It’s official: Mark Mallman has shared his new single, “The End is Not the End.” The song is a preview of what’s to come on Mallman’s new album of the same name, set to be released in early 2016, which is being funded on Kickstarter. Mallman has released seven studio records since 1998. Optimistic and high-energy, the new single is typical…

The chance to take over the mic as Local Current DJ-in-Residence could not have come at a better time: this is the first month of the rest of my life as a full-time musician. At the beginning of October I left a stable, unionized job—a job I loved—to pursue the unpredictable music career I’ve been…

The bottomless yellow jumpsuit Prince wore to the VMAs in 1991 appears on a new Rolling Stone list of “20 great moments in rock star nudity.” There aren’t any other Minnesota artists on the list, but Minneapolis regular Janet Jackson makes the list with her Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” and Rock the Garden alumni Matt & Kim…

It's National Cat Day! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about cats would you like to hear? Send us your requests.

Last night at First Avenue, Leon Bridges’s vocals soared over the heads of a sold-out crowd. In the midst of a tour promoting the release of his summer 2015 debut album Coming Home, Bridges made a visually spectacular entrance. Turning his back to the crowd, he adjusted his guitar as shafts of sapphire light illuminated his silhouette.…

Ahead of his long sold out show at First Avenue, Leon Bridges stopped by The Current to chat with host Bill DeVille about his debut album Coming Home and what's in store for the Fort Worth, Texas-based musician.

“I’m no longer officially retired,” says Phil Collins. “The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.” The 64-year-old Genesis frontman says he’s planning a new solo album and tour, 13 years after his most recent studio record. Collins can’t say whether Genesis might also reunite, but he says he’s baffled by fans’ requests…

Astronautalis is a man on the move. Few artists tour as relentlessly, freestyle so rapidly, and shift between projects so effortlessly. If you’ve ever seen him perform, you probably already know that this is a man with a busy mind and a long train of racing thoughts. In the past year alone, Astronautalis—known off stage…

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have the Album of the Week and will be visiting The Current today. With their band name in mind, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by bands with a '[blank] and the [blanks]' name? Send us your requests.

Black Friday isn’t just for buying flat-screen TVs anymore, thanks to Record Store Day coordinating a flood of special vinyl releases to hit stores on the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s crop includes discs from Paul McCartney (a new “Say Say Say” 12″ featuring, of course, Michael Jackson); David Bowie (a release of Earthling on translucent green vinyl); Spoon (a…