It’s gearing up to be another busy summer for the members of Doomtree. P.O.S. is getting ready to play Soundset, Dessa is touring the East Coast in anticipation of her new album, Parts of Speech, and Sims has just announced a co-headlining show at First Avenue with his friend and longtime collaborator, Astronautalis. In [...]

  Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current.

  Local record label Totally Gross National Product has had a long history of releasing of the Twin Cities’ most experimental and complex records, with more than a handful gathering extensive praise throughout the years. In 2012, the label went on a hiatus to prepare for an eventual relaunch, and that time is now upon [...]

  Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current.

  After a short hiatus, Tapes ‘n Tapes frontman Josh Grier is getting ready to push his new solo project into the spotlight. With only one show under his belt so far, Grier stopped by the Local Show last night to debut a pair of new tracks from Gingko, a new songwriting vehicle that features [...]

Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current.

  Poliça have just released their first new single since last year’s Give Up the Ghost. The slow, swanky “Tiff” is once again helmed by producer Ryan Olson and features backing vocals from his and Channy Leaneagh’s Gayngs bandmate, Justin Vernon. The beat for “Tiff” shares more similarities with the slow-burning ambiance of Olson’s Gayngs [...]

Local Radar highlights bands that the local team at The Current is spinning heavily at their desks. You’ll be able to preview a track from each as well as hear them on The Local Show and Local Current.   The Ocean Blue The Ocean Blue were still in high-school when they signed a three-album deal in ’88 with [...]

  Over the past few months, Prince’s Paisley Park has been a beehive of activity, and he seems to be working in multiple dimensions—developing both a stripped down, rough and tumble live rock sound with 3rd Eye Girl while at the same time creating his own James Brown-style horn-driven revue with the 20-piece band he [...]

  When’s the last time we heard from Buffalo Moon? It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on the two-year mark, but the band is slowly coming out of hibernation with their third album, Machista. Back in April of 2010, they quickly emerged as one of the more beloved acts in the Twin Cities. Fresh off [...]