10 Notable Minnesota Albums of 2018 December 06, 2018 This month, musicheads far and wide are sitting down to their notebooks or computers, tapering their 2018 listening into one shining top 10 list. We took on a similar task with local albums: not a top 10 list, per se, but a collection of music we found especially memorable this year. These albums roped us… Read More ›
The Chart Show Hall of Fame December 05, 2018 When a song stays on The Chart Show's chart for more than 10 weeks, we retire it from the poll and it enters the very prestigious Chart Show Hall of Fame. Read More ›
The Chart Show: 60 and Punk Rocks the Vote December 05, 2018 Death Cab For Cutie enters the HOF this week with the closer to their new album, 'Thank You For Today,' the song "60 and Punk" hasn't been an official single off the new album but is clearly a fan favorite ending it's run on the chart at #6. Read More ›
Music News: Country radio top 20 has zero female acts, for the first time since at least 1990 December 05, 2018 For the first time since at least 1990, when Billboard started tracking country radio airplay, there's not a single woman in the format's top 20 most-played songs. Also in the news today: guess which band are this year's most-tweeted artists, the Flaming Lips announce an album featuring a member of the Clash, Sunny Day Real Estate drummer says Dave Grohl has a lost album in his sock drawer, the Apollo Theater expands, and footage of the late George H.W. Bush rocking out surfaces. Read More ›
Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2018 in Minneapolis and St. Paul: Where to see live music December 05, 2018 Transmission Presents ‘80s Prom – A New Year’s Eve Celebration Ft. DJ Jake Rudh First Avenue, Minneapolis 9 p.m., $10/$20, 18+ Join The Current’s own DJ Jake Rudh for a special New Year’s Eve edition of Transmission at First Avenue — featuring their signature mix of new wave, indie, British pop, funk, garage rock and… Read More ›
The Chart Show Ballot December 05, 2018 Vote every week for your top five tracks (and enter our weekly ticket giveaway while you're at it), then tune in Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. CT to see if your favorites make the Chart Show, hosted by Mark Wheat! Read More ›
Rock and Roll Book Club: Two books visualize the Beatles December 05, 2018 Both 'Visualizing the Beatles' and 'Fab 4 Mania' take a visual approach to the incomparable legacy of 'the world's favorite band.' Read More ›
Music News: Grammy nominations make strides in representation December 07, 2018 After years of withering criticism over their lack of diversity, this year's Grammy nominations have gone some distance to close the gap. Kendrick Lamar leads nominees with eight nods, followed closely by Drake. Further, female nominees predominate in all four top categories. Also today, we pay tribute to the late Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks. Read More ›
Download The Current app January 29, 2018 Download The Current's app to hear a crisp, high-fidelity stream of our station (and our additional streams) wherever you go! Read More ›
Listen to The Current via Smart Speakers July 23, 2018 Listen to The Current on Google Home and Amazon's Echo devices, and get enhanced functionality -- song names, requests, song of the day -- with our Alexa Skill. Read More ›
John Grant performs in The Current studio December 07, 2018 Michigan-born, Reykjavik-based musician John Grant is a fascinating individual even before he starts performing songs. Ahead of a show at the Fine Line in Minneapolis, Grant stopped at The Current studio to play songs and to engage in lively and thoughtful conversation with host Mac Wilson. Read More ›
Haley performs instrumentals from 'Pleasureland' in The Current studio December 06, 2018 Although Haley has composed instrumental music before, her 2018 release 'Pleasureland' is her first all-instrumental full-length. 'This was so much more satisfying when I wasn't trying to say something with words,' Haley says. 'It was how I felt and what I connected to.' Haley, along with Jeremy Ylvisaker, visited The Current studio to play music from 'Pleasureland.' Read More ›
Listen to Thom Yorke's 'Suspiria Session' from Electric Lady studios December 06, 2018 Listen to a special recording of Thom Yorke performing songs from the 'Suspiria' soundtrack and a 2011 classic from Radiohead. Read More ›
JD McPherson and band pull up their 'Socks' in The Current studio December 04, 2018 Even though JD McPherson told himself he'd never do a Christmas album, a little holiday spirit changed his mind. McPherson and his band recently released 'Socks,' an album of 11 holiday originals. 'It still just hits me as the most ridiculous album title of all time!' McPherson laughs as he and his band stopped into The Current studio for a session hosted by Brian Oake and Jill Riley. Read More ›
William Prince performs in The Current studio December 02, 2018 Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter William Prince wants to write songs that stand the test of time. 'I'm in the business of writing hopefully good songs, [and] getting better,' he says. 'I think my best ones are to come yet.' William Prince recently visited The Current for a session hosted by Bill DeVille. Read More ›
Coffee Break: U.K. punk rock December 07, 2018 Pete Shelley, lead singer of the Buzzcocks, passed away yesterday. On Twitter, the band said he was "one of the U.K.'s most influential and prolific songwriters". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what U.K. punk rock do you want to hear? Read More ›
Today in Music History: David Bowie appears in public for the last time December 07, 2018 Tom Waits was born, Carl Douglas was at the top of the U.S. singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting'; John Lennon's MBE medal he returned to the Queen was found; and David Bowie appeared in public for the last time, Today in Music History. Read More ›
Coffee Break Suggestions and Archive November 08, 2016 Got an idea for a Coffee Break? Want to see what we did a while back? Read More ›