Local Current BlogPhotos: CHVRCHES at First AvenueSteven Cohen • Jun 6, 2014Almost a year to the day CHVRCHES first stepped in The Current studios, the Glasgow electronic three piece returned to the Twin Cities for a show at First Avenue. CHVRCHES
Rock the GardenSpoon reveal details about new album before playing Rock the Garden in Minneapolis June 22Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton • Jun 5, 2014Spoon's Britt Daniel and Jim Eno reveal details of the band's first new album in four years. The Rock the Garden headliners' new album 'They Want My Soul' is due out Aug. 5.
DuluthLocal Gig List: June 5-8, 2014Andrea Swensson • Jun 5, 2014Thursday, June 5 #MPLS Album-Release Show Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis 7:30 p.m., $10 adv/$15 door, 18+ With a little funk, a little R&B, a little rock, and a lot of influence from the founders of the Minneapolis Sound, #MPLS offer a fresh take on soulful party music on their debut album, HELLO. Sample the…
Coffee Break9:30 Coffee Break: Old Fashioned Names Jun 5, 2014We want to put together a set of songs from newer artists that feature an "old fashioned" name in their lyrics. What should we play?
Local Current BlogHeliotrope X: Experimental music festival celebrates ten years with a three-day lineup at Intermedia ArtsJay Gabler • Jun 5, 2014The Heliotrope Festival is an annual event spotlighting underground and experimental music in Minnesota; this year, the festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a three-day lineup (Thursday-Saturday, June 5-7) that includes dozens of artists. I spoke by phone with Richard Barlow and Erik Wivinus, who were among the festival’s founders and continue to serve as…
DuluthNew Duluth music venue the Red Herring Lounge opens this weekendAndrea Swensson • Jun 5, 2014Duluth has always had an active music scene, but in the past few years the city seems to have it going on. The Homegrown Festival grows a little bit larger every year, new talent seems to be springing up left and right, and albums recorded in the North Country are consistently ending up on year-end…
Local Current BlogSong premiere: “Easy Kid,” new solo track by J.E. Sunde of The Daredevil Christopher WrightJay Gabler • Jun 5, 2014Fans of The Daredevil Christopher Wright, a ten-year-old Eau Claire band that’s won many fans in the Twin Cities, are familiar with the emotive performances of vocalist J.E. Sunde. (Hear the band perform in our studios in 2012.) With the upcoming album Shapes That Kiss the Lips of God (July 15, Cartouche Records), Sunde ventures…
Local Current BlogDan Wilson kicks off three nights at the Cedar with stories and songsAndrea Swensson • Jun 5, 2014For the first in three sold-out nights at the Cedar Cultural Center, Dan Wilson dove deep into the songs on his new album and a few other fan favorites for a show titled “Words and Music.” True to the title, Wilson eased into his mini-residency by weaving his set together with detailed stories about different…
Local Current Blog400 Bar’s move to Mall of America begins with the BeatlesJay Gabler • Jun 5, 2014Mall of America‘s fourth floor is temporarily home to the bass drum Ringo Starr played on The Ed Sullivan Show and John Lennon’s first pair of yellow-tinted spectacles, but the most eye-popping exhibit for many Minnesota music fans will be the sign painted on the wall across from Cantina #1: a giant blue-and-white 400 Bar logo,…
The Current Guitar CollectionGuitar Collection: Taylor Goldsmith, 1965 Gibson J-45Luke Taylor • Jun 4, 2014On tour with Conor Oberst as both his opening act and backing band, Dawes stopped by The Current's studio during a two-night stand at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes took some time to tell us about his trusty Gibson acoustic guitar -- and about an important life lesson he learned from a taxi trip in Chicago.
