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January 23, 2013

Indians - I Am Haunted, from the new album "Somewhere Else."

Indians - I Am Haunted

Indians - I Am Haunted

Jon Schober • Jan 23, 2013

Indians - I Am Haunted, from the new album "Somewhere Else."

Mother Banjo: The Devil Hasn't Won

Mother Banjo: The Devil Hasn't Won

Mike Pengra and Ellen Stanley • Jan 22, 2013

Ellen Stanley talks about her new album with the Mother Banjo Band, "The Devil Hasn't Won."

9:30 Coffee Break: One Album

9:30 Coffee Break: One Album

Jan 22, 2013

Let's put together a list of songs from bands that only put out one album (and an album that still sounds great today) for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Today in Music History: Buddy Holly Makes His Final Recordings

Today in Music History: Buddy Holly Makes His Final Recordings

Jan 22, 2013

Adele had everyone beat, MTV was born, and Buddy Holly recorded his last album Today in Music History.

Dan Deacon - Guilford Avenue Bridge (Live at The Current)

Dan Deacon - Guilford Avenue Bridge (Live at The Current)

Jon Schober • Jan 22, 2013

Dan Deacon - Guilford Avenue Bridge (Live at The Current)

Today in Music History: The Byrds Put Their Stamp On A Dylan Classic

Today in Music History: The Byrds Put Their Stamp On A Dylan Classic

Jan 21, 2013

B.B. King donated his record collection, Jackie Wilson passed away, and The Byrds covered Bob Dylan Today in Music History.

Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time

Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time

Jon Schober • Jan 21, 2013

Parquet Courts - Borrowed Time, from the new album "Light Up Gold."

Local Current Live featuring Prissy Clerks, The Ericksons and Greg Grease

Local Current Live featuring Prissy Clerks, The Ericksons and Greg Grease

Jon Schober • Jan 20, 2013

Last summer, we put on the first installment of Local Current Live at the Cedar Cultural Center, a showcase of three local bands that we thought were poised for a break-out in Minnesota and abroad. Good things happened after that night for the bands on the bill: The Chalice sold out their EP release show,…

Cloud Cult, Hot Cheetos and Takis, and more from night two of the 8th birthday bash

Cloud Cult, Hot Cheetos and Takis, and more from night two of the 8th birthday bash

Andrea Swensson • Jan 20, 2013

It was a night of many thanks as Minnesota musicians new and established paid homage to the Current, even singing the station “Happy Birthday” more than once in honor of the 8th anniversary of its launch. The Chalice started the evening off on a dramatic note, singing “The time / Is here / The moment…

Former Wallets frontman Steve Kramer passes away

Former Wallets frontman Steve Kramer passes away

Andrea Swensson • Jan 20, 2013

Steve Kramer, the onetime frontman of ’80s punk-polka band the Wallets who went on to pursue a decades-long career in the commercial music business, passed away in his sleep yesterday in Park City, Utah, where he was attending the Sundance Film Festival. He was 59. Kramer began his music career in the early ’80s in…

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