Tuesday, August 6 Jeremy Messersmith 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 7:30 p.m., sold out, 18+ With his new record in the can, recent Glassnote Records signee Jeremy Messersmith will showcase some of his new material at the Entry tonight. The album’s title and full track listing hasn’t been revealed, so the show will offer up one…

Last year, the local team at The Current stumbled across a slew of high-school bands by chance, and a few of them ended up becoming quick sensations in the community (see: John Mark Nelson and Bomba De Luz). We figured there was a lot of talent brewing in those school hallways, so we aired the…

There was already a pretty good reason to head down to the Bachelor Farmer tonight for their outdoor street fair, Kraftskiva, with the Cloak Ox playing their first show in about 18 months. But this morning, the event’s organizers sweetened the deal by adding the Shouting Matches, fresh off playing a show at First Avenue…

Most weeks, the Friday Five is packed with shiny new videos from Minnesota’s best and brightest filmmakers. We’ve certainly had an embarrassment of riches lately, with more and more new directors picking up steam and churning out batches of commercial-grade videos. But one of the great things about the prevalence of video technology is that…

Minnesota Public Radio will once again set up camp at the corner of Judson and Nelson for a series of live broadcasts by all three stations. As in past years, the Current’s Mary Lucia and Mark Wheat will broadcast live each weekday afternoon and evening, with special guests ranging from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (who…

This year, we’ll be spotlighting a prominent Minnesota musician or band each month with our new Artist of the Month feature. You’ll be able to hear a variety of songs from throughout the artists’ career on both the Local Current stream and the Local Show, and you can read more about the artists’ history and their role in…

Tuesday, July 30 Moon & Pollution (opening for Heloise & the Savoir Faire) 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 8 p.m., $10, 18+ It says a lot about the strength of Moon & Pollution that the only gig they’ve played to date was opening for Atmosphere and Trampled by Turtles at Bayfront Park in Duluth. The new…

News broke this morning that the Fine Line Music Café, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary hosting live music and events in Minneapolis’s Warehouse District, has been sold to the newly branded Minneapolis Event Centers arm of entertainment company Entourage Events Group. Fans of the Fine Line are already speculating what this will mean for…

Foxygen’s first headlining show in Minneapolis was as brief as it was dramatic. According to several reports from the scene, the Pitchfork-blessed, performance-challenged band only made it about halfway through their opening song, “On Blue Mountain,” before singer Sam France climbed up onto a monitor on the front of the stage and toppled down into…

It’s been a long transition period for Minneapolis expat James Brooks, one-half of now defunct group Elite Gymnastics. After receiving a great deal of attention and accolades for their hazy and buoyant electro-pop, Brooks and his Gymnastics bandmate Josh Clancy parted ways last year and Brooks carried on alone, releasing music sporadically and using his…