Today's top music news stories include Eric Clapton reacting to declining guitar sales; a revelation about David Bowie's involvement with 'Twin Peaks'; and the expansion of Discogs.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on late-night TV, and this week's lineup includes Prophets of Rage, Patti Smith, Kaleo, Father John Misty and many others.

Before opening the U2 Joshua Tree concert, Beck and Brian Oake talked about how Beck approaches opening for an act instead of headlining, what he likes in a music video, and why he delayed the release of 'Colors.'

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, for one night only, 'May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers,' a documentary by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, will screen in theaters nationwide. The Current's Lindsay Kimball and Bill DeVille viewed the film, and they share their thoughts about it. 'It's an incredible opportunity to see into the Avett Brothers, their songwriting, their careers and their dynamics,' Kimball says.

We recently did a Coffee Break with Texas bands in honor of Houston and Hurricane Harvey, and now it's time to feature Florida as it endures Tropical Storm Irma. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs that mention any part of Florida do you want to hear?

Ahmet Ertegun began recording with Ray Charles; the Beatles needed no 'help' to the top of the album charts; the Jackson Five got their own cartoon on ABC; Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' video nailed the MTV awards; and Richard Ashcroft was born, Today in Music History.

Having released 38 studio albums and dozens of other projects (live albums, singles, box sets, etc.), Bob Dylan doesn’t make it easy on the casual listener. Like Prince and Neil Young, he maintains an oeuvre so dense newcomers hardly know where to start. It’s worth trying to scratch the surface, though, especially if you’d like to…

Bob Dylan has just announced a show at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on Oct. 25, with Mavis Staples. When Dylan last came to town, in 2014, The Current’s staff set out to review every one of Bob Dylan’s studio albums since his 1962 debut. Freshly updated with coverage of Dylan’s newest releases, written by…

When Mary Lucia heard Brian Just's 'Staring Into The Sun' on the radio for the first time, she felt like a regular listener again, anxiously awaiting the DJ's identification of the track.

Following their 2011 disbanding and subsequent 2015 reunion, LCD Soundsystem's highly anticipated 'American Dream' is darker than their previous work, but stays true to the foundations of the band.