Phantogram reclaim the top spot ahead of their sold out First Avenue show April 13. They were one of the bands that played our Public Radio Rocks showcase in Austin during SXSW, and they lead the pack of FIVE inductees to our Chart Hall of Fame: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, Caroline Smith. That many in one week has never happened before in over 4 years of the show, and that means there's heaps of room for new entries next week!

What do you think of The Strypes' new single "Blue Collar Jane"? Musically, does it do anything for you? Let's get the conversation started. Read what The Current staff have to say, then share your opinion of this track off the Irish rockers' first full-length album.

Today on The Morning Show's Eating and Drinking, James Norton chatted with Jill Riley about his adventures in Timpano.

The Stones got shocked, Diana Ross was born, and Pink Floyd ruled the charts Today in Music History.

From basement jam sessions to big theatre performances, Pert Near Sandstone live for the inspiration gained from other musicians. The band grew out of jam sessions at a house in St. Paul. “We didn’t get together as a band necessarily,” said mandolin and fiddle player Nate Sipe. Trying different instruments, and collaborating among themselves, led…

For Johnny Cash fans like Bill DeVille, today's release of Johnny's lost album, 'Out Among the Stars', is huge news. Bill DeVille shares some of the album's backstory and gives his review.

Howler: World of Joy From the sound of their second full-length album, you’d think that Howler spent the last two years—since their debut America Give Up—locked in a one-room apartment in England, subsisting on nothing but records by the Replacements and the Smiths. Appropriate, considering Howler’s Twin Cities roots (despite their ambiguous feelings about those roots) and the…

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley about Apple's new CarPlay system, and scientists shooting lasers at flies to make them mate with wax.

Elvis played live for the last time, Eddie Vedder nearly drowned, and Prince picked up an Oscar Today in Music History.

It’s hard to believe that six years have passed since indie rock band the Plastic Constellations released their final album, We Appreciate You, and went on an indefinite hiatus—it was long enough ago, in fact, that the term “indie rock band” could still be used to describe a particular style of music rather than a…