It’s Dessa week. Hot on the heels of yesterday’s album announcement and the debut of her first single, “Warsaw,” comes news today that Dessa will perform at the Fitzgerald Theater on June 22 as part of the Current Sessions at the Fitz™ series, just three days before her new album Parts of Speech drops.…

If you’ve been listening to H2 Local with Siddiq and I the last couple weeks, then you probably noticed that there is a strong focus on new music, but also a nice sprinkling in of the history as well. As I was working on the third show I made an interesting discovery: I really don’t…

Doomtree snuck a little surprise into its mailing list subscribers’ inboxes last night: The first details and teaser of Dessa’s new full-length, Parts of Speech. In addition to unveiling the album’s cover art and release date (June 25), Dessa launched a pre-order of her new record that comes with an instant download of her new…

  Des Moines, Iowa’s 80/35 festival continues to grow in size and scope. The lineup for this year’s sixth annual event will feature heavyweight headliners David Byrne & St. Vincent and the Wu-Tang Clan, with an additional roster that includes indie favorites Yeasayer, Deerhunter, Wavves, and many more. Just a three and a half hour…

  Monday, April 8 Reina del Cid and the Cidizens Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul 9 p.m., free, 21+ How this band continues to fly under the radar, I’ll never understand. Dexterous folk singer and storyteller Reina del Cid leads her band through a free set of music each and every Monday night at…

  Happy Friday! I have quite the range of new videos in store for you today, from the disturbing (baby Bon Iver) to the delicately beautiful (Barbara Jean and her band) to the deeply inspiring (documentaries on creative forces Mankwe and Low). Dig in, and I hope to see you out at one of the…

Divine Fits, the new project from Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner, Sam Brown and Alex Fishel, caught out ears here at the Current for a few reasons. Not only do we have a lot of Spoon fans on staff, but one of their first singles, “Would That Not Be Nice,” contains an attention-grabbing shout-out to Minneapolis.…

  Minneapolis has had no shortage of electro-pop duos in recent years, especially since the popularity spike and subsequent dissolution of Lookbook. But if anything, our embarrassment of electro riches has shown us that the genre is not as narrow as its label might suggest; from Wiping Out Thousands to Weird Visions to Father You See…

Over the past year, we have looked to expand our local coverage in the community in ways that don’t exclusively involve the on-air or online methods. That’s why we launched Local Current Live in 2012: We had an aim to bring together three bands we believed were poised for a breakout to play a show…

Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current.   The Ocean Blue The Ocean Blue were still in high-school when they signed a three-album deal in ’88 with…