Jack White‘s Third Man Records will open a new office and retail space in White’s hometown of Detroit. The new space, in the neighborhood where White attended high school, is scheduled to open in time for “Black Friday” on Nov. 27, one of the year’s biggest record-buying days. Third Man Records was founded in Detroit in…

On the day Dawes release their fourth studio album, 'All Your Favorite Bands', Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes joins Jade by telephone to talk about the new record and the band's plans for touring in support of it. "As of now, I can't wait to play music every night," Goldsmith says.

With the NBA and NHL going into their final series, and students in colleges and high schools finishing their final exams, we got to thinking about songs that finish loudly and strongly. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have big finishes? Send us your requests.

In celebration of Day 1,000 of “thesongadayproject,” local singer-songwriter Zachary Scot Johnson has teamed up with a handsomely bearded Jeremy Messersmith to cover Sia’s worldwide hit, “Chandelier.” Thesongadayproject is a self-explanatory pursuit that Johnson began in September of 2012. His original goal was to record and post one song a day, every day, for as…

This week, John Moe stopped by The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jade (in for Jill Riley) and Sean McPherson about a new photo-storage service from Google, and a very soothing live walrus cam. "I can't explain why it's so soothing to see these walruses lying around just doing nothing," John says. Yet it is.

Is there anything more electrifying than that hopeful, anything-could-happen feeling that fills the air in the two hours before a Paisley Park show? Is there another time in our lives when a group of people’s hopes and dreams align so specifically? Have you ever cried about a guitar solo? Have you ever truly desired anything as much as…

Corbin and Bobby Raps: Couch Potato Half of thestand4rd, Corbin (formerly known as Spooky Black) and Bobby Raps, have joined forces for a surprise EP called Couch Potato, just released on SoundCloud and Bandcamp (where it’s available for download). Bobby Raps produced the EP, which features Izell Pyramid on one track. There’s even an appropriately…

Ray Charles had a No. 1 hit with a country ballad; the Stones made their U.S. television debut; Macca held two No. 1 chart positions; Prince played his first U.K. gig; and Russian authorities had neither the right thoughts, right words nor right actions when they detained Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos on suspicion of spying, Today in Music History.

For today's musicians, touring can be quite a treadmill, but when Alabama Shakes had a rare day off while in Minneapolis, they leaped at the chance to go fishing the way a walleye strikes a spinner. The Current's Jim McGuinn explains how the outing came together, and he shares the story and photos from the day.

The DMA's stopped by The Current to record an in-studio session after a show in First Avenue's 7th St. Entry and to chat with host Bill DeVille about their self-titled debut EP that recently released.