Asked about the title of the album, 'This is All Yours', alt-J's Gus Unger-Hamilton says it 'seemed to sum up our approach to making music ... we don't have the final say over what our music necessarily means or is about. We give it to other people.' In town to play a sold-out show at the Myth Nightclub in Maplewood, Minn., alt-J stopped at The Current for an acoustic set and an interview with Mary Lucia.

What songs about monsters should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Sean McPherson (in for Jill Riley) to talk about a new thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Happy Halloween! What better way to kick off the Friday Five that with a full-blown murder mystery movie from garage rock quartet L’Assassins. Also on deck is a brand-new video from Atmosphere, a North Shore session from Haley Bonar, and more… L’Assassins Kill! Kill! Kill! Who needs a run-of-the-mill music video when you can make a whole…

The Morning Show's Steve Seel sat down with Minnesota's Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie, who explained the new voting rules, how to vote, and why he thinks it's important to vote in the mid-term elections.

Billy Idol caused trouble on tour, Johnny Marr is 50, and Iggy and the Stooges played their first live show Today in Music History.

With an international release this month, Duluth’s Wolf Blood is a band on the verge of making some major noise both home and abroad. Here’s the story of how a doom/psych/stoner metal band from Northern Minnesota found its audience. Sometimes, as they say, timing is everything. The flood that ravaged Duluth, Minnesota in the spring…

You can’t buy pipes like Sia‘s, but you can buy what comes out of them: tonight, a sealed jar of the singer’s breath will be auctioned off to raise money to support filmmakers in her native Adelaide, Australia. “Gorgeously and magnificently, she breathed into a jar for us,” says the director of the film festival where…

Secret Stash Records of Minneapolis is releasing the first in-depth collection of music recorded by what was once one of Chicago's most prominent African-American-run labels, One-derful! Records. Hear the first Volume of this collection exclusively at The Current.

Hip-hop heroes Heiruspecs will be co-headlining with Carnage and the Last Band Standin’ on Dec. 19 at the Turf Club, as a part of their Holiday Classic Series. An unknown special guest will open the show, and will be announced on Nov. 11. Advance tickets are available on the Turf Club website. Update 11/20: K. Raydio and…