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May 15, 2014

Just when you thought she's done it all: soccer tricks, impersonating Kurt Cobain and her own custom coffee, St. Vincent goes and gets the #1 spot on this week's Chart! Delighted to see St. Vincent delightfully twisted pop at the top.

The Chart Show: St. Vincent announces new coffee blend, perks up the Chart

The Chart Show: St. Vincent announces new coffee blend, perks up the Chart

Mark Wheat • May 15, 2014

Just when you thought she's done it all: soccer tricks, impersonating Kurt Cobain and her own custom coffee, St. Vincent goes and gets the #1 spot on this week's Chart! Delighted to see St. Vincent delightfully twisted pop at the top.

The Current's Guitar Collection: Valerie June, Martin dreadnought

The Current's Guitar Collection: Valerie June, Martin dreadnought

Luke Taylor • May 14, 2014

Valerie June visited The Current's studio on August 10, 2013, to play a few songs and to chat with Mac Wilson. After the session, the Memphis singer-songwriter took some time to talk about her then-new acoustic guitar and the mystical connection she felt with it. Valerie June plays Rock the Garden on Sunday, June 22, 2014.

Hippo Campus emerge from the bustling underground all-ages scene

Hippo Campus emerge from the bustling underground all-ages scene

Andrea Swensson • May 14, 2014

Maintaining a healthy all-ages scene can be a challenge for any community, but over the past few years the Twin Cities’ ratio of talented high school bands to respectable all-ages performance spaces seems especially skewed. In just the last two years, some of our most celebrated young acts—Bomba de Luz, John Mark Nelson, Observer Drift,…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Bits and Pieces

May 14, 2014

What songs that feature bits and/or pieces in the title should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

Eating and Drinking with The Growler's Joe Alton: Hamm's Brewery

Eating and Drinking with The Growler's Joe Alton: Hamm's Brewery

May 14, 2014

The Morning Show's Jill Riley hung out with The Growler's Joe Alton to talk about all the changes that are happening to the Hamm's Brewery in St. Paul.

Portugal. The Man and The Endangered Album: A Conversation with MN Zoo's Tara Harris

Portugal. The Man and The Endangered Album: A Conversation with MN Zoo's Tara Harris

May 14, 2014

The Morning Show's Steve Seel sat down with Minnesota Zoo's Director of Conservation, Tara Harris, Ph.D., to discuss a project she's a part of to bring awareness to endangered tigers.

Today in Music History: Bo Diddley Debuts

Today in Music History: Bo Diddley Debuts

May 14, 2014

The Rolling Stones got a push, Talking Heads played for Brian Eno, and Bo Diddley rose in the charts Today in Music History.

The intense pressure of the Voice-o-Graph recording booth

The intense pressure of the Voice-o-Graph recording booth

Jim McGuinn • May 13, 2014

The Current's program director, Jim McGuinn, follows in the steps of Neil Young and cuts a vinyl recording in the booth at Third Man Records in Nashville, Tenn.

Interview: Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys

Interview: Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys

Bill DeVille • May 13, 2014

On the day of the release of the Black Keys' new album, 'Turn Blue', The Current's Bill DeVille talks to one-half of the Nashville-by-way-of-Akron-Ohio duo.

Haley Bonar, Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Fort Wilson Riot, Two Harbors, and more Minnesota record releases this week

Haley Bonar, Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Fort Wilson Riot, Two Harbors, and more Minnesota record releases this week

KT Lindemann • May 13, 2014

Haley Bonar: Last War Haley Bonar has always been an expert in blending sweetness and darkness, of finding that delicate balance between hard and soft. On Last War, this relationship is clearer and more developed than ever, as Bonar goes big and bold with production, but keeps her trademark vocals and gorgeously earnest lyrics. The…

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