Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current. Carroll Looking for the next great local success story this year? We’re not even a month in, but Carroll is…

Prince is holding down a three-night stand and playing six separate shows at the Dakota Jazz Club this week. Current host Jade was on the scene at last night’s 11 p.m. show and filed a recap of her experience to give us a taste of what’s to come. If this was the “audition” I can’t…

John Mark Nelson had one heck of a year. He released his second album Waiting and Waiting  to enthusiastic praise in Minnesota, became one of The Current’s top viewed in-studios in 2012 due to the success of early single “Reminisce,” sold out a release show at the 7th St. Entry and then started supporting all sorts…

  Sisters Bethany Valentini and Jenny Kochsiek have been writing songs and performing as the Ericksons since 2006, but only recently did they get the courage to tell that harrowing story of their musical beginnings. “I think we’ve both seen it coming,” says Valentini, groaning and locking eyes across the table with the red-headed Kochsiek as…

  It’s been a long, arduous year for Replacements guitarist and ace songwriter Slim Dunlap, who suffered a serious stroke last February and has been slow to recover ever since. Dunlap has spent most of the past year moving between the hospital, a rehabilitation facility, and his home, and just this week he’s back in…

Duluth punk-bluegrass quintet Trampled by Turtles will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a series of shows at First Avenue on April 17th, 18th and 19th, spanning both the Mainroom and 7th Street Entry each night. Details are scarce for now when it comes to what other acts are playing or what other surprises the Current favorites have in store…

So that’s why the Dakota Jazz Club’s calendar has been conspicuously blank for the remainder of this week and weekend. The space has been rented out by none other than Prince, who will be holding an audition for a new drummer, hosting a jam session, and performing at six separate events at the Dakota this week. On…

  Slug of Atmosphere stopped by the Current this morning to unveil the details for the third annual Welcome to Minnesota tour, which will find the hip-hop heavyweight touring the state with support from Brother Ali, Get Cryphy, Carnage, and up-and-comer Haphduzn. “It’s officially a tradition now,” Slug said. Atmosphere will be pared down to…

  Know why January is a good month for live music in the Twin Cities? Because while most national touring artists tend to stop coming through town in these coldest of winter months, it gives the locals more opportunities to headline the bigger venues and test out their new material. As you’ll notice in this…

  It was one of the better turnouts in recent memory at First Avenue’s Best New Bands showcase, with a sizable crowd gathered and a line snaking out the door for the majority of opening act Bomba de Luz’s set. For many, the evening provides a convenient (and inexpensive) way to connect with some of…