Eleanor Friedberger - Stare At The Sun, from the new album "Personal Record."

The Current is giving one lucky winner an opportunity to win a signed lyric sheet of Iron & Wine's sweetly wistful, elegiac song "Grace for Saints and Ramblers," plus a CD copy of the latest Iron & Wine album, Ghost on Ghost.

Singer-songwriter and producer Beck is set to release new music soon, with not one but two full-length albums due out later this year. Hear "Defriended," our first taste of the indie icon's new sound.

Why has your favorite band/artist been holding out and keeping new music to themselves? For our Coffee Break we'll try to pass along the message that it's been far too long since they've made a new album.

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about the possibility of an Apple streaming music service and the springy, rhythmic way of movement called Prancercise.

  Did you partake in the Soul Toolsday experience? Twin Cities based Soul Tools released a new free track via their Bandcamp page every Tuesday in May. For those who don’t know, Soul Tools describes themselves as a “Minneapolis based entertainment group that focuses on collaborating with like-minded and ambitious artists, producers, musicians, film-makers and…

Generationals - Spinoza, from the new album "Heza."

This week on New Hot, read about a band that was championed by the late John Peel, plus one of America's most important modern rock groups of the 21st century. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, June 4.

Monday, June 3 Carroll (opening for Pure Bathing Culture) 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 7:30 p.m., $8, 18+ Up-and-coming rock group Carroll already had quite a bit of buzz going prior to embarking on their first tour, with both City Pages and Vita.mn crowning them Best New Band in recent months. At this homecoming show, they’re…

Suggest some songs that feature a theme of cleanliness. Help put together a list of songs to get a good Spring cleaning started.