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August 19, 2014

It's a shame that the rock record of the summer had to surface at the end of the season. Segall's lush, panoramic double-album piles on glam-rock excess without ever feeling excessive.

First Listen: Ty Segall, 'Manipulator'

First Listen: Ty Segall, 'Manipulator'

Doug Mosurock • Aug 19, 2014

It's a shame that the rock record of the summer had to surface at the end of the season. Segall's lush, panoramic double-album piles on glam-rock excess without ever feeling excessive.

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Live Performances That Made You Nervous

Aug 19, 2014

What songs do you want to hear from artists who's live show make you nervous? Give us your suggestions and we'll play some for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: What Was Your First Record?

Aug 19, 2014

Share your story about your first vinyl for Vinyl Record Day.

Phantom Tails, Dee Dee Mayo, Treading North, and more of this week’s Minnesota record releases

Phantom Tails, Dee Dee Mayo, Treading North, and more of this week’s Minnesota record releases

Aaron Bolton • Aug 19, 2014

Phantom Tails: Rides Battalion Phantom Tails describe their genre as deep-space doom-funk. As strange as that sounds, they’ve gained a big local audience for their far-out but indisputably rocking records. Their newest release, Rides Battalion, is available today followed by the release show this Friday at the Triple Rock. “All Your Cities,” the first single…

The Throbbing Hive with Wits' John Moe: The Return of Prancercise

The Throbbing Hive with Wits' John Moe: The Return of Prancercise

Aug 19, 2014

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel about the return of the Prancercise lady (now with a friend!), and Facebook's move to tag satirical news stories as "SATIRE" in feeds so people don't get confused.

Today in Music History: The Monkees End Their TV Run

Today in Music History: The Monkees End Their TV Run

Aug 19, 2014

Patsy Cline ranked the highest for jukebox plays, Thin Lizzy's lead singer was honored in bronze, and The Monkees' TV show aired for the last time Today in Music History.

Minnesota Music Sleuth: The Legend of the Buried Guitar

Minnesota Music Sleuth: The Legend of the Buried Guitar

Jay Gabler • Aug 19, 2014

Local legend has it that when the Cedar Cultural Center was converted from a ​movie theater to a music room, a guitar belonging to West Bank folk star Spider John Koerner was buried in the venue’s foundation. Is the legend true? In the first episode of a new series from the Current, David Campbell takes on the role of the Minnesota…

Today’s Music News: Ice-T and Weird Al narrate a Dungeons & Dragons audiobook

Today’s Music News: Ice-T and Weird Al narrate a Dungeons & Dragons audiobook

Staff • Aug 19, 2014

The Legend of Drizzt, an anthology of short stories based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, has been produced as an audiobook featuring celebrity readers including “Weird Al” Yankovic and Ice-T. In a promotional video, the rapper—who’s said in his podcast that he took the gig reading an audiobook without realizing what the subject…

OK Go perform live in The Current studio

OK Go perform live in The Current studio

Bill DeVille and OK Go • Aug 18, 2014

The morning after playing a sold-out show at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, OK Go stopped in to The Current's studio to play an acoustic set and to talk with Bill DeVille.

First Listen: Shovels & Rope, 'Swimmin' Time'

First Listen: Shovels & Rope, 'Swimmin' Time'

Ann Powers • Aug 18, 2014

It's easy to feel the romance in the musical relationship between Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. In the five years since the married duo came upon the name Shovels & Rope to describe the music they make from whatever's lying around the house, the pair have become a musical embodiment of how loving couples make it work.

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