Darkside - Golden Arrow, from the new album "Psychic."

For all its ubiquity and imitators, 2003's 'Transatlanticism' holds up as an exquisitely produced, largely flawless record in which every song is bound to be someone's favorite. In this reissue, the album is packaged alongside an identically sequenced yet revelatory set of demo versions.

This past Wednesday morning, Prince and 3rdEyeGirl invited the general public to partake in The Breakfast Experience, a “Pajama Dance Party” held at Paisley Park Studios. With a request to “Dress 2 Impress” and doors set to open at 2 a.m., but with no confirmation that Prince himself would actually take the stage, hundreds made…

Justin Vernon and company talk about the high-tech maneuvering necessary to recreate songs on stage.

They were only five shows in on their 24-date tour, so the bus still smelled fresh when the now four-piece came into The Current studios to play a few songs off their new self-titled EP and to chat with host Mary Lucia about the just-announced full-length. They also talked about why core members Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel think The Current is better than other radio stations.

It’s been another busy week for local music, with the Picked to Click results hitting newsstands this past Wednesday and Prince throwing another crazy party out at Paisley Park tonight. Before we skip on out of our cubicles for the weekend, here are a few more little tidbits of Minnesota music news to get you…

Philip Bither, curator of performing arts at The Walker Art Center, stopped by our studios to chat with Steve Seel of The Current's Morning Show about the Jherek Bischoff: Composed. This experimental music show happens tonight, Oct. 18, at the Fitzgerald Theater, and it features Sondre Lerche, Channy Leaneagh of Poliça and other musicians — a perfect spectacle for musical omnivores.

How about a Coffee Break of roller skate songs? Share your suggestions and we'll play some for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

MPR News Arts Reporter and Cube Critic Euan Kerr talks to Steve Seel and Jill Riley about a new reimagining of Stephen King's classic horror tale, and about a new documentary that looks at the life of the world-champion boxer.

Courtney Yasmineh’s musical career has been anything but typical. After taking a decade-long break from music, Yasmineh eased back into music in the late 2000s and has already written and recorded four albums, the latest of which she’ll celebrate tonight with a release show at Bunker’s. And though she still manages to fly under the radar…