Marijuana Deathsquads - Wade, from the new album "Music Rocks I & II."

Alt-J snags the top spot AGAIN this week! The biggest UK festival of the year started today in Glastonbury and this week's #1 will be performing there with tons of other favorites here at The Current, and Daft Punk, who have been butting heads with Alt-J, are rumored to be making a surprise appearance.

Femi Kuti and The Positive Force came to The Current studios to record a few tracks and chatted with Mark Wheat about Grand Theft Auto, American roads, and the recent Broadway production dedicated to his father Fela, the pioneer of Afrobeat.

Pride Weekend is approaching and The Current is counting down your favorite artists who rock with pride in light of the festivities. Tune in to The Current Friday, June 28 from 4-6 p.m. to hear the results with Mary Lucia.

The Local Radar is getting a little revamp. Each week, we’ll focus on a single new release that we feel deserves a spotlight. First Communion Afterparty “Happy New Year! Everyone in the FCAP family is wishing anyone reading a fantastic year! Although we have long since disbanded into many fractals, the movement keeps growing. Fingers…

How about a hilariously cheesy 9:30 Coffee Break? Let's dig into celebrity vanity projects for today's theme.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins The Current's Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about Twin Cities Pride Festival and two plays: one dealing with race and class and the other taking a humorous look at post-apocalyptic potties.

  Text by Andrea Swensson and Steve Cohen Research and “Now” photos by Steve Cohen Now that every address is available with a quick Google search and every concert is Instagrammed from 100 angles, it can be hard to remember a time when things weren’t so heavily documented. Even massive concerts like the Beatles’ visit…

Lightning Dust - Loaded Gun, from the new album "Fantasy."

What songs with whispering should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?