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March 28, 2013

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin, from the new album "Specter At The Feast."

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin

Jon Schober • Mar 28, 2013

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Let The Day Begin, from the new album "Specter At The Feast."

Playlist in Thirds: 3 albums from the Morning Show

Playlist in Thirds: 3 albums from the Morning Show

Mar 27, 2013

Can you identify these three albums from the March 27 edition of The Current's Morning Show?

9:30 Coffee Break: Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day

9:30 Coffee Break: Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day

Mar 27, 2013

Today's 9:30 Coffee Break will help you celebrate Quirky Country Music Song Title Day.

YourClassical

Eating and Drinking with Supertaster James Norton: Girl Scout Cookies

Mar 27, 2013

Today James Norton spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about his Girl Scout cookie taste test.

Buffalo Moon offer first taste of new ‘Machista’

Buffalo Moon offer first taste of new ‘Machista’

Jon Schober • Mar 27, 2013

  When’s the last time we heard from Buffalo Moon? It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on the two-year mark, but the band is slowly coming out of hibernation with their third album, Machista. Back in April of 2010, they quickly emerged as one of the more beloved acts in the Twin Cities. Fresh off…

H2 Local shines a spotlight on Mr. Gene Poole and Bionik’s ‘The God Particle’

H2 Local shines a spotlight on Mr. Gene Poole and Bionik’s ‘The God Particle’

Andrea Swensson • Mar 27, 2013

Bionik is a producer who’s been honing his craft for more than a couple decades now and was a key part of the ’90s Chicago Underground scene. I didn’t learn until semi-recently that he is originally from the Twin Cities, and didn’t move to Chicago until right around the time I was first making my…

Pickwick - Hacienda Motel

Pickwick - Hacienda Motel

Jon Schober • Mar 27, 2013

Pickwick - Hacienda Motel, from the new album "Can't Talk Medicine."

The Current's Founding Member Wall

The Current's Founding Member Wall

Mar 26, 2013

Founding Member wall

Grant Cutler teams up with Holly Newsom for new avant pop project, Weird Visions

Grant Cutler teams up with Holly Newsom for new avant pop project, Weird Visions

Andrea Swensson • Mar 26, 2013

  Some say the internet killed the full-length album. But a trend I’ve been particularly fond of is the resurgence of the two-track digital 7″, a way of releasing music that hearkens back to the days when rock and pop acts would release singles on 45s —or, if you want to trace it all the way back,…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Onomatopoeia Songs

Mar 26, 2013

Let's put together a set of songs that sound like what they are. Give us your suggestions for our onomatoepoeia Coffee Break.

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