When Maggie Rogers appeared silhouetted by a single spotlight last night at the Armory, the crowd cheered and moved forward in anticipation as her clear-as-a-bell voice floated through the first lines of “Color Song.” The song bent and shifted before she segued into “Fallingwater” and its Phil-Collins-esque drum fill. While it was a risky move…

Let’s get this out of the way first: there’s one mention of Minnesota in the new Judy Garland biopic, and it’s not very positive. In fact, it’s essentially a threat. In a scene set around the time Judy Garland was shooting The Wizard of Oz, movie mogul Louis B. Mayer (Richard Cordery) is reminding the young…

Music critics and enthusiasts everywhere are praising rapper/ singer/ songwriter and flute goddess Lizzo as her hit song “Truth Hurts” becomes the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 #1 by a solo female rapper — eclipsing Cardi B’s three-week reign with “Bodak Yellow” in 2017. Her success certainly won’t stop here: she’s just been ruled eligible for…

Over two decades into their influential career, Sleater-Kinney have recently gone through a big transition: longtime drummer Janet Weiss left the band shortly before the release of the group’s new album, The Center Won’t Hold, in August. Sleater-Kinney are now getting ready to go on an international tour, kicking off next month. Ahead of the band’s…

Before headlining the Amsterdam Bar & Hall last Friday, Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy stopped by The Current for a casual, wide-ranging conversation with Jay Gabler. Allison recently released a new single, “lucy,” her first new music of 2019. The song is noticeably darker in both tone and content than previous Soccer Mommy recordings, and…

I’m headed to the DMV today — time to get a new license. How many times do you think I could watch each of these videos before my number is called? The Jorgensens – “Voo Doo” Brianna and Kurt are the eponymous Jorgensens, accessing New Orleans mythology and motifs in “Voo Doo” from The Lexington…

Yesterday, New Power Generation keyboardist/musical director Morris Hayes shared an Instagram post that reveals the devastating effects of a fire that burned through his home. The photos show the interior of Hayes’s home, with property including his recording equipment scorched and reduced to rubble. View this post on Instagram Hello all. Anyone that knows me…

Six months after an accident that left Channy Leaneagh with a broken vertebrae, the frontwoman of Poliça is stepping back onto the stage for the first time. She’ll be performing with Ringing Bell, a one-night musical supergroup created for the Walker Art Center’s annual Avant Garden benefit this Saturday. According to Leaneagh, the best way…

Over the past several weeks, bikers and walkers along the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis have noticed a very familiar, larger-than-life, face under the Aldrich Avenue bridge: Prince, circa his 1999 era. What’s the story behind this latest Prince mural in Minnesota? All the way from Almere in the Netherlands, the anonymous street art crew Kamp…

Carb up before a Hot Chip show, because you’ll be burning calories on the dance floor. Clad in white-painted pantsuits, the quintet, increased to seven for their live show, turned on the fog and drum machines for their stage entrance that had the sweaty crowd cheering in anticipation for a party on Saturday night in…