This week, we're excited to share with you a historic moment for The Current: our first-ever international live broadcast. On Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Central Time), join host Mark Wheat as he broadcasts live from Akureyri, Iceland, for the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival.

With 'Can't Go Back', Ted Leo has gifted us with choppy, galloping guitar riffs reminiscent of Cheap Trick, combined with a pop punk sensibility and darker political undertones.

The Current will be broadcasting live from the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3. Because the team from The Current will be based in Akureyri, Iceland's second-largest city, Mark Wheat reports from the road.

In preparation for this week's live broadcasts from Akureyri, Iceland, at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, Mark Wheat prepared for his adventure with the help of Iceland's Honorary Consuls General to Minnesota, Dr. Orn Arnar and Katrin Sigureardottir. Watch Mark's video, and see the complete Iceland Airwaves broadcast schedule.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on late-night and other TV programs. Highlights this week include Weezer, Thundercat, Amy Shark, and Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. See the week's complete listings.

'Afterglow', the sophomore release from Iceland's Asgeir, dives into a bold sonic territory of jittery piano and glitchy electronic washes that has left fans marveling.

Iceland Airwaves is one of the world's premier music festivals -- and in 2017, The Current will be there, bringing you live broadcasts from Iceland's second-largest city, Akureryi. Join host Mark Wheat on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Central) for interviews, performances and a few cultural insights as well.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. This week's highlights include Margo Price, JD McPherson, Fleet Foxes and Angel Olsen. See the complete listings.

Poetic and precise, 'If We Were Vampires' from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit is both a celebration and a lament.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. This week's highlights include Beck, Arcade Fire and HAIM on 'The Ellen Degeneres' show, and some Prince music on the prime-time series, 'Empire.' See the complete listings.