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July 16, 2015

Best Coast is back after a two-week hiatus; Tame Impala and Wolf Alice debut two new tracks; Jamie xx is inducted to the Hall of Fame for the first time (as a solo artist); and Courtney Barnett climbs to the top.

The Chart Show: Courtney Barnett clears her way to No.1, opening for Blur

The Chart Show: Courtney Barnett clears her way to No.1, opening for Blur

Mark Wheat • Jul 16, 2015

Best Coast is back after a two-week hiatus; Tame Impala and Wolf Alice debut two new tracks; Jamie xx is inducted to the Hall of Fame for the first time (as a solo artist); and Courtney Barnett climbs to the top.

Today’s Music News: Nick Cave’s teenage son dies in fall from cliff

Today’s Music News: Nick Cave’s teenage son dies in fall from cliff

Staff • Jul 15, 2015

Tragedy has struck the family of Nick Cave: his son Arthur Cave, 15, died on Tuesday after falling from a cliff near Brighton, England. “He was our beautiful, happy loving boy,” said Nick Cave and his wife Susie Cave in a statement. In addition to his parents, Arthur Cave is survived by his twin brother Earl Cave. Authorities are…

Review: Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza

Review: Dawes, Lake Street Dive, and the Lone Bellow rock the Cabooze Plaza

Phil Levine • Jul 15, 2015

The Lone Bellow, Lake Street Dive, and Dawes are all great bands, and last night the Cabooze Plaza proved to be the perfect setting for all three. First openers the Lone Bellow began their set with the title track from their latest album, Then Came The Morning. The Brooklyn-based band immediately seized the attention of their audience…

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9:30 Coffee Break: Name Changes

Jill Riley and Sean McPherson • Jul 15, 2015

As more scrutiny and attention is being placed on a possible name change for Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists — solo performers or bands — who have changed their names? Send us your requests.

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Minnesota Rum

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Minnesota Rum

Jul 15, 2015

Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl stops by The Current's Morning Show to talk about Minnesota rum. 'It's new, it's everywhere, it's very popular, it's sort of inexplicable, but my feeling is, Hooray!,' Dara says. Find out why rum has not traditionally been made in Minnesota, and listen as Dara, Jill and Sean sample some Minnesota-made rum.

Today in Music History: Remembering Ian Curtis

Today in Music History: Remembering Ian Curtis

Jul 15, 2015

John Lennon suffered a tragic loss; Elton John got his first No. 1 album in the U.S.; Ray Davies temporarily resigned from the Kinks; Prince gave free albums to U.K. tabloid subscribers; and Ian Curtis of Joy Division was born in Greater Manchester, Today in Music History.

Dawes perform in The Current studio

Dawes perform in The Current studio

Bill DeVille and Dawes • Jul 14, 2015

In town to play a show at the Cabooze Plaza in Minneapolis, Dawes -- Taylor Goldsmith, Wylie Gelber, Griffin Goldsmith, Tay Strathairn and recent addition Duane Betts -- stopped by The Current's studio to play some songs off the new album and to chat with Bill DeVille.

Today’s Music News: The Ramones to appear in Archie comic

Today’s Music News: The Ramones to appear in Archie comic

Staff • Jul 14, 2015

The Ramones will meet the Archie gang next year in “a special comic that brings together the formerly disparate worlds of CBGB’s and Pop’s Chocklit Shop in a hyperspeed bubblegum battle of the bands,” reports Comics Alliance. Sugar Hill Records executive Joseph Robinson Jr. has died of cancer at age 53. The label was founded by Robinson’s parents,…

Bad Bad Hats, Sean Anonymous and Dimitry Killstorm, Honeystick: This week’s Minnesota record releases

Bad Bad Hats, Sean Anonymous and Dimitry Killstorm, Honeystick: This week’s Minnesota record releases

Aaron Bolton • Jul 14, 2015

Bad Bad Hats: Psychic Reader Need a new musical addiction? Well listener, meet Bad Bad Hats. It’s surf-rock riffs that married your favorite pop star, a band with enough ambience to give you the chills but who also know how to craft a song that makes you move. As NPR notes, “impeccable production by Brett…

Morrissey met my eyes, and other true tales from the Fitzgerald Theater

Morrissey met my eyes, and other true tales from the Fitzgerald Theater

Cecilia Johnson • Jul 14, 2015

On Monday night, it felt strange to see a formerly grungy star perform in a theater with plush red seats. Lavish curlicues decorated several box seats above me, and the pre-show music was classical, at least until the playlist switched to rock. I tried not to feel out of place in such an elegant environment.…

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