The members of the Districts met in their hometown of Lititz, Pa., and began making a name for themselves in Philadelphia's music scene. Their most recent album, 'A Flourish and a Spoil,' was recorded at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minn. ""It was awesome," says front man Rob Grote. "We put on some Nirvana and went swimming." Listen to The Districts full session with Mary Lucia.

Before their sold out gig in the 7th St. Entry, Wales' Catfish and the Bottlemen stopped by The Current to perform tracks off their debut record, The Balcony, and to chat with host David Campbell.

New ideas permeate the band's 13th album, on which every song finds a way to surprise. Mastermind Kevin Barnes mixes a love of rock, funk and disco with unexpected ways to expand the brain.

Breakthrough artist Hozier chatted with The Current's Jade before his big sold out gig in the First Avenue mainroom on Friday, Feb. 20. The two talked about Morris Day and the Time, the Twin Cities staple Jucy Lucy (which he described as "a thing of terrible beauty" in a tweet post-show), Annie Lennox and much, much more.

Last night at the Oscars, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne took home the trophies for Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively. Each has a ruddy complexion and ginger hair. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by musicians with red hair would you like to hear?

Lorde‘s producer says that she’s heading into the studio within weeks to begin work on a sophomore album that will follow the wild success of her debut Pure Heroine. We’ll need to be patient, though: the songs aren’t even written yet. (Billboard) X have announced a spring tour (sorry, no Minnesota dates), and plan to celebrate the tour…

I couldn’t wait to get out of Minnesota. I needed a change of scenery so badly that the destination felt secondary, and the trip felt inevitable. So when Babes in Toyland quietly added a little warm-up gig out in the California desert to their tour schedule, and when I realized that this funny little show…

Elvis and Priscilla call it quits; Fleetwood Mac win Album of the Year for 'Rumours'; Santana brings home a bundle of Grammys; and Queen nab their first U.S. No. 1 single with 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love,' Today in Music History.

Much like the 'Die Hard' quadrilogy, you don't have to be well-versed in Sleater-Kinney's previous work to be able to understand and adore their latest offering, 'No Cities to Love'. In fact, the new record might be one of the best entry points for new fans that the band has ever recorded.

At the Academy Awards on Sunday night, awards-season favorites John Legend and Common were given the biggest movie-music prize of all, after a performance that had many attendees in tears: the Oscar for Best Original Song went to the moving “Glory” from Selma. (Billboard) Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, who collaborated with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, and more, has died, at 94, of…