson
Lyrics Born on Jimmy
The Kooks on Conan
Tomorrow Night
Vampire Weekend on SNL

11:45 a.m. The Breeders
They're playing First Avenue on May 30th.
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11:30 a.m. Death Cab For Cutie
Narrow Stairs will be released May 13th.
They're playing The Orpheum on June 2nd.
They will be playing both Bonnaroo and Coachella this summer.
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11:20 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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11:00 a.m. Public Enemy
Tomorrow nights fakebook has SOLD OUT!

10:50 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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10:40 a.m. Devotchka
They're playing First Avenue with Basia Bulat on May 7th.
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10:35 a.m. Local Music - The Plastic Constellations
Their CD release party for We Appreciate You is tomorrow night at First Avenue.
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10:15 a.m. Jamie Lidell
His new record Jim hits the shelves on April 29th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Local Music - The Deaths
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring The Deaths with the tune "It Takes Time" from their album Centralia which will be released Tuesday.
Hear from them again this Sunday night on The Local Show with Chris Roberts.
On Wednesday night (April 23rd) Transmission will host a listening party where you can preview the new record and win a copy.
The CD release show is next Saturday April 26th at the Turf Club.
More here and or here.

9:50 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
Listen to their SxSW performance in our archives.
They're playing First Avenue April 26th.
They will also be playing Rock The Garden along with The New Pornographers, Andrew Bird and Bon Iver
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9:30 a.m. M83
Their latest, Saturdays = Youth is in stores now.
They're playing The Triple Rock on May 28th.
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9:15 a.m. Foals
You can still grab the tune "Balloons" on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
They will be playing The Entry on April 28th.
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9:05 a.m. Sun Kil Moon
The new album, April is out now.
There's also a hard covered lyrics book & limited edition CD available here.
They are playing The Varsity on June 6th along with Retribution Gospel Choir.
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