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The Stream 07/22/08

Posted at 8:53 AM on July 22, 2008 by Barb Abney

The Mercury Music Prize's Shortlist of nominations has been announced.

TV On The Radio to release their third album, Dear Science, on September 23rd.

Colin Meloy (Decemberists) wants to make "mossy, evil music like Black Mountain's."

Today In Music History:
1941 - George Clinton (P-Funk, Parliament and Funkadelic) was born.
1963 - Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) was born.
1969 - Aretha Franklin was arrested for causing a disturbance in Detroit
1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested (for drug possession) in Sweden. 1973 - Rufus Wainwright was born.
2006 - Johnny Cash's posthumous release American V: A Hundred Highways was the #1 album.

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