This week on The Local Show we'll visit with Chris Riemenschneider -- music critic for The Star Tribune. He's published his annual list of the Best Local Albums of the year -- so far. We'll chat about his favorites for the first half of 2011 and spin music from each of his selections.

In hour two, Dan Israel will be stopping The Current studios to perform songs from his latest album Crosstown Traveler and chat about his upcoming release show at the Aster Cafe with the legendary Slim Dunlap.

Plus new music from The Jayhawks, Peter Wolf Crier and Bon Iver.

Segments

Seaweed
Dan Israel
Crosstown Traveler

Onward and Over
Rogue Valley
False Floors

Darken
Carnage
Worth The Wait

Sugar Moon
Davina And The Vagabonds
Black Cloud

Pinpointing the Exact Moment Hollywood Said Good Enough
The Book of Right On
All These Songs About Music

Wild Iris
Pennyroyal
Sad Face/Glad Face

Lionhearted
4ontheFloor
4x4

One Dimensional Man
Sims
Bad Time Zoo

Country Queen
Night Moves
Colored Emotions

You See Everything
Low
C'mon

Busted
G-Hop
Pennsyltucky

AMERICASPREMIEREFAITHBASEDINITIATIVE
Dillinger Four
Civil War

Slow Bleed
Ruben
Slow Bleed / Let Me Start

Right Away
Peter Wolf Crier
Garden of Arms

Minnesota, WI
Bon Iver
Bon Iver

I'd Never Make it Through
Dan Israel
In-Studio

When The Day is Done
Dan Israel
In-Studio

Up to You
Dan Israel
In-Studio

She Walks In So Many Ways
The Jayhawks
Mockingbird Time

To Ramona
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Revisited - The Remasters

Black Door
Pink Mink
Pink Mink

They're All Gone
The Blind Shake
Seriousness