While some of Minnesota’s biggest acts entertained massive crowds of fans new and old on some of Bonnaroo’s biggest stages, one Minnesota act got a chance to rock three out of the four days of the festival for a good cause. Eat for Equity, a Minneapolis-based group that focuses on cultivating a culture of generosity…

To make sure he could capture all the action at this year’s Rock the Garden, the Current’s staff photographer Nate Ryan brought along another excellent shooter, Teddy Wolff, to photograph the event from every angle. Together, they created this vivid, detailed, and electric photo essay from Saturday’s Rock the Garden, which featured thestand4rd, Lucius, Courtney Barnett, Conor Oberst,…

New Order announced that they’ll release a new album, Music Complete, on Sept. 25. The album will be their first without co-founder Peter Hook, who has not been on good terms with bandmate Bernard Sumner. A tour is also expected, with dates TBA. (Pitchfork) James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer of music for over 100 movies, is feared to…

Trish, a listener from Elk River, Minn., emailed us today about how some of her favorite songs use a pause to great effect. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that use a pause (or rest) to great effect? Send us your requests.

The Current's Album of the Week is Wolf Alice's 'My Love Is Cool'.

After seeing a show by Spoon on Friday night in Portland, Maine, many concertgoers headed over to an afterparty featuring a Spoon cover band headed by local musician Jeff Beam. The audience at the 200-capacity club were surprised when Spoon themselves showed up to jump onstage and play a few songs using the cover band’s instruments. (Pitchfork)…

It’s another blazingly hot, sunny day here at the Walker, with temperatures hovering in the high 80s as things get underway. Once again, the earlier gate time gave fans plenty of time to wander in and get situated this afternoon, and the hill was already filling up by the time Ghost of a Saber Tooth…

Never doubt the power of Paul Huttner. The MPR News meteorologist is on site at the Walker Art Center for the second year in a row, and I’m fully convinced that his presence is what’s keeping us free and clear of rain clouds or thunderstorms at this year’s Rock the Garden. Huttner power, activated. With…

Let's all send some positive energy out into the atmosphere as we hope for a sunny weekend for Rock the Garden. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs for sunshine do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

Happy Friday! We’re knee-deep in one of the busiest times of year for music, with festivals ranging from Rock the Garden to small neighborhood block parties keeping bands booked solid all summer long, and artists gearing up for a dense album-release cycle this fall. Right now the theme is new, new, new, and this week’s Friday Five includes some excellent…