Did Coldplay Steal A Song...

...or is this guy just reaching for some media attention?



Sorry, as much as we love busting Coldplay's balls, it sounds like it's just an odd coincidence. Apparently Chris Martin was recording in England during CMJ 2007 and the band had already written and recorded demos of "When I Ruled The World" 6 months prior to CMJ. Coincidentally, tomorrow's the big release day for Viva La Vida. Keep your eyes on EMI's stock prices, you know the label bosses will.

Bonnaroo-tiful!

By all reports, this past weekend's Bonnaroo festival was quite an event, featuring an earth ending performance from Sigur Ros and M.I.A.'s "last show."  We've got our fingers crossed in hopes that this is just M.I.A.'s "last show" for a while and consider ourselves blessed to have witnessed the Sri Lankan MC in all her glory at Coachella.  We've also got our fingers crossed in hopes that Deaf Indie Elephants will be posting the mp3's of Sigur Ros' performance.  In the meantime though, they've got Cat Power's Bonnaroo set available for download here.  Enjoy!

Spoon at Daytrotter

Spoon, currently our most favorite of bands that aren't Radiohead, made a recent stop by Daytrotter to record a four-song set, including a cover of Paul Simon's "Peace Like A River."  Grab it all here.  Let us know what you think!

And The Party Don't Stop...

Those birthday mix CD's have finally arrived from our pressing plant, Airbag Manufactory, and have subsequently been shipped out to each of you who emailed in a request.  Thanks for the overwhelming response.  We were blown away.  In fact we had to double the order just to meet the demand and are now completely out of stock.  Take a listen or two and let us know what you think.  Enjoy!

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Beck's forthcoming album, Modern Guilt, now has an official release date.  Look for the Danger Mouse produced set in stores July 8th.  Check the album art below.

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Radiohead and Portishead, together at last.


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Grab the mp3 over at Deaf Indie Elephants.

Happy Birthday...

...to us! That's right, Airbag Radio turns 1 year old today and Mom and Dad are getting out the video camera to film us smearing chocolate cake all over our 1 year old cheeks. Thank you to all who have been reading since the beginning and thank you to all who have joined us along the way. In honor of your patronage (and our birthday), we are giving away free mix CD's for you all. Just hit up james@airbagradio.com with your address, and we'll send you the best Happy Birthday mix you've heard in your life.

Episode IV: A New Hope

OK, so we admit that we're the first to throw Coldplay under the bus when they do anything remotely mediocre, and thus far the snippets of Viva La Vida we've been exposed to have been definitely sub-mediocre. But we still hold out hope for these one time heroes of ours. And today hope has come in the form of a leak. Check out the YouTube video below, before it's snatched away from us, to get a listen to an acoustic rendition of "Lovers In Japan."



Not to shabby! Let's hope the non-acoustic version holds up as well.

South Of The Border

Attention, all SoCal Airbaggers, Pasadena, our most favorite of southern cities, is playing host to a free music festival headlined by The Raveonettes, Saturday, June 21st. Click here for more info.

Real Estate Market Report

Ok, so that's not what R.E.M. stands for, but this is your R.E.M. Report.  Michael Stipe & Co. rolled into Berkeley this past weekend and put on an outstanding fan-pleasing show.  But not until after The National and Modest Mouse warmed up the chilly night with some crowd-pleasing work of their own.

The National kicked it off with Airbag favorite, 'Start A War' and the old folks in the crowd could be heard saying, "Wow, these guys are actually pretty good."  The band's setlist was primarily centered on last year's critically acclaimed Boxer, but featured some back catalog as well.

Modest Mouse came out, guns blazing, with the 1-2-3 punch of 'Black Cadillacs,' 'Satin In A Coffin,' and 'Dance Hall' and the old folks in the crowd could be heard saying, "What the hell is this?"  Legendary Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr was along for the ride, which leads us to believe that the longtime wandering gun-for-hire may be settling in for a second album with the Mouse.  Other set highlights included 'Fire It Up' and 'Dashboard.'

And finally, the hour was upon us.  The sun set, the cold settled in and the old folks could be heard saying, "I won my tickets on KFOG...  How did you hear about the show?"  When R.E.M. finally took the stage, it was clear that they are back and they are back to rock.  The set bounced around from fast-paced material off the new album Accelerate to old favorites to obscure gems.  The peak of the show occurred at it's lone acoustic moment, when the band gathered around the piano, guitars in hand, for an haunting rendition of "Let Me In."  As the encore came to a close with "Man On The Moon," the old folks could be heard saying, "This was fun...  We should do this again sometime!"

What does R.E.M. stand for anyway?  We'll give you two points if you can guess the answer without hitting up that Google search bar.