Prince‘s band 3RDEYEGIRL have revealed, in a BBC interview, that Prince’s recent song “HARDROCKLOVER” is the first single from a new studio album. The Hit & Run Album, named after Prince’s one-city-at-a-time tours, will be released by the end of 2015, the band said. In addition to “HARDROCKLOVER,” the album will also include a version of “1,000 Hugs…

The Minneapolis house where “the Kid” lived in Prince’s iconic 1984 movie Purple Rain is now for sale. At an asking price of $110,000, it’s a relatively affordable piece of Minnesota music history—but some renovations are required, with the cost to be borne by the purchaser. Update 7/31: The listing status has been updated to contingent, indicating that an…

This week's episode of 'Teenage Kicks' celebrates the music video with a playlist built around the greatest MTV music videos of all time. Check out these samples and share some of your own favorites. And be sure to listen to 'Teenage Kicks' with Jim McGuinn on Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m.

As The Current's staff head to Duluth for a weekend of summer fun and live music, we're thinking about bands from places north of The Current's HQ in St. Paul, Minn. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by bands who are from cities located north of St. Paul? Send us your requests.

Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson to talk about a new comedy-drama based on a book by John Green ('The Fault in Our Stars'). The film is directed by Jake Schreier ('Robot and Frank') and it stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne.

Happy Friday! It’s shaping up to be another busy weekend for local music here in the Twin Cities, with the big Black Diet release show at First Avenue tonight (their first time headlining the Mainroom!) and the Honeydogs’ vinyl re-release of 10,000 Years over at the Cedar. To help you stay up to date on all…

The Stones had a spot of bother in Blackpool; Survivor topped the charts with 'Eye of the Tiger'; U2 and UB40 topped the album and singles charts, respectively, in 1993; and the Beatles met the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Today in Music History.

In the new movie Ricki and the Flash, written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jonathan Demme (Stop Making Sense), Meryl Streep plays a rock star who reunites with her family. In the movie, she sings songs by Bruce Springsteen (“My Love Will Not Let You Down”), Tom Petty (“American Girl”), and Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs (“Wooly Bully”) in addition to “Cold…

With this album, a London singer — a Prince favorite — and her versatile voice inch closer to mainstream pop.

On An On are glad to be back in Minnesota. 'It feels like a homecoming,' says singer and guitarist Nate Eiesland. 'People are discovering we're from here.' Before their album-release party this Saturday, July 25, at Icehouse in Minneapolis, On An On stopped in to The Current's studio for a live session hosted by Mac Wilson.