Haley Bonar - Last War, the first single from her forthcoming album.

With all the weather-related traffic jams here -- and down south too -- Jane from Minneapolis suggests a Coffee Break about being stuck.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about three reasons to get out of the house this weekend despite the snowy, wintry weather.

Thursday, January 30 First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2013 First Avenue, Minneapolis 7 p.m., $7, 18+ This annual tradition rounds up some of the best and brightest to emerge in the previous 12 months for a First Ave-curated showcase. Read Jay Gabler’s rundown of all seven acts playing this year, and see below for…

This week, former Soul Coughing lead singer and longtime solo artist Mike Doughty released three previously unheard Elliott Smith tracks, remixed into EDM songs. “In 1998, Elliott recorded some a-cappella vocals for me, specifically to sample and slice-and-dice over beats,” Doughty explained on his SoundCloud page. “They sat on a cassette for 16 years. I…

In the grand scheme of things, seven years isn’t all that long: it’s about as long as it takes to grow a Christmas tree. In the turbulent world of Minneapolis dance nights, though, the seven-year-old Too Much Love amounts to a towering sequoia. Since 2006, DJ Sovietpanda—known to his friends, family, and Glam Doll Donuts…

Drowners - Luv, Hold Me Down, from the new self-titled record.

Arctic Monkeys regain the top spot ahead of their sold out Valentines Day show at First Avenue. We've invited them in to do a special in-studio performance that afternoon, stay tuned for details on Thursday, Jan. 30 for a chance to get in on the action.

Ross Clark is a guitarist and bassist with New York-based band, St. Lucia, who recently visited The Current for an in-studio session. For Clark, it was a homecoming of sorts; he attended McNally-Smith College of Music from 2004 to 2006, and he lived off Wabasha Street just a few blocks from Minnesota Public Radio. He took a few minutes to tell us about his Fender Jazzmaster.

The recent waves of bone-chilling cold prompted Cody, a listener from Eagan, to suggest a Coffee Break with artists referring to bones, or more specifically, the singer's bones.