Spoon debut "Do You", the second single from their forthcoming album 'They Want My Soul.'

In a remarkable discovery related to one of Minnesota’s greatest musicians, California record collector Jeff Gold—a former Warner Bros. executive who now runs a music memorabilia business called Recordmecca—has purchased a previously unknown trove of 149 acetate records pressed during the making of Bob Dylan’s albums Nashville Skyline (1969), Self Portrait (1970), and New Morning (1970). Gold announced the find…

What songs with either Jill or Steve in the title or lyrics should we play for the Coffee Break?

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about Facebook performing emotional experiments on users, and testing attention spans with a challenging video.

Just in time for their performance at MN Music-on-a-Stick on Saturday, August 30 (where they’ll play alongside Brother Ali, Bob Mould, Cloud Cult, Har Mar Superstar, and the Cactus Blossoms at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand), Doomtree have announced that they’ll self-release a massive 500-page book on August 26. Doomtree: Every Single Day promises to include glossy photos from…

Allan Kingdom: Future Memoirs With little warning, over the weekend Allan Kingdom decided to drop his new record Future Memoirs. The album features intricate rhymes, catchy hooks, and great features—including Internet mystery Spooky Black on the track “Wavey” and some production work from Ryan Olson (Poliça, GAYNGS, Marijuana Deathsquads). No release show has yet been announced. The Jayhawks:…

David Bowie began filming his first film starring role, Luther Vandross passed away, The Band put out their debut album Today in Music History.

When you live in Minnesota, trying to understand the magnitude of Prince’s accomplishment is kind of like trying to talk about the sun when you’re standing on it. Here’s a story that helped me get my mind around the extent of Prince’s musical celebrity. When Michael Jackson agreed to play a set of wildly-anticipated comeback…

On tour supporting his highly anticipated debut album release, Benjamin Booker stopped in to The Current studios to talk to New Hot host David Safar about how he was discovered and signed to ATO records. Booker also plays a few songs off the forthcoming album, scheduled for Aug. 19.

As the World Cup enters the quarter-finals, Mark Wheat reflects on the tournament it's been so far, and what may lie ahead as the world watches the progression to the final. Plus, a music pick!