Amid two invigorating new songs and three fresh renditions of Yo La Tengo classics, nine wide-ranging covers are performed with varying degrees of sweetness, sadness, silliness and joy.

Listening to Peter Wolf Crier is like watching sunlight stream through a smudged prism; you think you know where these beautiful melodies are going to end up, but before you know it there are rainbows on the floor and shadows covering your face.

On his 10th album as Destroyer, Dan Bejar keeps mining discarded sounds and reclaiming them, recalling everyone from Harry Nilsson to Clarence Clemons.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' one and only visit to Minnesota, The Current and our friends at Slacker have put together this station of Beatles covers by a wide range of artists.

The duo's music settles jangled nerves and transports listeners to a warmer, softer, easier place. Stream the complete album, 'Depression Cherry,' before it releases on Aug. 28, 2015.

Rateliff is an accomplished solo singer-songwriter of the introspective, acoustic variety. The Night Sweats' music is where he unleashes his swaggering, after-dark persona.

Megan James is one-half of electronic-music duo, Purity Ring. When the Edmonton-based band visited Minneapolis for a couple of shows, Megan stopped by The Current to take over the airwaves on Theft of the Dial.

Jim James, the frontman of My Morning Jacket, took time off from his tour supporting the band's latest album, 'The Waterfall,' to take over The Current's airwaves to spin a set of tunes of his own choosing.

The producer behind the West Coast gangsta rap sound looks back over his career on a long-awaited album that sounds less like one man's vanity project than a grand group effort.

On the singer's new album, a departure from the rootsy sounds of her albums with the Nocturnals, pop-rock music gets a real kick in its cherry-red pants.