Happy Friday! With new albums popping up all around, this week’s Friday Five is almost entirely culled from artists who are celebrating new releases this month. But first we’ll sample a song from a highly anticipated new solo release that’s due out early next year… Adam Levy You never know where MN Original is going to show…

When Ryan Adams came to town this past weekend to play Northrop, Barb Abney was able to visit with him for a few minutes backstage before the show. Though unfortunately a technical glitch caused the audio recorder to stop during portions of their conversation, Barb and Ryan Adams were able to share a freewheeling 15-minute…

The world’s most infamous twerker, Miley Cyrus, is done with that allegedly appropriated dance move. Her new jam? The Atlanta-born “Nae Nae,” which involves putting a hand in the air, dropping the rest of your body low, and more or less freestyling from there. (Billboard) Here’s the move as performed by its inventors, We Are Toonz. 2015…

Today, we're thinking songs that have anything and everything to do with Christopher Walken.

Just two days before the 2014 general state election, Congressman Keith Ellison will host a Minnesota hip-hop-star-studded event billed as #GetOuttheVoteMN in the Mainroom of First Avenue. The November 2 show will feature a pair of hip-hop acts that have new albums out this fall—Sims, who released Field Notes just last month; and Toki Wright and Big…

After weeks of criticism over U2‘s decision to drop their new album into the music libraries of 500 million unsuspecting iTunes users, Bono has finally made it official: he’s sorry. “I’m sorry about that,” he said in a video posted to the band’s Facebook page. “I had this beautiful idea but we got carried away with ourselves. Artists…

At the Austin City Limits Festival on Sunday, Oct. 12, Steve Seel attended what may well be the very last Replacements' gig ever. Read and listen to his recap of the historic show.

After playing a set in The Current's studio, Field Report's Chris Porterfield and Tom Wincek took some time to talk about their guitars. Both describe interesting modifications they've made, including why Chris's guitar looks like an antique.

Every weekday morning, we throw out a theme and ask our listeners to help us create the perfect playlist for that theme. Today, we're talking about songs from TV series finales. What do you want to hear?

Isaiah “Ikey” Owens, keyboardist in Jack White‘s current band and a frequent player with the Mars Volta, has died of a heart attack at age 38. Owens was in Puebla, Mexico, on tour with White. White has canceled all remaining Mexico tour dates in the wake of the news. “We will all miss you Ikey,” said White in a…