In town to play a sold-out show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg -- better known as First Aid Kit -- stopped in to The Current's studio to chat with Bill DeVille and to play some brand-new songs and a longstanding favorite.

On Nelson's first album of mostly original material in 18 years, he paints a self-portrait of a long, up-and-down life -- specifically the life of an artist.

What songs about prison or going to jail should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about a new film, based on the popular book, about a teenage girl who is fighting cancer and falls for a boy in her support group. Steve, Jill and Stephanie also talk about their own tearjerker picks.

Happy Friday! It’s a picture-perfect summer day here in the Twin Cities, and anyone who manages to stay indoors until quitting time today deserves some kind of major bonus. Here’s a handful of hot-off-the-presses Minnesota music videos to make the end of the work week scoot by a little faster… Trampled by Turtles With their…

Alabama-based St. Paul and the Broken Bones were in town for a sold-out show at the Varsity Theater when they stopped in to The Current for a session hosted by Jill Riley. This band came together when two friends decided to record some songs as a "last hurrah" - happily, it was just the beginning.

Almost a year to the day CHVRCHES first stepped in The Current studios, the Glasgow electronic three piece returned to the Twin Cities for a show at First Avenue. CHVRCHES

The Rolling Stones change a lyric for Robert Kennedy, The Beatles stepped into Abbey Road studios for the first time, and Roy Orbison put out his first major hit Today in Music History.

Spoon's Britt Daniel and Jim Eno reveal details of the band's first new album in four years. The Rock the Garden headliners' new album 'They Want My Soul' is due out Aug. 5.

Thursday, June 5 #MPLS Album-Release Show Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis 7:30 p.m., $10 adv/$15 door, 18+ With a little funk, a little R&B, a little rock, and a lot of influence from the founders of the Minneapolis Sound, #MPLS offer a fresh take on soulful party music on their debut album, HELLO. Sample the…