Local Current BlogFriday Five: Apollo Cobra, Background Noise Crew, moreAndrea Swensson • Jul 20, 2012Local music notes from the week of July 16-20
Local Current BlogSoul Asylum at the UBS Forum: Behind the scenesAndrea Swensson • Jul 19, 2012You know it’s going to be a good session when an email goes out warning the MPR staff that the band “is bringing the big amps” and it’s going to get loud. Such was the case with today’s UBS Forum session by Soul Asylum, which invited about 100 Current fans into the studios for a…
Local Current BlogLocal Radar: Robust Worlds, Cjell Cruze and Rupert AngeleyesJon Schober • Jul 18, 2012Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week
Local Current BlogLiars’ Aaron Hemphill gets Prince tattoo backstage at First AveAndrea Swensson • Jul 18, 2012It’s not unusual for bands to request special drinks, food, or other accommodations be made available to them backstage while they are playing a show. But last night at First Avenue, Liars co-founder Aaron Hemphill made one big request: That a tattoo artist be sent backstage to tattoo Prince’s glyph on his finger before the…
Local Current BlogBob Dylan’s ‘Tempest’ out September 11Andrea Swensson • Jul 17, 2012News came in overnight via Bob Dylan’s newsletter that his 35th studio album has a title and a release date: Tempest is coming September 11. As noted in the album’s announcement, the release of Tempest on Columbia Records will coincide with the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s first studio album, Bob Dylan, which was issued by the…
Local Current BlogOwl City frontman Adam Young is growing upAndrea Swensson • Jul 16, 2012Owl City’s Adam Young is the rare Minnesota-born musician whose star has risen so quickly and whose music frolics so unapologetically into the mainstream that his relationship with his home state is all but nonexistent. That detachment from any particular geographic location may be part of his widespread appeal. His MySpace popularity propelled him out…
Local Current BlogBastille Day Block Party 2012Nate Ryan • Jul 16, 2012With the Pizza Lucé and Pride Block Parties on hiatus for 2012, the Bastille Day celebration outside of Barbette was one of the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis’s only chances to take in some free live music outdoors this summer. The block party’s organizers seemed to recognize this fact and consequently booked one of their strongest…
Local Current BlogSong of the Day: All EyesJon Schober • Jul 13, 2012Read about and download their new track "All I Want"
Local Current BlogFriday Five: The Tribe and Big Cats! show their Dopeness, Brother Ali on his new album, moreAndrea Swensson • Jul 13, 2012Local music notes from the week of July 9-13
Local Current BlogSecret Stash prepping compilation of Twin Cities funk and soul raritiesAndrea Swensson • Jul 12, 2012We’re living in an era of hyper-connectivity, where every factoid we could possibly imagine is just a quick Google away. But with this unquantifiable rolodex of information at our fingertips, it can be hard to remember that there are just as many pieces of history that have gone undocumented. This pool of un-Googleable data runs…
