This week on New Hot, read about the debut of a band and the return of another, both from California, and a group who gets their name from a Velvet Underground song. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, April 2.

The Screaming Eagle of Soul's lead single "Strictly Reserved for You" from the forthcoming 'Victim of Love' release has a new video. Sit back and brace yourself... there will be donuts.

While she was in town for Wits™, The Current Morning Show was happy to welcome Paula Poundstone into our studio to chat with the hosts and take over our airwaves for a little bit, playing some of her favorite tunes for another edition of Theft of the Dial.

On his third album as Telekinesis, Michael Benjamin Lerner infuses his compact, concise pop-rock nuggets with warmth and messy emotions that make them feel human.

With today marking the 25th anniversary of the band's debut full-length Surfer Rosa, I'm tempted to imagine how unsettling and off-kilter the band's music must have sounded at the time.

How well do you know your album cover art? We took album cover images from three songs we've already played today, scrubbed the identifying information and layered them each at one-third opacity. Can you name all three albums?

Just days after debuting new material at South by Southwest, celebrated indie rockers Vampire Weekend have come out with a double A-side single featuring two new tracks from their forthcoming third full-length album Modern Vampires in the City.

This week on New Hot, read about a band that got started at an open-mic night, one of America's most notorious rock bands and an act considered a Minnesota staple. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, March 19.

Tonight, Jake Rudh celebrates 12 years of Transmission with a special party at the First Ave mainroom. To get us all psyched, he's picked out a handful of videos representing the many genres and subgenres he'll be playing.

Kevin Parker and Jay "Gumby" Watson of Australian neo-psychedelic masters Tame Impala stopped by the studio to chat with David Campbell during Radio Free Current and take over our airwaves to play a handful of their favorite tunes on another edition of Theft of the Dial.