The Shelters are a straight-up rock band from California. While working on their debut album, the band members didn't concern themselves with fitting into a particular scene. 'We just put ourselves in that studio and tried to write the best songs we could,' says the Shelters' Chase Simpson. In town to play a show at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis, the Shelters stopped at The Current for a live session hosted by Mary Lucia.

Today's top music news stories include a birthday post from Lorde on her new album, the latest on the Blind Melon lawsuit, and a shakeup among Brit Awards voters.

The day before the 2016 presidential election, PWR BTTM perform live in The Current studio and chat with 'New Hot' host David Safar about American's future.

Gurf Morlix has produced and arranged for a veritable Who's Who in Americana Music, but he also has his own recordings and original songs. On a tour of the central U.S., Morlix stopped at Radio Heartland to chat with Mike Pengra and to play a few songs, including a couple from his forthcoming 2017 album, 'The Soul and the Heal.'

Like many of the people who worked closely with Prince, Susannah Melvoin has found herself gravitating toward Minneapolis in the months following his death. She was here in September to support her twin sister, Wendy Melvoin, and lifelong friend, Lisa Coleman, as they reunited with their Revolution bandmates to play three historic First Avenue shows.…

The Current's DJ Pick of the Week is a new offering in which The Current's hosts take turns talking about a tune that's recently captured their attention. Bill DeVille begins this new series with a tune by New York ska band, The Frightnrs.

Tomorrow is Election Day, and no matter how things shake out, we can all benefit as a society from talking to each other, and listening to each other. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature listening, talking and getting along?

Saturday Night Fever was released; The Doors were banned; The Beatles played one of only two shows in Ireland; and Joni Mitchell was born, Today in Music History.

When the Sound Unseen film festival was born in 1999, the cutting-edge cultural celebration of films on music entered the national arts scene with little fanfare. 17 years and several awards later, Sound Unseen has become a mainstay of the Twin Cities arts scene. “I want the best films that we can get so that…

The second solo record for My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is a swirly, nine-track album of grooves, layers, darkness and downright soulful, funkiness at times. The album is also full of political statements and observations, and its release just before Election Day couldn't be more timely.