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August 13, 2015

Low's "No Comprende" is the only brand new entry; Wolf Alice are back on the Chart after a week's hiatus; Alabama Shakes and Brandi Carlile are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and Father John Misty holds on to the top spot for the third week in a row.

The Chart Show: Alabama Shakes, Brandi Carlile inducted to Hall of Fame

The Chart Show: Alabama Shakes, Brandi Carlile inducted to Hall of Fame

Mark Wheat • Aug 13, 2015

Low's "No Comprende" is the only brand new entry; Wolf Alice are back on the Chart after a week's hiatus; Alabama Shakes and Brandi Carlile are inducted to the Hall of Fame; and Father John Misty holds on to the top spot for the third week in a row.

Today’s Music News: Tom Hiddleston dons Hank Williams’s hat for biopic

Today’s Music News: Tom Hiddleston dons Hank Williams’s hat for biopic

Staff • Aug 12, 2015

Here’s your first look at actor Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in the forthcoming biopic I Saw the Light. The film will hit selected theaters on Nov. 27, with a wider release to follow. Thom Yorke is writing music for an upcoming Broadway production of Harold Pinter‘s 1971 play Old Times. “I’ve enjoyed exploring through music the script’s themes of love and…

9:30 Coffee Break: Songs for Staying Awake All Night

9:30 Coffee Break: Songs for Staying Awake All Night

Jill Riley and Sean McPherson • Aug 12, 2015

Viewing the Perseid meteor shower tonight and tomorrow may require staying awake all night. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are about staying awake all through the night? Send us your requests.

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Cheap Eats

Eating and Drinking with Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl: Cheap Eats

Aug 12, 2015

Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl stops by The Current's Morning Show to talk about living large, food-wise, on a budget. 'There are so many ways,' Dara says, sharing some tips for saving money while enjoying local cuisine.

Stereo Confession’s Max Timander remembers his days as a relevant tween music blogger

Stereo Confession’s Max Timander remembers his days as a relevant tween music blogger

Cecilia Johnson • Aug 12, 2015

Raised in Minneapolis, Max Timander is best known to The Current’s audience as Stereo Confession’s guitarist/vocalist. But there’s something readers might not know: pre-Stereo-Confession, he blogged about music—and quite enthusiastically, at that. Chris Riemenschneider at the Star Tribune covered Timander’s blog in 2009 (headline: “He’s taking rock blogs to the Max”). “I really want to be a…

Today in Music History: 'A Hard Day's Night' film releases in the U.S.

Today in Music History: 'A Hard Day's Night' film releases in the U.S.

Aug 12, 2015

Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut; Led Zeppelin held their first rehearsal; Janis Joplin played her last concert; Lionel Richie electrified a global television audience; and the Beatles' film, 'A Hard Day's Night,' opened in U.S. theaters, Today in Music History.

Today’s Music News: Patti Smith’s memoir “Just Kids” to become Showtime series

Today’s Music News: Patti Smith’s memoir “Just Kids” to become Showtime series

Staff • Aug 11, 2015

Showtime president David Nevins announced that Patti Smith is collaborating with the cable network to create a limited-run TV series adaptation of her 2010 memoir Just Kids. The book focuses on Smith’s relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and includes stories of their run-ins with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and other luminaries.”The medium of a television limited series offers narrative freedom…

Take A Sunset Cruise With Mac DeMarco

Take A Sunset Cruise With Mac DeMarco

Mike Katzif • Aug 11, 2015

With just a keyboard and a microphone, the singer takes to a rowboat in the lightly choppy waters off Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y., to perform his song "No Other Heart." Watch the video of this musical excursion.

9:30 Coffee Break: Let's keep it mononymous

9:30 Coffee Break: Let's keep it mononymous

Jill Riley and Sean McPherson • Aug 11, 2015

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists known by a single-word name? Send us your requests.

Morly’s “In Defense of My Muse” and more of this week’s Minnesota music releases

Morly’s “In Defense of My Muse” and more of this week’s Minnesota music releases

Staff • Aug 11, 2015

Morly: In Defense of My Muse EP Based on Katy Morley’s vast skillset, her music could have gone in several different directions. Her voice makes her a candidate for a singer-songwriter format, and her beat production could carry her to work with MCs on rap tracks, but she chose to say “screw it” and do…

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