Over the past few years I’ve developed complicated feelings about the Sup Pop band Beach House, which I find especially ironic given that their music is so uncomplicated. For the longest time I couldn’t decide whether I found the music boring or brilliant, and for some reason I felt that it must be one or…

Mark Mallman stopped by the Current recently to chat about his eight-day-long musical journey Marathon 4 and share a few tracks from his new album, Double Silhouette, which is out today. If you missed the interview when it aired on the Local Show Sunday night, you can catch up by streaming it here or reading…

Major local music news broke this morning when Dan Murphy, a founding member and guitarist for Soul Asylum, issued a statement that he would be parting ways with the band. Fans of the band began speculating that something was awry when Murphy was conspicuously absent from a gig last month in Chicago. He told the Star…

A pair of sprawling, multi-venue festivals top the local show calendar this week, with Sound Unseen kicking off Wednesday and Zombie Pub Crawl taking over the West Bank on Saturday. We’ve compiled the info for both of those events along with a handful of other highlights here. Get your calendars out, it’s time to hit…

Blistering roots rockers the Rockford Mules have a new EP on the way, and today they’ve announced that their EP-release show at Cause Spirits & Soundbar will double as their farewell show. After seven years of turning it up to 11 at clubs around town, the band will part ways and focus on other things.…

Local music notes from the week of October 1-5

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

As far as Minneapolis rock lore goes, dreams of the Replacements one day reuniting are nestled into our hope chest alongside our desire that Prince will return to First Avenue to play Purple Rain from start to finish or that Bob Dylan will finally admitting that he kinda likes his homestate of Minnesota after all.…

Last week, anthemic English rock band Muse spent part of their session on BBC’s Radio 1 paying tribute to Prince with a chugging, guitar-driven cover of “Sign o’ the Times.” Just over 24 hours later, acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard chose to work the same song into his set at First Avenue’s Mainroom here in…

The band has chosen winners for its remix contest launched back in August