Thom Yorke dj’d for a group of 30 people at Leopallooza and nearly all of them had no idea who he was. (Pitchfork) Thurston Moore has a new band with former Sonic Youth buddy, Steve Shelley, and Debbie Googe from My Bloody Valentine. It’s pretty much Thurston’s solo project, but he put together the full…

Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz celebrated his 50th birthday on August 1 by appearing on the cover of AARP’s magazine. Colony Capital, which took control of Michael Jackson‘s Neverland Ranch as the result of a deal struck late in the singer’s life, will be putting the Los Olivos, California property on the market. Jackson’s estate,…

There are only a handful of artists out there who can play a marathon three-hour set and leave the audience wanting more. At his sold-out show at Target Field on Saturday night, Paul McCartney tore through 40 songs (including two encores), lit off some fireworks, told a few stories, and still had time to stop…

Governor Mark Dayton has declared today Sir Paul McCartney Day, in honor of the former Beatle’s performance at Target Field. “We come together on Saturday, August 2, 2014, to honor Sir Paul McCartney, one of the most influential and inspiring musicians in history.” Read the full proclamation below—and listen to the Current from 5:00 to…

These dog days of summer are all about knocking off of work early, enjoying the fleeting warm weather, and generally taking a more leisurely pace to life. Can someone please tell the Minnesota music scene about this? Because as we head into August the onslaught of show announcements, album leaks, and music video debuts only seems to…

This weekend, the clean-and-sober music festival HazelFest returns to the Hazelden treatment center in Center City, Minn., for its third year. And fans of the Current will notice a familiar face on the lineup: the host of the Current’s Local Show and Radio Free Current, David Campbell, will emcee the day’s festivities. Our DJs host a lot…

The second annual HazelFest, a clean-and-sober music festival put on by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, will take place this Saturday, August 2, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The show is sponsored by Healthy States and the Current. This year’s lineup features Davina and the Vagabonds, Communist Daughter, and Trapper Schoepp and the Shades,…

In a massively crowd-sourced list, Reddit users have decided that the best albums of the 21st century so far are Arcade Fire‘s Funeral (2004), Radiohead‘s Kid A (2000), the Strokes‘ Is This It (2001), and Kanye West‘s The College Dropout (2004). Lorde will “curate” the soundtrack to the new Hunger Games movie, as well as contribute a song herself. The music is expected to…

Downtown Records’ Downtown Festival will bring a promising lineup to the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on September 26 and 27. The festival will include Future Islands, Deafheaven, Nosaj Thing, and Minneapolis’s own summer sensations Hippo Campus, among others. The event’s schedule spreads its lineup into several separate bills in each room of the Skyway Theatre: performances…

Getting Target Field ready for Paul McCartney’s Saturday concert has been a multi-day process—building a giant stage in the outfield is just one of many steps being taken to welcome thousands of music fans to the home field of the Minnesota Twins. This morning, I was able to visit the field to take a look…