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June 30, 2012

It's been three years since Brendan Benson last stopped by The Current studios for a live set. Mark Wheat catches up with the versatile songwriter to find out what he's been up to.

Brendan Benson performs in The Current studios

Brendan Benson performs in The Current studios

Mark Wheat and Brendan Benson • Jun 30, 2012

It's been three years since Brendan Benson last stopped by The Current studios for a live set. Mark Wheat catches up with the versatile songwriter to find out what he's been up to.

Delta Spirit performs in The Current studios

Delta Spirit performs in The Current studios

Steve Seel and Delta Spirit • Jun 29, 2012

Don't believe the critics of the world: Delta Spirit is not an Americana band. They may not know how to describe their music yet, but the five-piece out of California aren't going to let anyone box them into one genre.

Musicheads Essentials: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Musicheads Essentials: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

Jill Riley • Jun 29, 2012

What is a studio masterpiece album? To me, it's a record that reaches beyond the traditional boundary of studio constraints. The musicians and producers who've made this type of record have been able to think outside of the box and have found innovative ways to create an expanded sonic environment. I put The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin" in that realm.

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Friday Five: New Carnage, Soul Asylum, Olsen Twinns

Andrea Swensson • Jun 29, 2012

Local music notes from the week of June 25-29

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studios

Brandi Carlile performs in The Current studios

Jill Riley and Brandi Carlile • Jun 28, 2012

Old-friend Brandi Carlile is a prolific folk rock artist, having released her third album of the past four years. Her newest, Bear Creek, was recently our CD of the Week. While in town to kick off her tour at the Minnesota Zoo, she returned to The Current Studio to perform a few songs from Bear Creek and chat with Jill about her rainy zoo performance, the inspiration behind the new record and her long-held goal of wearing a "nudie suit."

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Local Current Live!

Andrea Swensson • Jun 27, 2012

Free event showcases Chastity Brown, Van Stee, and The Chalice

Improbable collaborations and returning veterans: 5 new tracks you'll hear on The Current

Improbable collaborations and returning veterans: 5 new tracks you'll hear on The Current

Peter Valelly • Jun 26, 2012

This week, 89.3 The Current has added an excellent and varied array of new tracks to the mix of music on our airwaves, from improbable collaborations to returning vets, rising noise-rockers to local indie-poppers.

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River’s Edge Musical Festival’s mixed-bag lineup draws large crowds for first year

Andrea Swensson • Jun 26, 2012

How many Dave Matthews Band fans will sit through a set by a trailblazing indie electro-R&B band? And how many Motion City Soundtrack fans will stick around for a set by TOOL? These are the questions that organizers seemed to want answered at last weekend’s inaugural River’s Edge Music Festival, which paired two massive mainstream headliners…

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The Flaming Lips pay tribute to Paul Westerberg, First Avenue at River’s Edge

Andrea Swensson • Jun 26, 2012

Leave it to the Flaming Lips to provide one of the only legitimately spontaneous moment’s of last weekend’s River’s Edge Music Festival. The majority of their set was an almost note-for-note recreation of last summer’s performance at SoundTown (and, I’d imagine, most of their other festival shows), but halfway through the haziest portion of their…

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The Rope reflect on the opportunity to play River’s Edge Music Festival

Andrea Swensson • Jun 25, 2012

Minneapolis new wave band will have a full-length out this fall

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