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January 07, 2017

Sims leaves you with a lot to think about. It’s been almost 24 hours since I watched him throw his first Mainroom headlining show, but the concert keeps poking questions at me, nudging me with a sense of unfinished business. At first, I thought I was the one who still had to process. Then I wondered…

Review and photos: Sims works through his demons at First Avenue

Review and photos: Sims works through his demons at First Avenue

Cecilia Johnson • Jan 7, 2017

Sims leaves you with a lot to think about. It’s been almost 24 hours since I watched him throw his first Mainroom headlining show, but the concert keeps poking questions at me, nudging me with a sense of unfinished business. At first, I thought I was the one who still had to process. Then I wondered…

Win passes to an exclusive Dan Wilson performance

Win passes to an exclusive Dan Wilson performance

Jan 6, 2017

Semisonic had to postpone their reunion gigs because of an accidental injury. But when Dan Wilson is in town, he's going to play a show, and your only way to attend this exclusive performance is to win your way in through The Current!

Win a pair of passes to Bonnaroo 2017

Win a pair of passes to Bonnaroo 2017

Jan 6, 2017

Here's your chance to win a pair passes to Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2017 this June 8 to 11 in Manchester, Tenn.!

Coffee Break: Flying V

Coffee Break: Flying V

Anna Reed • Jan 6, 2017

Today in 1958, Gibson launched its "Flying V" electric guitar. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature the Flying V?

Friday Five: Sarah White, Sims, and more new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Sarah White, Sims, and more new Minnesota music videos

Cecilia Johnson • Jan 6, 2017

Sarah White, “Sweet Song” “We were a sweet song,” Sarah White remembers in this gorgeous rendering of Laughing at Ghosts heartbreak. Directed by Jovante Williams, the music video pulls viewers back into a tender relationship she and a partner once shared. Opaque drums like Give You The Ghost-era Poliça contrast with clean, bright light; deM atlaS, who’s been rather prolific with music…

Today in Music History: Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" hit No. 1

Today in Music History: Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" hit No. 1

Jan 6, 2017

Today in Music History: 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.

Site of Prince’s purple ’80s house in Chanhassen has sale pending

Site of Prince’s purple ’80s house in Chanhassen has sale pending

Jay Gabler • Jan 6, 2017

No, they’re not selling Paisley Park — and not the Purple Rain house either, but Prince’s estate is selling the land where Prince lived in a literal purple house during the Purple Rain era. That house was located on Kiowa Trail in Chanhassen, on Lake Riley. In the mid-80s, Prince moved to a larger house on Galpin Boulevard (also in…

Paisley Park announces screening of rare Prince concert footage from London, 2007

Paisley Park announces screening of rare Prince concert footage from London, 2007

Jay Gabler • Jan 6, 2017

Paisley Park has announced that this weekend’s film screening will feature live footage from Prince’s record-setting 2007 concert series at the O2 Arena in London. Footage from the Sept. 13 show, never publicly released, will screen from 9-11 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 7. The 2007 London shows, 21 performances staged between Aug. 1 and Sept. 21,…

Music News: New music venue planned near Target Field

Music News: New music venue planned near Target Field

Jay Gabler • Jan 5, 2017

Today's top music news stories include a new venue planned for downtown Minneapolis, an amphitheater project moving forward, and criticism directed at the owner of Coachella.

Transmission's Top Tracks of 2016

Transmission's Top Tracks of 2016

Jake Rudh • Jan 5, 2017

Transmission's roots are in the worlds of punk, post-punk, new wave, synth, power and dream pop, shoegaze, psych, mod, space and Krautrock. As the New Year gets underway, DJ Jake Rudh has compilied a list of songs released in 2016 that fit that signature Transmission mold.

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