Five local bands kick off the New Year on the chart; Kurt Vile bounces back; Lucinda Williams, Sufjan Stevens and Animal Collective make debuts; and Wolf Alice start 2016 on top.

As all great rock bands do with great rock records, Spoon has reissued their fifth studio album to mark the 10th anniversary of its release, and the deluxe two-CD box set could be yours with The Current's Gimme Fiction giveaway!

Motörhead fans are circulating a petition to have one of four newly created heavy metal elements be named “Lemmium” after the late Lemmy Kilmister. Normally, new elements must be named after “a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property or a scientist,” but fans argue that since a star has already been named…

Longtime Twin Cities radio host Brian Oake is joining the staff at 89.3 The Current. 'I've been doing radio here in the Twin Cities in one form or another for nearly 25 years,' Oake writes. 'And now I find myself coming to 89.3 The Current, and I couldn't be more excited.'

If it seems like you heard Greg Grease’s name a lot in 2015, that’s because he had an extremely busy year. He put out his sophomore full length record, Born to Lurk, Forced to Work, and followed it up with a pair of well-received EPs, in addition to guesting on at least half a dozen…

In honor of CES and National Technology Day, we're looking for songs that mention a form of technology for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl stops by The Current's Morning Show to talk to Jade and Sean McPherson about local cocktail rooms.

Gibson launched its "Flying V" electric guitar; "Magical Mystery Tour" went No. 1; Pink Floyd started sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London; and Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" started a three-week run at No. 1.

Longtime Twin Cities radio vet Brian Oake is joining the staff of the Current (!!!) to co-host the Morning Show with Jill Riley. The Morning Show is getting ready to re-launch on March 7, and in the meantime Oake will be on the Current on Fridays from 2-6 p.m. and filling in at other times as…

On the suggestion of their booking manager, Sonny Knight and the Lakers have been collaborating on some shows with Jabo Starks and Fred Wesley, the drummer and trombone player, respectively, from James Brown's band. 'James Brown has always been an inspiration to me,' Knight says. 'And these guys lay down the funk so well, it just makes it right.' The entire ensemble visited The Current for an in-studio session hosted by Bill DeVille.