tUnE-yArDs takes the top spot for the very first time this week after another very tight race. She joined our friends at KEXP last week for an in-studio performance of "Real Thing" off her new album Nikki Nack.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones visited The Current's studio following their show at the Varsity Theater. At the end of the band's rollicking in-studio set, guitarist Browan Lollar took some time to talk about his Reverend Gil Parris signature guitar.

What songs about spiders (or spider webs, or a specific type of spider) should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Today on The Morning Show's Eating and Drinking, James Norton chatted with Jill Riley and Steve Seel about the new direction of Parka.

This may sound oversimplified, but Paris is a long way from home. Technically it’s something like 4,203 miles, but once you get way up in the air and peer down at the ocean out of that airplane window it’s hard to think about things in terms of a distance that can be measured; the journey…

Update: Metro Transit has announced that due to the stormy weather, outdoor events are canceled. The Current’s party at Union Depot is continuing as scheduled, taking place indoors. June 14 is a big day for Twin Cities transit: it marks the opening of the highly anticipated Green Line connecting the downtowns of St. Paul and Minneapolis.…

Janis Joplin joined Big Brother and the Holding Company, Pink Floyd jumped back on the charts, and Space Oddity was released in time for the space race.

Jack White celebrates the release of his new album 'Lazaretto' with a live video webcast from the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Watch the stream right here starting circa 11:30 p.m. CDT.

Music journalist Jim DeRogatis is no stranger to listeners of the Current: he's co-host of Sound Opinions, which airs on our station every Sunday night from 8:00 to 9:00. He visited our studios in April to meet with our Local Current college contributors, and while he was here he took a few minutes to talk with Barb Abney about his mentor Lester Bangs, the R. Kelly story that landed him in court, and the song that most reminds him of his time living in Minneapolis.

We are hoping to put together some technology heavy songs for today's Coffee Break. What songs that sound like technology is taking over should we play this morning?