Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Posthumous releasesAnna Reed • Mar 6, 2018For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that were released posthumously - as in, after the musician had passed away?
Local Current BlogRecord Store Day 2018 includes exclusives from Prince, Dessa, David Bowie, and Courtney BarnettColleen Cowie • Mar 6, 2018This year, Record Store Day is taking place on April 21. Artists releasing Record Store Day exclusives include Prince, Dessa, David Bowie, Courtney Barnett, Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead, just to name a few. Fans of Prince can pick up a seven-track single LP version of 1999 this Record Store Day. This version of 1999 has been…
DuluthDon Ness and Duluth musicians re-inaugurate NorShor TheatreMike Novitzki • Mar 6, 2018One chapter in the long and complicated history of Duluth’s NorShor Theatre is the role it played as a rock venue and casual hangout for the city’s burgeoning music scene of the late ’90s and early 2000s when heavy hitters like Low, Trampled By Turtles, and Charlie Parr were just starting their careers. Following that…
Local Current Blog‘He wanted to be bigger than life, and he was’: Susannah Melvoin tells podcast about loving PrinceHanna Bubser • Mar 5, 2018Prince always wore tube socks to bed, and he liked to spend nights watching In Living Color with a bowl of popcorn. These are things that only close friends of his would know. Or, perhaps, someone who was once engaged to him. Musician Susannah Melvoin met and worked with Prince in the 1980s, forming a…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: 911 callsAnna Reed • Mar 5, 2018Over the weekend, Coffee Breaker Ben came up with a fun idea for a topic - first words on a 911 call, like for example, Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what are songs whose titles could be the first words on a 911 call?
Local Current BlogFriday Five: Ness Nite, Evidence feat. Slug, and more new Minnesota music videosCecilia Johnson • Mar 2, 2018Ness Nite, “Tightrope” New York-via-Minneapolis visionary Ness Nite released her debut album today, which means it’s the perfect occasion to watch her in “Tightrope.” Lisa Persson (26 BATS!) shot this psychedelic, borderline-woozy video in the Minneapolis skyways. If you like what you hear, consider scooping up a ticket for her Dream Girl release at the Entry on March…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: World day of PrayerAnna Reed • Mar 2, 2018The first Friday in March of every year is World day of Prayer, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what rock and pop songs do you want to hear where someone mentions God or praying? We're not looking for Christian rock -- but rather secular songs that pray in some way.
Local Current BlogThe delights of drone: Settling in for 28 hours at the Cedar Cultural CenterMaia Jacobson • Mar 2, 2018Going into Drone Not Drones this past January, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Like a lot of people, I wasn’t very familiar with drone music. And as much as I enjoy live shows, I also value being in bed by midnight at the latest, so 28 hours of straight drone music was very much…
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Franz Ferdinand, 'Always Ascending'David Safar • Mar 2, 2018Scotland's Franz Ferdinand are back with their fifth studio album, 'Always Ascending' out on Domino Records.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Concept albumsAnna Reed • Mar 1, 2018The Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota stopped by to talk about this weekend's show "Pink Floyd's The Wall: A Rock Ballet" and it got us thinking about concept albums. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from concept albums?
