The Current Music Blog: December 17, 2008 Archive

The Stream 12/17/08

Posted at 8:24 AM on December 17, 2008 by Barb Abney

Portishead may record another new album next year.

Hot Chip have teamed up with Peter Gabriel on a cover of the Vampire Weekend tune "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa."

Phish, Bruce Springsteen and Blur all rumored to be headlining Coachella.

Today In Music History:
1942 - Paul Butterfield was born.
1949 - Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm) was born.
1959 - Bob Stinson was born.
1969 - Micky Quinn (Supergrass) was born.
1977 - Elvis Costello was banned from SNL when he played "Radio Radio" after being told not to.
1982 - Big Joe Williams died.
1982 - Karen Carpenter played her last appearance with The Carpenters.
1997 - David Bowie launched BowieNet.
2004 - Lisa Marie Presley agreed to sell 85% of Elvis Presley's estate in a deal worth $100m. In the deal she retained Graceland.

Live Blogging 12/17/08

Posted at 9:04 AM on December 17, 2008 by Barb Abney

11:05 a.m. Franz Ferdinand
Their forthcoming release Tonight: Franz Ferdinand will be released on January 27th.
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10:30 a.m. Belle & Sebastian
More info on the recently released BBC Sessions.

Song Of The Day Info - Butch Walker
Today on our Song Of The Day podcast we're featuring Butch Walker with the tune "The Weight Of Her" from his record, Sycamore Meadows.
He recently did an interview with/for Idolator.
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9:50 a.m. Beastie Boys
An art show inspired by the band will run next month in L.A.

9:45 a.m. Longwave
They dropped by yesterday for an in-studio session before their live show. If you braved the elements to go to their gig, I'd love to read your review!

9:05 a.m. Andrew Bird
Noble Beast will be in stores January 20th. Pre-order it here.
He's also featured on the forthcoming Dark Was The Night compilation.
He's playing State Theater on April 11th.
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My Three Songs Wednesday

Posted at 12:17 PM on December 17, 2008 by Jill Riley

Stephanie's My Three Songs set is all about Minnesota music. She recently moved out to California and misses Minneapolis. She says "These songs may seem random, but they each remind me of good times in the Twin Cities."

1.) Mason Jennings "Ballad of Paul and Sheila"
2.) Cloud Cult "Story of the Grandson of Jesus"
3.) Unknown Prophets "Summer Heat"