Philadelphia-based band Dr. Dog stopped by The Current's studio while they were in town to play a couple of shows at First Avenue. Dr. Dog spoke to The Current's Mark Wheat about their most recent album, 'B-Room', about creating a rapport with the audience and about their favorite sports mascot.

Howler's Max Petrak is gearing up for a tour with Howler in support of their album World of Joy out March 25, but in his spare time he makes music with former Miami ballerina Erin Ross and just over a year ago, SCRNS was conceived.

In this week's On The Ball, Mark Wheat has a look at the FA Cup, the Champions League and at a tenuous connection to Barcelona that leads to a cool music pick from Sufjan Stevens.

What songs do you want to hear for our "freaky" Coffee Break? We'll play your picks with "freak" or "freaky" in the title for today's Coffee Break.

Every defiant growl, jaded vocal fry and distorted guitar lick on Annie Clark's fourth album flirts with the avant garde, yet uses an accessible, if inventive, musical vocabulary to do so.

Ray Charles recorded his biggest hit, Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd, and Yoko Ono was born Today in Music History.

1994 was a big year for me, musically. It was the year I began my radio career in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and the year that my favorite styles of music shifted from “big hair” to “alternative.” It was the year my best friend introduced me to the Afghan Whigs, a band that got their…

Web of Sunsets: Room of Monsters Self-described as “acid country,” Twin Cities trio Web of Sunsets credit their aesthetic to the “golden hour”—the first or last hour of sunlight in a given day—and have fittingly drenched their downtempo tunes in a warm sonic breeze. It’s a formula that has already garnered early attention from major…

It’s no secret that Minnesotans love to celebrate the successful artists who were born within our borders and rep our state far and wide. Go forth, ye talented ones, and regale audiences worldwide with tales of the magical land of sky blue waters! But when we talk about a musician’s “success,” what are we really…

Elvis earned his first Gold album, James Taylor appeared on television, and Johnny Cash re-recorded "Girl From The North Country" with Bob Dylan Today in Music History.