In town to open for Ray LaMontagne in the newly renovated Northrop Auditorium, Hamilton Leithauser stopped by The Current studios to chat with host Mac Wilson and to play tracks off his recently released solo debut.

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Burgeoning local indie label Totally Gross National Product (TGNP) have officially announced their fifth annual Totally Gross National Party, which is slated for August 23 at Icehouse. This year’s edition of the label’s annual concert will feature performances by some of the label’s flagship acts, along with some new faces. The annual party has grown…

What songs from Brazilian artists do you want to hear for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about the latest film that continues the story of how ultra-intelligent simian Caesar presides over the fall of human civilization.

We’ve been up to our eyeballs in new music videos this week, with both Father You See Queen and Tiny Deaths premiering new videos (coincidentally, for two different songs titled “Ocean”) and Noisey dropping a 9-minute little documentary about the Minnesota music scene. You’d think we’d be light on videos for the Friday Five this week……

Jerry Garcia designs neckties, Metallica heads to court against Napster, and Bauhaus' Peter Murphy is 57 Today in Music History.

Prince is our Local Current Artist of the Month this July, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain. When Haim visited the Current’s studios in May, Este and Alana Haim talked about their passion for Prince—Este goes so far as to call it an “obsession”—and the time Alana thought the band were about to…

Precision has long been an important part of Trampled by Turtles’ live show. The Duluth quintet have built their reputation on playing lightening-quick, shredding string music that tests the limits of bluegrass and pushes it toward heavy metal, and one of the most fascinating parts of watching them perform has been seeing how responsive they…

Tiny deaths began as a collaboration between Claire de Lune and Grant Cutler back when Claire’s trio the Chalice—with Lizzo and Sophia Eris—were the toast of the local live music scene. Now the Chalice is on hiatus as its members focus on other projects: Lizzo’s solo career; GRRRL PRTY featuring Lizzo and Sophia Eris; and,…