The Current Music Blog: July 21, 2008 Archive

The Stream 07/21/08

Posted at 8:55 AM on July 21, 2008 by Barb Abney

Get some new Paul Westerberg music for forty-nine cents!

Listen to tunes from Karen O's (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) new side project, Native Korean Rock.

DMX arrested for identity theft.

Today In Music History:
1948 - Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) was born.
1955 - Howie Epstein (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) was born.
1961 - Jim Martin (Faith No More) was born.
1977 - The Sex Pistols made their TV debut on Top Of The Pops.
1994 - Oasis played their first American show in New York City.
1996 - NAS' album It Was Written was #1.

Live Blogging 07/21/08

Posted at 9:27 AM on July 21, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:20 a.m. The Dandy Warhols
Earth to the Dandy Warhols will hit shelves August 19th.
They're playing First Avenue September 9th with Darker My Love.
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11:05 a.m. Gnarls Barkley
They're playing The State Fair along with Cloud Cult on August 27th.
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10:45 a.m. Beck
You can watch the video for "Gamma Ray" here.
He's playing Roy Wilkins Auditorium with MGMT on September 30th.
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10:35 a.m. Benji Hughes
A Love Extreme hits the shelves tomorrow.
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Song Of The Day Info - Dr. Dog
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Dr. Dog with the tune "The Old Days" from their new record, Fate which will hit the shelves tomorrow.
Fate is our CD Of The Week. Get your own copy when you support us online.
You can stream some of their unreleased tunes here.
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9:50 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
They're playing The State Fair along with Gnarls Barkley on August 27th.
They'll also be playing The Monolith Music Festival in September.
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9:30 a.m. Bloc Party
This weekend their vocalist, Kele was reportedly attacked by Johnny Rotten.
The single, "Mercury" will be released next month.
Watch the video for "Mercury" here.
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9:15 a.m. Martha Wainwright
She'll be touring stateside with KT Tunstall next month.
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"My 3 Songs" for Monday

Posted at 2:30 PM on July 21, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

Quite an atmosphere Keith Lunak cooked up for us today, with three tunes that flowed together with the elegant ease of a trio of Joffrey Ballet dancers. He said simply, "Three of my all time fav songs."

1) Japan, "Ghosts"
2) Elbow, "Station Approach"
3) Bjork, "Wanderlust"

Awesome, Keith. I actually felt like I was listening to a single song, just in a three-part "suite." Great work.

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