Watch full sets by Frank Black, Beach Bunny, and more at The Current's 20th Anniversary shows
June 20, 2025
In January, The Current celebrated 20 years on-air, online, and in the community with two nights of music at First Avenue. Relive the epic evenings or experience them for the first time by watching full sets of music by Frank Black, Beach Bunny, Bad Bad Hats, and she’s green, all recorded live at First Avenue in Minneapolis on January 24 and January 25. No IDs necessary — this is an all-ages show! Watch all the performances below.
Frank Black
Frank Black and his band perform Black’s 1994 album Teenager of The Year in its entirety (bookended by songs from Black’s 1993 self-titled album).
Set List
Czar
Ten Percenter
Teenager of the Year set:
Whatever Happened to Pong?
Thalassocracy
(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain
Calistan
The Vanishing Spies
Speedy Marie
Headache
Sir Rockaby
Freedom Rock
Two Reelers
Fiddle Riddle
Olé Mulholland
Fazer Eyes
I Could Stay Here Forever
The Hostess with the Mostest
Superabound
Big Red
Space Is Gonna Do Me Good
White Noize Maker
Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band
Bad, Wicked World
Pie in the Sky
Encore:
Los Angeles
Every Time I Go Around Here
I Heard Ramona Sing
Beach Bunny
Chicago band Beach Bunny’s set started a mosh pit, much of it choreographed by Beach Bunny frontperson Lili Trifilio who made sure concertgoers had fun while staying safe.
Set List
Love Sick
Vertigo
6 Weeks
Gone
Dream Boy
Sports
Cuffing Season
Ms. California
Oxygen
Nice Guys
Clueless
Weeds
12 April
Tunnel Vision
Prom Queen
Good Girls (Don't Get Used)
Cloud 9
Painkiller
Bad Bad Hats
Twin Cities-based indie-rock band Bad Bad Hats — featuring an extra guitarist due to lead singer Kerry Alexander nursing an injured arm — perform at generous set at First Avenue. They cap off the performance with a preview of new music from their side project, Megasound.
Set List
Gloria Love
Nothing Gets Me High
Let Me In
Walkman
My Heart Your Heart
Talk With Your Hands
Meter Run
Milky Way
TPA
Midway
Detroit Basketball
Supersize (Megasound)
she’s green
Fast-rising Minneapolis shoegaze band she’s green perform live at First Avenue, captivating the audience with music that includes two new and (at the time of this recording) unreleased, untitled songs.
Set List
[Unreleased]
Graze
[Unreleased]
Purple
Mandy
Smile Again
See photos from The Current's 20th Anniversary Party
