The Current Music Blog: December 10, 2008 Archive

The Stream 12/10/08

Posted at 8:54 AM on December 10, 2008 by Barb Abney

Coldplay address the Joe Satriani situation.

My Morning Jacket, The Raconteurs, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Broken Social Scene and more to be featured on Live From Bonnaroo 2008 DVD due out next month.

Details tour dates and a free MP3 from A.C. Newman's sophomore solo release Get Guilty.

Today In Music History:
1965 - J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) was born.
1967 - Otis Redding and several members of his band died in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin.
1972 - Brian Molko (Placebo) was born.
1973 - CBGBs opened.
1974 - Meg White (The White Stripes) was born.
1983 - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's tune "Say Say Say" was #1.
1998 - Bruce Springsteen won a court battle against a former manager over copyright ownership.
2003 - Chris Martin (Coldplay) married Gwyneth Paltrow.

Live Blogging 12/10/08

Posted at 9:21 AM on December 10, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:20 a.m. Local Music - Cloud Cult
Check out their esurance commercial.

10:40 a.m. The Killers
They're playing Northrop Auditorium on January 19th.
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Song Of The Day Info - Wild Beasts
Today on our Song Of The Day Podcast we're featuring Wild Beasts with the tune "The Devil's Crayon" from their debut, Limbo, Panto.
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10:00 a.m. Local Music - Dan Wilson
He'll be dropping by for an in-studio session with Steve Seel at 7:30 a.m. Friday morning.
On Saturday you can spend An Evening With Dan Wilson at Pantages Theater.
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9:30 a.m. Local Music - Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles
Lucy will be featured on our broadcast of The New Standards holiday show on December 24th.
They'll be playing The New Years Eve show with Mark Mallman and ELnO at The Varsity Theatre.More...

9:15 a.m. Elvis Costello
His interview with Lou Reed will air tonight on Spectacle..

"My 3 Songs" for Wednesday

Posted at 6:12 PM on December 10, 2008 by Steve Seel

"These three songs help me live in te moment," writes Emily Smith of Mpls. "Enjoy, and do the best you can!"

1) Spoon, "The Way We Get By"
2) Feist, "Mushaboom"
3) The Avett Brothers, "Die Die Die"

That last songs sounds a little more cheerful than it reads. Anyway, I feel very, very Zen having heard your tunes, Emily ...