St. Olaf College has long been a front-runner in the world of choral music. However, the liberal arts college in Northfield is now also lending a hand to student rock bands on campus by providing them with various resources. With everything from folk and rock groups to individual singer-songwriters, campus bands have begun to take…

Update: At yesterday’s sale, the New York Times reports, Dylan’s handwritten lyrics sold for $2,045,000—a sum above even the upper limit estimated for the lyrics’ value. This isn’t your ordinary music memorabilia auction, and it isn’t your ordinary collectible. 1965’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is the definitive song by Bob Dylan, the Hibbing native who’s widely…

With the 20th anniversary of the show Friends coming up later this year (Rachel left her groom at the altar and first stormed into Central Perk on September 22, 1994), Minneapolis-based group the Rembrandts have announced that they will perform the hit theme song “I’ll Be There for You” on The Today Show this Friday,…

When Bombay Bicycle Club were in The Current's studio ahead of their show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, Jamie MacColl took a few moments to talk about the band's custom-built Farida guitars.

What songs that seem to be about drugs but the author denied were about drugs should we play this morning?

Though it’s not uncommon for local musicians to head out of state, it’s also quite common for musicians to come here, to Minnesota, to pursue their musical ambitions. Singer-songwriter Chastity Brown moved to Minneapolis from Knoxville, Tennessee. A friend who was attending grad school here convinced her to come after telling her about the local…

Yesterday, Bob Mould released his latest single, “I Don’t Know You Anymore,” off his upcoming album Beauty & Ruin. This was the second track to be released from the record, after the surprise drop of album track “Hey Mr. Grey.” The single is a raw and honest description of emotions after a messy breakup. Catchy…

Update 6/2: The entire Jesus Christ Superstar American tour has been canceled due—say the show’s producers—to disappointing ticket sales. A New York Times article on the cancellation reports surprise and anger among cast members—though, perhaps tellingly, not so much among prospective audience members. * * * John Lydon, former lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image…

What songs that have "hey" in the title should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Sonny Knight and the Lakers: I’m Still Here In 1965, Sonny Knight cut a single in a studio on the corner of 2nd and West Lake Street. Nearly 50 years later, he returned to a new studio, the basement studio of Secret Stash Records, just a few blocks away, to record I’m Still Here, his new album…