Jackie Greene, Back On The Road

Hometown hero, Jackie Greene, will be hitting the road this spring in support of his upcoming album, Giving Up The Ghost.  He'll be rolling though Sacramento on March 29 and stopping off for a show at The Empire.  Look for the bluesman's new album in stores on April 1st.

Congratulations to The Swell Season!!!

Airbag Radio would like to offer congratulations to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, collectively known as The Swell Season, on winning this year's Academy Award for Best Original Song.  The award was given for the song "Falling Slowly" from the film, Once.  Those who have had the opportunity to see this movie know that this award is well deserved.  Those who have yet to check it out, need to do so.  Both the film and the music are deeply emotional and honest.  Particularly noteworthy, is the fact that Glen and Marketa, the writers of all the music in the movie, are also the main actors, adding another level of honesty to the performances of the songs.  Watch the movie, then get the soundtrack.  In other Swell Season news, the duo will be performing at Oakland's Paramount Theatre on April 26th.  Unfortunately, Airbag Radio will be M.I.A. on this show as we'll be catching M.I.A. and others down in the desert that same day.  Tickets go on sale this Sunday at 10 AM.

Shhh...

Death Cab For Cutie is having a pre-sale.  Hit me up if you're interested.  Hurry, it'll be over before you know it.

Sacramento Gets A Visit

In route to their Coachella performance, Death Cab For Cutie will be stopping off at UC Davis' Freeborn Hall to give locals a preview of their new tunes on Tuesday, April 22.  Ticket go on sale on Leap Day, Friday, February 29th.  For those of you in da' Bay, Death Cab will be hitting The Fillmore on Wednesday, April 23rd.  Tickets for that show will be available March 2nd.  Look for the band's new album, Narrow Stairs, in stores May 15.

3 Great Bands, 1 Great Venue

R.E.M., Modest Mouse, and The National are scheduled to roll into Berkeley's Greek Theatre, Saturday, May 31st.  Thus far no information has been released on ticket pricing or availability.  This show will be part of R.E.M.'s national tour in support of their forthcoming album, Accerlerate.  Accelerate will be available on April 1st and thus far has been getting some great reviews.  We'll keep you posted as more information about the show becomes available.

Radiohead In SF?

Keep your calendars clear August 22-24.  Rumors are circulating that Radiohead will be headlining the inaugural Outside Lands Festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.  No word yet on which day Radiohead will play or when tickets will be available but keep tuned here for updates.  Can't wait!

Records For Sale

The world's largest collection of recorded music is up for sale on eBay. 3 million records and 300,000 CD's. Bidding starts at 3 million dollars. Check it out here. We're getting a fund together and so far we have $103.47. Let us know if you're in!

Persepolis

Thus far, Airbag Radio has been strictly a music blog, but in light of the greatness that is Persepolis, it seems appropriate to break with tradition and make a non-music film recommendation. Persepolis is both a visually stunning and deeply emotional animated film. The story comes from an autobiographical graphic novel of the same name and takes place in war-torn Iran during the 1980's and 90's. The character development of the film is particularly impressive, as the viewer quickly identifies and relates to each character as a human, rather than a whimsical cartoon character. Both the struggles of the family in the film and the harsh realities of the situation in Iran, open the viewer's eyes to new understandings of this time in our history. We highly recommend this film and in our humble and limited experience this is could be said to be the greatest animated feature of all time.

Airbag Radio On SF's LIVE 105

All you Airbag Readers in the Bay Area, keep your ears tuned to LIVE 105.  Airbag Radio was interviewed today by the San Francisco radio station on the significance of Rage Against The Machine's self-titled debut album.  The interview was conducted as part of the station's Greatest Albums Of The 90's.  (Listen for James from San Ramon.)  Below is the original album synopsis provided to the station. Enjoy!

Rage Against the Machine had a major impact on my life both musically and philosophically. In fact, I remember waking up in the middle of the night to listen to this album. Musically, Rage is one of the best bands to have ever taken the stage. The band's intensity and energy is unparalleled. Rage's philosophy impacted me just as much as their music. Listening to Zack's de la Rocha's lyrics inspired me to begin questioning the beliefs that had been handed down to me and search for my own beliefs. I don't side with everything that Rage stands for, but I can't deny that my life wouldn't be the same without this band. Hands down, the best band of the 90's and the best album of the 90's.

Dayzed & Confused

Can't get enough of Radiohead's latest album, In Rainbows?  Then check out Amplive's newest project, Rainydayz Remixes.  Amplive (of Zion-I) spent some serious time with cutting, chopping, splicing and dicing In Rainbows.  The album has been reshaped into a hip-hop project featuring a mix of underground rappers, including Chali 2na of Jurassic-5 and Airbag Radio's fave MC, Del The Funky Homosapien.  Finally, our favorite band and our favorite rapper together at last!  Not to mention that Del gets down on our favorite In Rainbows track, Videotape.  Grab all the tracks here. This time the pricing isn't optional. It's free.

Get Ready...

BE THERE!!!

Friday

April 18th

2008

Arco Arena

Sacramento

California

GUARANTEED AWESOMENESS!!!



(Let me know if you are interested in going and I'll get the presale info to you.)

It Is The Near Future...