The Current Music Blog: July 23, 2008 Archive

The Stream 07/23/08

Posted at 8:54 AM on July 23, 2008 by Barb Abney

Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon) releasing new live recording and auctioning guitars for charity.

Johnny Marr is moonlighting on Modest Mouse with The Cribs.

Download a new Calexico tune for free.

Today In Music History:
1950 - Blair Thorton (BTO) was born.
1961 - Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) was born.
1965 - Slash (Saul Hudson) was born.
1965 - Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel) was born.
1973 - Fran Healy (Travis) was born.
1977 - Keith Moon (The Who) joined Led Zeppelin on stage during a gig in Los Angles.
1979 - Keith Godchaux (The Grateful Dead) died in a car accident.
2003 - James Brown announced his separation from his fourth wife by placing an ad in Variety magazine.

Live Blogging 07/23/08

Posted at 9:13 AM on July 23, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:50 a.m. Deal vs. Malkmus
pt. 1
pt. 2

11:40 a.m. My Morning Jacket
They're playing The Orpheum on October 2nd.
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11:10 a.m. Yeasayer
They're playing the 2nd annual Free Yr Radio concert at Urban Outfitters in Uptown next Wednesday, July 30. Download your free ticket now.
More on Free Yr Radio..
More Yeasayer..

11:05 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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10:45 a.m. Ratatat
You can still grab that tune for free on our Song Of The Day Podcast page.
Watch the "Mirando" video here.
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10:30 a.m. Shearwater
Listen to their recent in-studio interview/performance here.
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10:15 a.m. Rogue Wave
They're featured on The CLIF GreenNotes benefit compilation.

Song Of The Day Info - Hercules and Love Affair
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Hercules and Love Affair with the tune "Hercules Theme" from their eponymous album.
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9:40 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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9:35 a.m. Delta Spirit
Here's an interesting interview with the band.
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9:25 a.m. Plantlife
Get a free MP3 here.
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9:15 a.m. Blur (related)
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett will be releasing an album based on their opera.

9:10 a.m. Elvis Costello
He's currently out on the road with The Police on their final tour.
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"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 3:56 PM on July 23, 2008 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

"A little foot-stompin' never hurt anybody," writes Erik Johnson today.

1) Pert Near Sandstone, "Down Into the Holler"
2) Yonder Mountain String Band, "Midwest Gospel Radio"
3) Loretta Lynn, "High On A Mountain Top"

Yee haw!

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Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Posted at 4:22 PM on July 23, 2008 by Mac Wilson (1 Comments)

The twelve finalists for this year's Mercury Prize have been announced. The Mercury Prize (presented by Nationwide) is awarded to the best album released in the last year by UK or Irish artists. Klaxons won the award last year for their album Myths of the Near Future. The shortlist for 2008 was announced today; the winner will be named at a gala in September. Who's your pick?

• Adele, 19
• British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
• Burial, Untrue
• Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid
• Estelle, Shine
• The Last Shadow Puppets, The Age of the Understatement
• Laura Marling, Alas, I Cannot Swim
• Neon Neon, Stainless Style
• Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Raising Sand
• Portico Quartet, Knee Deep in the South Sea
• Radiohead, In Rainbows
• Rachel Unthank, The Bairns

Canada has the Polaris Prize, the winner of which will also be named this fall. Does anyone else wish the United States did this? (and don't you dare say, 'the Grammys')

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