Jazz player and band leader from Denmark. He made a number of records on the Verve label. He attempts to jazz up some covers from the "mods and rockers."

Over the last six years, Baltimore-based duo Beach House has quietly honed a lovely, enveloping sound. On their fourth album, "Bloom," the band delivers the best music of their career.

Following several years on the Melbourne scene, the Australian band Husky is making inroads to the American folk/chamber-pop scene via their new release "Forever So" on Sub Pop records.

“Don’t let this go down as the night you couldn’t get a beer. Let this go down as the night you saw My Morning (bleeping) Jacket!” That quote from emcee Jill Riley turned out to be the line of the night at Friday’s My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, and Trampled by Turtles triple-bill at…

Each week on The Current’s Local Show, we pick out a handful of promising Twin Cities shows to recommend to our listeners. For your convenience, we thought we’d starting rounding up all this concert info into an easy-to-read list and adding in a few other must-see events that are coming up this week. Behold: Our…

The first record from Madness. We played "The Prince," a nod to Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster.

Eric Pollard has been playing with Low and Retribution Gospel Choir, but his new project may be of a surprise to you. As Actual Wolf, he channels the best of Bob Dylan in one respect and good ol' fashioned folk rock when a live band is employed. He's moved down to the Twin Cities this summer to routinely play gigs, and he joined us in the studio for his Local Show debut.

Longtime fans waiting for a return-to-form can finally breathe a sigh of relief: Rufus Wainwright is back in the game.

All female heavy metal band from the UK. They signed with A&M records in the early 80's, made a few albums and split up by the time the 80's were over.

Read about and download their new track "Train Song"