The Current is going to Duluth! Yeah, we already have a real-life radio signal up there (finally), but we're actually going to Duluth. Yep! This July 21, 22 and 23 will make the trip up north for a weekend full of fun.

An excessive heat warning continues today into tomorrow morning, and we're feeling the heat. Today might be the hottest day of the year in Minnesota, and thanks to some severe storms this morning, many will go without power and A/C. Yesterday we played six "hot" and "heat" songs for you, let's do more for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Jim Croce had a hit about a fictitious 'bad, bad' character; Guns N' Roses released their successful debut album; Oasis played their first U.S. show; and Carole King earned a Gold Record for 'Tapestry' and The Beatles came together to work on a new song, Today in Music History.

Lowertown is known as one of the Twin Cities’ most up-and-coming areas, but Black Dog is already a neighborhood mainstay. Owners Sara, Stacy and Andy Remke have called 308 Prince Street their business’s home since 1998. Even old favorites can use freshening up, though, so the Remkes recently snapped up the former Clouds in Water Zen Center space next door…

NYC-based Emily King has been wowing fans with her smooth pop-soul blend for over a decade, opening for the likes of John Legend, Nas, Chaka Khan, and Alicia Keys. Now, she’s come into her own with the polished and powerful sophomore album The Switch, a long-awaited follow-up to her Grammy-nominated J Records release East Side Story (2007). King will…

Margaret Glaspy is back after a week's hiatus; Car Seat Headrest, Glass Animals and Cage the Elephant makes debuts; and Chance The Rapper reaches No.1 for the first time.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine featuring music from the year 1985. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

What vinyl-related stunt is Jack White up to now? Third Man Records is teasing a July 30 announcement about “making vinyl history.” A video shows a gold record in space — the record being one issued by the label in 2009, featuring the remixed voices of Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. As Stereogum notes, White has talked about his…

We are mentally preparing for excessive heat and moisture over the next few days, with temperatures in the 90s Wednesday through Friday and a peak near 100 degrees in Minnesota tomorrow. Hopefully you are staying cool and finding A/C while we listen to songs that mention "hot" and "heat" for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

John Moe, using as a baseline what he likes and dislikes about pro sports-team names, proposes at set of band-naming rules to be instituted through international law. 'And reasons?' John writes. 'Yeah, I have reasons.'