The Replacements‘ Paul Westerberg has teamed up with rocker Juliana Hatfield to form a new band they’re calling the I Don’t Cares. Not much more information is available as of yet, but their album Wild Stab is set to be released next year, and they’ve released a single: “1/2 2 P.” (Consequence of Sound) A spokesperson for The Voice UK says that…

Next Friday (Nov. 5), The Peanuts Movie hits theaters—with famous jazz musician Trombone Shorty in an unusual cameo role. He’s not on the soundtrack for the album: he actually plays the voices for the adult characters in the movie. The “wah wah” that’s heard whenever the young characters encounter an adult will be replaced by Trombone Shorty’s, well, trombone.…

One morning in early August, Pentatonix—a hugely popular vocal group—rolled into town, after being on a bus all night, for a show at the Xcel Energy Center with Kelly Clarkson. Only a few hours later, they were on the mics at RiverRock Studios in Northeast Minneapolis, recording a song that appears on their new self-titled release: an album that’s currently…

Happy Friday! There’s a chill in the air, there’s candy corn sitting untouched in little dishes around the city, and musicians are donning their finest costumes in preparation for one of the most festive live music nights of the year. Here’s a look at five of the best music videos to emerge in the scene this…

It’s official: Mark Mallman has shared his new single, “The End is Not the End.” The song is a preview of what’s to come on Mallman’s new album of the same name, set to be released in early 2016, which is being funded on Kickstarter. Mallman has released seven studio records since 1998. Optimistic and high-energy, the new single is typical…

The chance to take over the mic as Local Current DJ-in-Residence could not have come at a better time: this is the first month of the rest of my life as a full-time musician. At the beginning of October I left a stable, unionized job—a job I loved—to pursue the unpredictable music career I’ve been…

The bottomless yellow jumpsuit Prince wore to the VMAs in 1991 appears on a new Rolling Stone list of “20 great moments in rock star nudity.” There aren’t any other Minnesota artists on the list, but Minneapolis regular Janet Jackson makes the list with her Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” and Rock the Garden alumni Matt & Kim…

Last night at First Avenue, Leon Bridges’s vocals soared over the heads of a sold-out crowd. In the midst of a tour promoting the release of his summer 2015 debut album Coming Home, Bridges made a visually spectacular entrance. Turning his back to the crowd, he adjusted his guitar as shafts of sapphire light illuminated his silhouette.…

“I’m no longer officially retired,” says Phil Collins. “The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.” The 64-year-old Genesis frontman says he’s planning a new solo album and tour, 13 years after his most recent studio record. Collins can’t say whether Genesis might also reunite, but he says he’s baffled by fans’ requests…

Astronautalis is a man on the move. Few artists tour as relentlessly, freestyle so rapidly, and shift between projects so effortlessly. If you’ve ever seen him perform, you probably already know that this is a man with a busy mind and a long train of racing thoughts. In the past year alone, Astronautalis—known off stage…