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October 18, 2012

Baltimore duo Beach House stopped by The Current studios to chat with Mark Wheat, take over our airwaves and play some of the songs they're feeling lately.

Theft of the Dial: Beach House

Theft of the Dial: Beach House

Mark Wheat and Peter Valelly • Oct 18, 2012

Baltimore duo Beach House stopped by The Current studios to chat with Mark Wheat, take over our airwaves and play some of the songs they're feeling lately.

Random Vinyl: Lulu - To Sir With Love (1967)

Random Vinyl: Lulu - To Sir With Love (1967)

Steve Seel and Jill Riley • Oct 18, 2012

Lulu is best known in the U.S. for a of couple movie themes. "To Sir With Love" was a huge hit in 1967. She also sang the theme to the 1974 James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun.

Theft of the Dial: Silversun Pickups

Theft of the Dial: Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups, Barb Abney and Scott Olstad • Oct 18, 2012

Silversun Pickups lead singer, Brian Aubert, hijacks our airwaves to share his musical picks in this edition of Theft of the Dial

YourClassical

Picked to Click 2012: Video and audio samples of this year’s winners

Andrea Swensson • Oct 18, 2012

The City Pages best-new-band beast known as Picked to Click holds a special place in my overstimulated heart, mostly because I spent the last four years tabulating the results and putting the whole issue together myself. So I approached this year’s poll from a strange place, one from which I am both overly informed on…

YourClassical

Local Radar: Jim Ruiz Set, Gloss, and Carroll

Jon Schober • Oct 18, 2012

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

Theft of the Dial: Metric

Theft of the Dial: Metric

Jill Riley • Oct 18, 2012

Metric's most recent visit to the Twin Cities included a dynamite show to a packed-house at the State Theater in Minneapolis; but before they even did the soundcheck, they took over our airwaves.

Theft of the Dial: The Wombats

Theft of the Dial: The Wombats

Bill DeVille, The Wombats and Scott Olstad • Oct 18, 2012

What would The Current sound like if it were run by the Liverpudlians from The Wombats? We find out in this edition of Theft of the Dial.

Niki and the Dove perform in The Current studio

Niki and the Dove perform in The Current studio

Barb Abney, Peter Valelly and Niki and the Dove • Oct 17, 2012

Stockholm-based trio Niki and the Dove balances imaginative and playful songwriting sure to find favor among indie fans alongside beats and hooks so massive that it's not hard to imagine the band landing themselves on the pop charts.

YourClassical

Local Gig List: October 17-21

Andrea Swensson • Oct 17, 2012

It’s a busy week for a lot of Twin Cities bands who are making the journey to New York for CMJ, including those who are playing the big Radio K/Gimme Noise showcase on the Lower East Side of Manhattan tonight. Even with a portion of our music community gigging on the East Coast, there are…

Calexico performs in The Current studio

Calexico performs in The Current studio

Jill Riley, Calexico and Peter Valelly • Oct 17, 2012

Tuscon, Ariz. band Calexico has made a career out of warping genres and musical traditions together into an eclectic, clever, and wholly original sonic stew.

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