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October 17, 2013

King Krule - Border Line, from the new album "6 Feet Beneath The Moon."

King Krule - Border Line

King Krule - Border Line

Jon Schober • Oct 17, 2013

King Krule - Border Line, from the new album "6 Feet Beneath The Moon."

Who should be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2014?

Who should be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2014?

Oct 16, 2013

Dylan got the nod 26 years ago. 10 years ago, the world hailed Prince's musical gifts with an induction. Can The Replacements be the next Minnesota band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014?

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Happy Hour

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Happy Hour

Oct 16, 2013

This week Dara spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about happy hours in the Twin Cities. But this isn't a look at the cheapest happy hours in town, Dara looked at interesting, unusual, and foodie appropriate happy hours.

Dessa on her recent burglary, branding, and playing big stages

Dessa on her recent burglary, branding, and playing big stages

Andrea Swensson • Oct 16, 2013

Dessa has spent much of this year on the road in support of her new album, Parts of Speech. And along the way, she’s also picked up some dramatic stories, some of which sound more like the lyrics in her songs than things that typically happen to touring indie artists. Just last month, her touring…

Hello from Jay Gabler, the new guy at the Current

Hello from Jay Gabler, the new guy at the Current

Jay Gabler • Oct 16, 2013

Though I was born in Minneapolis and raised in St. Paul and Duluth, I missed the Current’s zeroth birthday. When Minnesota Public Radio’s new station launched on January 24, 2005, I was in Massachusetts, attending graduate school at Harvard University. I knew that something pretty exciting had happened in Minnesota radio, but I had my…

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Nightwater Girlfriend

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Nightwater Girlfriend

Jon Schober • Oct 16, 2013

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Nightwater Girlfriend, from the new album "Fly By Wire."

Farewell Milwaukee Live In Studio

Farewell Milwaukee Live In Studio

Mike Pengra and Farewell Milwaukee • Oct 15, 2013

Farewell Milwaukee perform songs from their new album, Can't Please You, Can't Please Me, live in the studio on Radio Heartland.

Lizzo tops City Pages’ 2013 Picked to Click poll

Lizzo tops City Pages’ 2013 Picked to Click poll

Andrea Swensson • Oct 15, 2013

City Pages music editor Reed Fischer stopped by the Current today to announce the winners in the 23rd annual Picked to Click poll, which asks local music experts to weigh in on the best and brightest new artists in our scene. As Reed noted on air today, not only does this year’s Picked to Click…

Interview: San Fermin's Ellis Ludwig-Leone

Interview: San Fermin's Ellis Ludwig-Leone

David Safar and Leah Garaas • Oct 15, 2013

Ellis Ludwig-Leone, the mastermind behind brass-heavy Brooklyn-based band San Fermin, stopped by The Current studios after shooting a music video in Minnesota to chat with New Hot host David Safar about the self-titled debut, the band's elaborate live show and what the name San Fermin means to him.

9:30 Coffee Break: Women Rock

9:30 Coffee Break: Women Rock

Oct 15, 2013

In honor of Jan Kuehnmund and all the other female rockers out there, let's put together a list of songs from women who rock for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

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