Lyn-Lake Street Festival returning May 20Andrea Swensson • Apr 2, 2012Kid Dakota, Omaur Bliss, Mayda playing free outdoor show
Fun. show moved from The Brick to Maplewood’s MythAndrea Swensson • Apr 2, 2012Brick says they plan to make serious renovations this month
Music in the Zoo 2012: Feist, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris and moreAndrea Swensson • Apr 2, 2012Full lineup for this year's Minnesota Zoo series unveiled
Local Music Exchange: KCSN (Los Angeles, CA) Apr 2, 2012We've partnered with KCSN in Los Angeles, to swap 5 of each city's favorite bands and play them on the air.
Magic Castles performs in The Current studiosDavid Campbell, Jon Schober and Magic Castles • Apr 1, 2012Long-time veterans of the local music community, Magic Castles are now getting a proper reintroduction. Thanks to Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe, the band has released a deluxe retrospective of their career through his personal record label.
Album Review: Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An AnimalMark Wheat • Apr 1, 2012Current fans have responded strongly to that song "Little Talks" as well, making it #1 on the Chart Show for the past few weeks, inducted into the Hall Of Fame. Thank you. You and the rest of the public radio audience across America have enabled these six young musicians to come to Austin, Texas and experience something truly magical. A massive crowd at a legendary venue like Stubbs singing along to songs that are 'not yet available' in the traditional sense of that word in the USA.
Dry The River performs in The Current studiosMac Wilson, Lindsay Kimball and Dry The River • Mar 31, 2012A fusion of hardcore, post-punk and folk (not kidding), the London-based five-piece Dry the River don't sit neatly in one genre. Growing up singing in a choir and then later as a teenager in hardcore bands, frontman Peter Liddle pulled from his parent's folk influences to create the distinct sound of Dry The River. Don't let the beards and violin fool you - they are not another Mumford and Sons! With their debut "Shallow Bed" due out in April, the band is touring heavily to promote it.
Of Monsters and Men perform in The Current studioJill Riley, Peter Valelly and Of Monsters and Men • Mar 30, 2012Icelandic indie-pop six-piece Of Monsters and Men have found themselves a runaway indie hit in the wake of their EP, "Into the Woods," and full-length album, "My Head Is an Animal," which will be released in the United States on April 3.
Yeti Records ending short stint on Nicollet AveAndrea Swensson • Mar 30, 2012Store will go mobile as owners prepare for first child