Mixed in Austin with longtime collaborator Jim Eno, 'When We Stay Alive' is a complex and vulnerable record that examines the trauma of the accident and Leaneagh's role as a mother. It also features the band's transition to an exclusively electronic percussion setup.

It's been cloudy 72 percent of the time this month. The University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus Observatory has recorded the lowest amount of solar radiation for a January since solar radiation records began in 1963. We need some sun in the Twin Cities so today's Coffee Break theme is sunshine!

To submit music videos for consideration — whether they’re your own, or just new Minnesota music videos you think are awesome — e-mail fridayfive@mpr.org. MaLLy feat. Aby Wolf – “FLYING” MaLLy joins forces with frequent Dessa collaborator Aby Wolf, and her glimmering vocals sound right at home interspersed with MaLLy’s verses. It comes from his…

In town for a show at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Mandolin Orange's Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz visited The Current for a conversation with Mike Pengra about what proved to be a meteoric year for the band, some of their side projects, the music of Bob Dylan, and what might be next for the Chapel Hill, N.C., outfit.

When G. Love visited The Current studio for a solo session hosted by Mac Wilson, we were struck by his Gretsch guitars with their shimmering white finish. We got a chance to talk to G. Love about those guitars and more.

Today in 1973, Kiss played their first concert, performing at the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York. What's your favorite song that mentions kissing?

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. Matt Allen began rapping in 2018, but he’s already performed at Soundset,…

This year’s Best New Bands showcase took place this past Saturday at First Avenue. Writer Colleen Cowie and photographer Helen Teague attended to check out each of the seven acts: Green/Blue, Under Violet, Loki’s Folly, FruitPunchLoverBoy, Mae Simpson Music, Muun Bato, and Nur-D. When Muun Bato played their first show just a year ago, singer…

The big winner of the biggest music awards show of the year, watched apparently by it's smallest TV audience in years, was Billie Eilish stuck at Number Two for the second week.

This year's Mid West Music Fest lineup was announced this week. Performing across the historic downtown Winona, MN there will be over 60 musical acts representing a wide variety of the best established and up-and-coming acts of the upper Midwest and beyond.