This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Sisters Annie and Nissa are still in their teens, but have already…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Under Violet pull influences from country to indie rock to folk, creating…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Green/Blue didn’t bother to introduce themselves onstage at First Avenue’s Best New…

Fans around the world continue to mourn Lexii Alijai, the St. Paul rapper who died on New Year’s Day at age 21. Kehlani, the music star who most prominently collaborated with Alijai, has announced a First Avenue show in the rapper’s memory. The cause of the artist’s death, it’s now been revealed, was an accidental…

Last night Billie Eilish swept the show, winning 5 awards. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from Grammy winners do you want to hear?

This Saturday, noise artist and musical curator Andrew Broder is presenting a huge benefit called “Better Not F_ck This Up: A Benefit Show For the Helpers.” The concert is being hosted by First Avenue and proceeds will go to a plethora of nonprofits, including Voices for Racial Justice, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Minnesota Indian Women’s…

Three and a half years since their last album, Drive-By Truckers have returned from their longest break yet. The band that recorded the anthem "Hell No I Ain't Happy," still isn't. On their latest record, the band has become a vital mouthpiece in this complicated world.

Although you may have heard otherwise, FruitPunchLoverBoy is a band. Not the stereotypical boy band with a long-haired, mysterious drummer or way-too-cool-for-school guitarist, no, this is a band of creatives. A collective, one may say, centered around a larger-than-life voice. This voice is able to ferry you through the realm of emotions – from the…

For the third straight year, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, will host an quintessential Gopher State event: a music festival on a frozen lake. Otter Tail County — On Ice! (OTC-On Ice) is a two-day music festival that goes from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 and takes place under a massive tent on the frozen shore…

It's the 2019 edition of "The Current's 15 Years in 15 Days." For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2019 do you want to hear?