Calling all high-school-age bands: Be part of the Local Show's Back to School special by telling us about yourselves and submitting your music for possible inclusion in our annual episode that celebrates Minnesota's all-ages scene.

Duluth-based Charlie Parr joined Mark Wheat for a live performance from the MPR booth on the corner of Judson and Nelson at the Minnesota State Fair.

Today we look at a popular phrase in songwriting, 'dream lover.' For our 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have the words 'dream lover' in the title or lyrics -- or both? Send us your requests.

Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson to talk about a new film from director Noah Baumbach that stars Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke. 'It's really, really funny,' Stephanie says, adding, 'It really felt like it was true to how a teenage girl feels and true to how a woman having a quarter-life crisis would feel.' Check out the complete review.

Happy Friday! It’s shaping up to be one of the busiest weekends of the summer for local music, with First Avenue’s Mainroom reopening tonight for GRRRL PRTY, the Totally Gross National Party taking over Icehouse tomorrow, musicians playing stages throughout the State Fair, and about a dozen other artists cramming awesome indoor and outdoor events…

The Marvelettes released, 'Please Mr. Postman'; Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill recorded 'Stand By Your Man'; the Jackson's broke a record for concert-ticket sales; Green Day picked up a bunch of MTV awards; and Devo released their debut album, Today in Music History.

It’s been a month since Minneapolis-based alternative synth band Enemy Planes started the trip of a lifetime: flying to Barcelona and winning the Hard Rock Rising international battle of the bands contest. Over 13,000 bands from around the world entered, but only six bands—from Argentina, Japan, Scotland, Kentucky, and New York—were flown out to Barcelona…

Though I’m a huge radio listener—especially public radio—the process of making radio happen has always been a mystery to me. Beyond the occasional in-studio performance, I had no experience with radio when The Current asked me to be the DJ in Residence for the month of August for the Local Current stream. To be honest,…

Billboard reports that the release of Adele‘s long-anticipated new album is being planned for November. The album, Adele’s first since the smash hit 21 (2011), is being made under tight secrecy. Collaborators known to be associated with the album include producer Danger Mouse; golden-eared hitmaker Max Martin; OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote a song on 21; and singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr., who…

Today is the beginning of the Minnesota State Fair, so we thought it would be fun to play a coffee break with songs that connect to the sights, sounds and smells of the Minnesota State Fair.