Owen - Bad Blood, from the new album "L'Ami du Peuple."

Daughn Gibson is one of those musicians who seemed to matriculate out of thin air. Signed to Sub Pop off the strength of his debut "All Hell," this Pennsylvania born-and-raised 6'5", deep-voiced crooner has challenged listeners with some of the most ingenious vocal tricks in recent memory. Many people already know his backstory: he played drums in Pearls & Brass, was a trucker, worked in warehouses, tested radiation on broadcast towers, worked at an adult bookstore and did sound at dive bars. The guy's somewhat of a nomadic enigma. During his recent stop in Minneapolis, Gibson caught up with New Hot host and Music Director David Safar to talk about his sophomore album "Me Moan."

Foxygen’s first headlining show in Minneapolis was as brief as it was dramatic. According to several reports from the scene, the Pitchfork-blessed, performance-challenged band only made it about halfway through their opening song, “On Blue Mountain,” before singer Sam France climbed up onto a monitor on the front of the stage and toppled down into…

The German dance music duo Modeselektor makes music that can knock your head off its axis. Electronic producer Sascha Ring, better known as Apparat, has made the kind of stuff that buries your heart deep in your gut. Moderat, the project that unites these two seemingly disparate energies, finds a sweet spot that resonates with both body and mind.

We want to know what songs about jewels and gemstones you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jade about Cris Carter getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Twins players who might be on the move as the MLB trading dealine nears, and Rand gave us a brief outline of what to expect in year 3 of U of M football under Jerry Kill.

It’s been a long transition period for Minneapolis expat James Brooks, one-half of now defunct group Elite Gymnastics. After receiving a great deal of attention and accolades for their hazy and buoyant electro-pop, Brooks and his Gymnastics bandmate Josh Clancy parted ways last year and Brooks carried on alone, releasing music sporadically and using his…

Long regarded as favorites for The Current's Local Show, The Goondas came back to our studios in support of their sophomore album "Dog Show."

This week on New Hot, we're taking a look at three of the most under-the-radar, acclaimed albums of 2013 spanning garage rock, alternative hip-hop and shoegazey metal.

Leading up to the release of Savages' debut "Silence Yourself," the London quartet posted a simple philosophy online: their intention was to "create a sound -- indestructible -- musically solid, written for the stage and designed with enough nuances to provide a wide range of emotions."