Why do we go to music festivals? Why do we agree to slog through the mud and stand for hours and hours in the blazing sun? Why do we agree to get sweaty and press our sticky bodies against each other and stand in line for water and stand in line for beer and stand…

The Chemical Brothers had never made the great album of their career -- until now. 'Born in the Echoes' is constructed as one piece, allowing the tracks to take us on a musical and lyrical trip.

Bruce Springsteen jumped on stage with longtime friend and collaborator Joe Grushecky on Saturday night at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey—and stayed onstage for two hours and 15 songs that began with Grushecky’s “There’ll Never Be Enough Time” and ended with Springsteen’s “Light of Day.” (Rolling Stone) It was a big weekend for…

There's a lot of excitement happening on the eastern edge of The Current's broadcast area, so let's celebrate: What songs do you want to hear by artists who are playing the Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival? Send us your requests.

Happy Friday! I’m filing this week’s video roundup from beautiful Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where the inaugural Eaux Claire Music & Art Festival is about to get underway. Before the music begins, I wanted to take a minute to share the latest crop of videos to emerge from local artists around the state, including a documentary…

This weekend, over 20,000 music fans from around the world will descend on Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for the Justin Vernon-curated Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival. Attendees from all 50 states and 14 different countries have purchased tickets to take part in this inaugural event, which will feature collaborative sets by over 40 different artists and conclude with a rare…

Surprise! Wilco have updated their website with a free download of their unannounced ninth studio album, Star Wars. The 11-track album features all new material and is available for a limited time. The album is expected to have a physical release in August, with a vinyl edition to follow. Frontman Jeff Tweedy elaborates on the…

Damon Albarn has made it official: he’s heading into the studio in September to begin work on a new Gorillaz album to be released next year. Earlier this year, artist Jamie Hewlett shared some new illustrations that gave fans the idea a fifth Gorillaz album might be in the works. (Billboard) Rosanne Cash will be among four…

Phoning the Hall & Oates Emergency Hotline earlier this morning inspired our Coffee Break for today: What songs do you want to hear that contain or that reference phone numbers? Send us your requests.

Rob Simonds, executive director of the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, will step down this fall. Under Simonds’s leadership the Cedar has become an integral component of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, using music and cultural events to engage the neighborhood’s growing Somali-American population. Before his involvement with the Cedar, Simonds worked with both Boogie Records…