"480 Minutes" - new OMD, QOTSA, Art Brut, Villagers, Flaming Lips

Hello and welcome to the weekly 480 Minutes preview.  On the show this week we will have tickets to give away for next Friday's (4/19) all-ages Birdmonster/Mother Mother show at Bottom of the Hill, so listen closely and when you hear a song by either band, get in touch, and you might just win yourself some free tickets. Buy advance tickets for your friends here.

Today's 8-hour marathon radio show will feature new music by Art Brut (London, England), Bored Nothing (Melbourne, Australia), The English Singles (Sacramento, CA), The Flaming Lips (Oklahoma City, OK), James Blake (London, England), The Knife (Stockholm, Sweden), Milk Music (Olympia, WA), Nude Pop (Spokane, WA), OMD (Liverpool, England), Paper Pilots (Los Angeles, CA), Queens of the Stone Age (Palm Desert, CA), Steve Mason (Edinburgh, Scotland; Beta Band), and Villagers (Dublin, Ireland).

We take requests during the live-hosted hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m Pacific Time) -- we don't usually play them, but what they hey, give it a try, you never know:

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Bay Area Gig eList (upcoming Bay Area shows of interest)

OMD/ Diamond Rings @ The Regency Ballroom 4/12
Johnny Marr @ The Fillmore 4/13
Band of Horses @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 4/13
Beach House @ The Fillmore 4/16
Sigur Rós @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 4/17
Vampire Weekend @ Fox Theater (Oakland) 4/17
James Blake @ Mezzanine 4/17
# Mother Mother/ Birdmonster/ Yassou Benedict @ Bottom of the Hill 4/19   buy tickets
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Fillmore 4/22

Check out the full gig list page at bagelradio.com/shows/

Lyric of the Week

"We've gotta get the kids before they grow / God forbid they retain their sense of wonder" - Villagers, "Judgement Call"

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