Live From The Current's Studio and EventsThe Wombats perform in The Current studioJim McGuinn, The Wombats and Leah Garaas • May 7, 2015The Wombats stopped by The Current to record an in-studio session the day after a sold out show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis in support of their third album, Glitterbug.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsDeath Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard performs in The Current studioBill DeVille, Death Cab for Cutie, Leah Garaas and Ben Gibbard • May 5, 2015Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard stopped by The Current to record a stripped-down session before a sold out show at Northrop in support of their new album, Kintsugi, a nod to the Japanese technique of repairing broken ceramics with gold.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsLord Huron perform in The Current studioBill DeVille, Leah Garaas and Lord Huron • Apr 27, 2015After decompressing in his home state of Michigan, Ben Schneider convinced his childhood bandmates to move to Los Angeles to record music. Together they are Lord Huron. The band stopped by The Current studio to perform live in-studio before a sold out show in First Avenue's mainroom.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsPanther Ray perform in The Current studioDavid Campbell, Leah Garaas and Panther Ray • Apr 27, 2015Anticipating the release of Ripple, their first release on the Twin Cities-based record label Forged Artifacts, Panther Ray stopped by The Current to perform in-studio and to chat with The Local Show's host David Campbell.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsJose Gonzalez performs in The Current studioJose Gonzalez, Jade and Leah Garaas • Apr 20, 20152015 brought us Vestiges & Claws, Jose Gonzalez's first solo record in nearly eight years. Jose and his band stopped by The Current to perform tracks off the album live in-studio and to chat with Jade between his two sold out shows at the Cedar Cultural Center.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsTwin Shadow performs in The Current studioJade • Apr 13, 2015George Lewis Jr., better knows as Twin Shadow, is an ambitious person. "I hate feeling stagnant," he says. "It's this thing that kind of torments me a little bit." Twin Shadow and his band visited The Current early this morning ahead of their show tonight at First Avenue in Minneapolis.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsTwerps perform in The Current studioMark Wheat • Apr 9, 2015Dubbed 'the best new band in Australia' by Uncut magazine, Melbourne four-piece Twerps stopped in to The Current studio to play some songs and to chat with Mark Wheat before playing the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. Listen to the songs and hear how a cover band from Wisconsin threatened the Australians into dropping the word 'the' from their name.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsFather John Misty performs live in The Current studioDavid Campbell, Father John Misty and Leah Garaas • Apr 6, 2015Ahead of a sold out show in the First Avenue mainroom with Sup Pop lablemates King Tuff, Josh Tillman—aka Father John Misty—stopped by The Current studio to perform tracks off his latest album I Love You, Honeybear and to chat with host David Campbell.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsMeg Mac performs in The Current studioMary Lucia • Apr 6, 2015Melbourne singer-songwriter Meg Mac has been busy touring the U.S. with English electronic group Clean Bandit. She stopped in to The Current studio to talk to Mary Lucia and to perform some songs from her self-titled EP. 'It's been my dream [to be a touring musician] for a long time,' she says, 'so it feels really crazy to be in America, travelling and singing.' Listen to the complete in-studio session.
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsOK Go perform an acoustic set in The Current studioJill Riley • Apr 3, 2015OK Go like to push the bounds of imagination in all its positive forms. In town for a sold-out show at First Avenue, OK Go's Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind and Andy Ross visited The Current for a special acoustic session and to talk to Jill Riley about their many creative outlets. "We try not to recognize a distinction between the different forms of creativity we pursue," Kulash says.