Angel Olsen has become a master of characters who ache to move forward, but are pulled to an ever-present past.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. See the complete listings and find performance videos as the week progresses. You can also subscribe to receive the week's schedule in your inbox to plan your TV viewing around music.

In the release notes for their forthcoming album, 'Closer Than Together,' the Avett Brothers wrote they 'will probably never make a sociopolitical record. But if we did, it might sound something like this.' The new song 'Bang Bang,' which addresses gun violence, is evidence of that.

Stephin Merritt has said that '69 Love Songs' is not an album about love, it is an album about love songs. Mac Wilson chronicles his first -- and lasting -- encounters with the audacious triple album, celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Jeremy Nutzman has been a man of many stage names, but he seems to have found a special sound as Velvet Negroni. Stopping by The Current on a break from tour, he performs three songs from his album Neon Brown and shares a conversation with Local Show host Andrea Swensson.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. See the complete listings and find performance videos as the week progresses. You can also subscribe to receive the week's schedule in your inbox to plan your TV viewing around music.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. See the complete listings and find performance videos as the week progresses. You can also subscribe to receive the week's schedule in your inbox to plan your TV viewing around music.

The Virginia game-changer and Grammy winner drops a five-song EP ahead of being honored at the MTV Video Music Awards.

On Sept. 27, Simpson will simultaneously release a new album and an anime film on Netflix, both titled 'Sound & Fury.' Each promises to showcase the Kentuckian's louder, looser side.

The opening track from 'No Home Record' reinforces Kim Gordon as an inimitable and malleable artist who, nonetheless, sounds only like Kim Gordon.