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New Hot is conducting an experiment. What songs would The Current listeners put into rotation if they had the opportunity? This is where you come in: rate the songs on this week's playlist and let us know what you think of The Current mix.

Tickle Torture: “Would I Love You” Minneapolis provocateur Tickle Torture described his sound to Noisey as “like Prince and Justin Timberlake [copulating] in a dumpster.” He’s readying a sophomore EP, Spectrophilia, for release this fall; in the meantime, he’s released “Would I Love You,” a single and video that capture the late-summer heat that’s been missing…

What songs that feature the stolen chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

In September, Pieta Brown is releasing a new record called Paradise Outlaw. We’re proud to present the premiere of the video for “All My Rain,” a track from that forthcoming album. The new album, Brown’s sixth, was recorded at the Wisconsin woodland studio of Justin Vernon (Bon Iver, Volcano Choir), but not with a lot of overdubbing. Brown says…

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about a Kickstarter project that will change how you think about water balloons, and Google is trying to map the body or something.

Vita.mn is hosting its sixth annual Music & Movies series over four consecutive Fridays at the Lake Harriet Bandshell this August, in collaboration with the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board. The series will span four weeks and features a range of music and films. Music will start at 7:30 each night, with the movie to follow…

“We’ve played in a lot of strange spaces and strange places,” said Kate Tucker, “and it’s nice to play for a bunch of faces that are looking right back at you, instead of staring out through a whiskey haze.” The Monday night show by Tucker and her band the Sons of Sweden was one of the first…

The Beatles premiered Help!, Bob Dylan was in a motorcycle accident, and Geddy Lee celebrates a birthday Today in Music History.

Are you keeping up with all of this? There’s been a burst of activity out of the Doomtree camp this summer and it’s shaping up to be an even busier fall for the crew. Before we get to today’s news, let’s do a quick recap: Dessa just released a new video for her solo song…