Longtime local music mainstay Terry Katzman has died November 09, 2019 The Current learned Saturday that Terry Katzman, a longtime fixture in the Minnesota music scene, has died. For decades, Katzman has been a champion of bands like Hüsker Dü, the Suburbs, the Replacements and many others. Notably, in January 1982, Katzman was on hand to record a performance by the Replacements at a rent party… Read More ›
Watch Penelope Isles perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 09, 2019 Watch English indie-pop band Penelope Isles perform a set of songs recorded live at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves. Read More ›
Watch Girl in Red perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 09, 2019 Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven releases songs as Girl in Red; watch Ulven perform a set at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves. Read More ›
Watch Pip Blom perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 09, 2019 Watch Dutch rock band Pip Blom perform a set of songs recorded live at The Current's Day Party at the Iceland Airwaves music festival. Read More ›
Watch Graveyard Club perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 09, 2019 Watch Minneapolis four-piece Graveyard Club perform at The Current Day Party with a set recorded live at Iceland Airwaves. Read More ›
(Sandy) Alex G: 'I don't feel like a brand yet, I still feel like a person' November 08, 2019 On 'House of Sugar,' the lo-fi pop musician's third full-length release on Domino, his often warped voice swarms and lingers over warm walls of stringed instruments and looped synths. The album's themes are murky: memory runs backwards, sugar is spooned, and answers are buried with sand. Read More ›
Watch two songs from Boy Azooga at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 08, 2019 Typically a four-piece, Boy Azooga showed up as a one-man act at The Current Day Party. Armed with a kick-drum, a hi-hat and a guitar, Davey Newington delivered six catchy, jangly rock songs at Iceland Airwaves. Read More ›
Watch JFDR enchant the Iceland Airwaves audience with a full set from The Current Day Party November 08, 2019 Iceland's JFDR may only be 25, but the artist has already made her name known in the country's music scene. Watch her ambient and expansive set from Iceland Airwaves. Read More ›
Watch Hachiku's performance at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves November 08, 2019 Despite years on the road, Anika Ostendorf creates a sense of home for herself in the dreamy but avant-garde bedroom pop of Hachiku. See her full performance from Iceland Airwaves Read More ›
Watch Har Mar Superstar, Ashley DuBose, Gully Boys, deM atlaS, Last Import, and dozens more Minnesota artists cameo in new Bo Weber video November 08, 2019 Bo Weber, a Minnesota musician who’s also the founder of MusicInMinnesota.com, just wants to “Pump This Town.” Or, more precisely, these Twin Towns. So do dozens more artists, who all cameo in a new video for his song by that title. Weber took half a year to film the video, which functions as both a… Read More ›
Caamp plant a stake in The Current studio November 16, 2019 While in town to play a sold-out show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, the Ohio band Caamp visited The Current to talk with host Mac Wilson and to play songs from their album, 'By and By.' Read More ›
Angel Olsen performs songs from 'All Mirrors' in The Current studio November 12, 2019 The latest release from Angel Olsen is characterized by soaring vocals and lush instrumental arrangements. Olsen and her band visited The Current studio to play songs from the new album. Read More ›
The Current Rewind: The Peters Brothers' anti-rock crusade September 04, 2019 A family of pastors hell-bent on saving souls. A pro-sticker Washington wife. A B-horror blood-gusher with a heart of gold. Plus...Prince's photographer? This episode's cast of characters is just a peek at the wild ride of the Peters Brothers, the evangelical trio who hosted record burnings and condemned rock music throughout the 1980s. But for all the Peters' popcorn-worthy stunts, you could say darkness was at play. Read More ›
Playlist: The rock that fueled the Peters Brothers September 05, 2019 In the '80s, controversial St. Paul ministers the Peters Brothers traveled around America preaching about the dangers of rock music. From shock-rock to suggestive pop, this playlist compiles some of the songs that fueled the Peters Brothers' protests against rock & roll. Read More ›
Tou SaiK Lee interviews Missy and Ernest Whiteman about representation, intergenerational art, and 'The Outsiders' September 03, 2019 For the latest episode of The Current Rewind, local rapper Tou SaiK Lee sat down with a father and daughter pair, Ernest and Missy Whiteman, who are both artists working in Minnesota. Tou SaiK is Hmong, and Ernest and Missy are Hinono'ei; all three artists use their respective mediums to create art that bridges generations in their cultures. Read More ›
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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 ›
Coffee Break: Americana November 15, 2019 Tomorrow night, Bill DeVille is bringing Pert Near Sandstone and Jerry Douglas to First Avenue for The United States of Americana 10th Anniversary show. Let's get excited with today's Coffee Break - what songs do you want to hear that have an Americana vibe? Read More ›
Today in Music History: Happy Birthday, Petula Clark November 15, 2019 Petula Clark was born; Janis Joplin was arrested; Elvis made a movie; and Blondie had a hit, 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 ›