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In The Studio for Sunday, April 8, 2012

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It's been raining outside and it feels like we've been flooded with bands inside. A seriously crazy amount of bands have made their way through the Current studio in the past few weeks.

So, these week I am - yet again - playing 3 full in-studio sessions to try and keep up with the rapid pace.

Hour One:

Days Are Forgotten
Kasabian

Lion's Den
Dry The River

Little Talks
Of Monsters and Men

Jules and Jim
Nada Surf

Poison Arrow
Sonic Youth

Dreamworld
Rilo Kiley

Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings

Boy
Ra Ra Riot

Full In-studio Session with Shabazz Palaces

Stuck Between Stations
The Hold Steady

Magick
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

Please Come Back Home
Glasvegas

Mistake
Moby

Never Forget You
Noisettes

Hour Two:

Lazy Eye
Silversun Pickups

Full In-studio Session with Lucero

Wicked Blood
Sea Wolf

Too Fake
Hockey

Full In-studio Session with Caroline Smith and The Goodnight Sleeps

Around Us
Jonsi

Take Advantage
Lou Barlow

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In The Studio for Sunday, April 1 2012

Posted at 6:39 PM on April 1, 2012 by Jade (0 Comments)
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It's tour time and I am running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to catch all the shows I want to see. It makes it a little easier when bands decide to grace us with the music in-studio.

Tonight I have a treat of 3 in-studios for you. We'll listen to Dry The River, Ben Kweller and Of Monsters and Men.

Hour One:

Sequestered In Memphis
The Hold Steady

Burn Fetish
Eyedea and Abilities

Just Like Zeus
Jenny Lewis

Old Pine
Ben Howard

Full In-studio Session with Ben Kweller

Evergreen
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

Laughing With
Regina Spektor

Panic Switch
SIlversun Pickups

Last Dance
The Raveonettes

It Don't Move Me
Peter Bjorn and John

A Falling Through
Ray LaMontagne

Hour Two:

Ain't No Friend Of Mine
Mason Jennings

Marrow
St. Vincent

Sombody's Arms
James Buckley Trio

Full In-studio Session from Of Monsters and Men

Full In-studio Session from Dry The River

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In The Studio for Sunday, March 25, 2012

Posted at 1:00 PM on March 25, 2012 by Jade
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Tonight's show will be a bit shorter, but not to fear, there will still be plenty of live music for you to check out. The Current Presents for tonight is all about South by South West and the live performances that Mark Wheat and Andrea Swensson caught while they were down there.

I'll keep the live music flowing starting at 11pm with two in-studios from earlier this week: G. Love and Cursive.

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In The Studio for Sunday March 18, 2012

Posted at 12:23 PM on March 18, 2012 by Jade
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For this week's In The Studio there's something new and something old. We had Lana Del Rey in with Steve Seel and I think it was suprisingly great. I really enjoyed the session and so it'll be in again tonight at 10:30pm. So if you missed it the first time around now is your chance to check it out.

Also on the way tonight, an older Mike Doughty session. He'll be in town March 24 for a concer/ book reading/ q and a for his new book, The Book of Drugs, and we'll be talking to him next week on the morning show.

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Hour One:

The Bomb
Bitter: Sweet

After Hours
We Are Scientists

Skeleton Key
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

Sink / Let It Sway
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Full In-studio Session with Lana Del Rey

Never Better
P.O.S

Say You'll Go
Janelle Monae

Boyfriend
Best Coast

Cannibal Resources
Dirty Projectors

Sonnet 20
Rufus Wainwright

Home
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Hour Two:

Terrible Love
The National

One Day
Kings Go Forth

Loredo
Band of Horses

The Curse
Josh Ritter

Full In-studio Session with Mike Doughty

How You Like Me Know?
The Heavy

Nineteen
Tegan and Sara

White Blank Page
Mumford and Sons

Lingering Still
She and Him

Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap

In The Studio for Sunday, March 11, 2012

Posted at 12:03 PM on March 11, 2012 by Jade
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This good weather has me craving an outdoor music festival. I tracked down some of my favorites from Rock the Garden and those are on the docket for tonight.

Also on the way, new full sessions from Emeli Sande and Punch Brothers.

Hour One:

Tiny Arrows
The Jayhawks

Elmo Delmo
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

Green Eyed Boy
Haley Bonar

Milk and Money
The Fratellis

Full In-studio Session with The Punch Brothers

Story of the Grandson of Jesus
Cloud Cult

All Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
The New Pornographers

Imitosis
Andrew Bird

Bible Thumper
Solid Gold

Hour Two:

Here It Goes Again
OK Go

Take Your Time
Retribution Gospel Choir

Circles
Bob Mould

Night Nurse
Dean and Britta

Full In-studio Session with Emeli Sande

The Easy Way
Old 97's

Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Editors

That Kind of Man
The Heavy

Always a Friend
Alejandro Escovedo

In The Studio for Sunday, March 11, 2012

Posted at 12:03 PM on March 11, 2012 by Jade
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This good weather has me craving an outdoor music festival. I tracked down some of my favorites from Rock the Garden and those are on the docket for tonight.

Also on the way, new full sessions from Emeli Sande and Punch Brothers.

Hour One:

Tiny Arrows
The Jayhawks

Elmo Delmo
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

Green Eyed Boy
Haley Bonar

Milk and Money
The Fratellis

Full In-studio Session with The Punch Brothers

Hollywood Bass Player
Josh Rouse

Story of the Grandson of Jesus
Cloud Cult

All Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
The New Pornographers

Imitosis
Andrew Bird

Bible Thumper
Solid Gold

Tightrope
Yeasayer

Hour Two:

Here It Goes Again
OK Go

Take Your Time
Retribution Gospel Choir

Circles
Bob Mould

Night Nurse
Dean and Britta

Your English Is Good
Tokyo Police Club

Full In-studio Session with Emeli Sande

The Easy Way
Old 97's

Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Editors

That Kind of Man
The Heavy

Always a Friend
Alejandro Escovedo

Stuck to You
Nikka Costa

In The Studio for Sunday, March 4, 2012

Posted at 1:00 AM on March 4, 2012 by Jade
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We've had a lot of local in-studio sessions lately, and you may have missed some of them. I'm going to put in a few tracks from those tonight to give you a little refresher course on what's been going on.

Also, the very cool Frank Turner stopped by over the last weekend and performed live on the Current with Bill DeVille, so I'll replay that in-studio as well as the more recent visit from Tennis.

In The Studio 2/26/12

Posted at 12:31 PM on February 26, 2012 by Jade (1 Comments)
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We going to be starting tonight a little later, so I'm just going to jam it full of in-studio sessions.

We have full sessions tonight from Sharon Van Etten and Atmosphere. Plus, I'll throw a track in from our session with Shearwater, check online for the full session.

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In The Studio For Sunday, February 12, 2012

Posted at 2:06 PM on February 12, 2012 by Jade
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Adele: Photo by Jelmer de Haas

Birds are chirping, hearts are thumping, and music is gently playing in the background to help set the mood. 'Tis the season to try and get some, so set the mood however you know best. The usual suspects will help: alcohol, soft lighting and that special someone. Tonight I'm putting together a live set of music that will make someone weak in the knees, even if it's just you alone at home wishing it was already the 15th of February.

Also, in honor of indie-love at the Grammy's, a look back at our in-studio sessions with Adele and Bon Iver. Both of the sessions going back to the year 2008 when both artists were just trying to make touring with their bands a full time thing.

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In The Studio For Sunday, February 5, 2012

Posted at 12:30 PM on February 5, 2012 by Jade
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Finally, it's February. A month that is so short it barely counts as a month, and, of course, the most romantic of all the months. But that's not why I'm glad it's here. February is when bands get over their winter hibernation and start plotting out tours again.

This past week we had a lot of great in-studio performances. I'll be bringing you two full sessions tonight from Cass McCombs and Los Campesinos!, as well as a few tracks from some recent local in-studio sessions.

In The Studio For Sunday, January 29, 2012

Posted at 1:43 PM on January 29, 2012 by Jade
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What a crazy weekend! The Birthday Party, a Trivia Night, a Best New Bands showcase--pretty much a lot to see and do.

We had a couple of in-studio sessions this last week, so I'll put those into the mix for you as well.

Hour One:

Weather Machine
Fire in the Northern Firs

Wosoubour
Vieux Farka Toure

Chinese Translation
M. Ward

Full In-studio Session with Bhi Bhiman

The Last To Say
Atmosphere

Spirit Ditch
Sparklehorse

Last Day of Magic
The Kills

Hour Two:

Bird on a Wire
Rogue Wave

Underground Dream
Son Volt

Modern Diet
The Redwalls

Novocain
Jeremy Messersmith

Full In-studio Session with Fire In The Northern Firs

Dixon's Girl
Dessa

Daniel
Bat For Lashes

My Blakean Year
Pattie Smith

My Back Pages
Roger McGuinn

Lovers Who Uncover
The Little Ones

The Shore
Chapel Club

In The Studio for Sunday, January 22, 2012

Posted at 1:47 PM on January 22, 2012 by Jade
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Courtesy of Trampled by Turtles / Photo by Steven Walter

I am getting extremely excited about our upcoming Birthday two-day bash at First Ave. So to help get the excitement out of my system, or maybe keep it humming along, I'm going to be playing some full in-studio sessions from two artists that will be playing the show Friday night. I'll be playing a session from Low in the first hour and then Trampled by Turtles (I know, I know, technically Dead Man Winter is playing at the party) in the second.

In The Studio for Sunday, January 15, 2012

Posted at 12:53 PM on January 15, 2012 by Jade
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Thao and Mirah: Courtesy of Kill Rock Stars

Tonight I'm done looking back at 2011 — it's over. The cold is here with its chilling message: things change. So, with that in mind,I'm taking a look at possible in-studios for this coming year. I'll be grabbing you tunes from bands that have new albums coming out in 2012. Call it my wish list for in-studio sessions this year.

Check out other lists from Stereogum and Consequence of sound. Tonight we also have full sessions from local acts with (probably) the most anticipated albums of 2012.

In The Studio for Sunday, January 8, 2012

Posted at 12:12 PM on January 8, 2012 by Jade
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James Blake - MPR / Nate Ryan

It's the second In The Studio for the new year! Last week I started looking over the in-studio sessions that we had in 2011 and played you some of them and, man — there were a lot of really great in-studio sessions last year. So I'm going to keep on keeping on with the look back on 2011 and play you another bunch from last year.

In The Studio For Sunday, January 1, 2012

Posted at 11:29 AM on January 1, 2012 by Jade
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Woah, how did another year pass without me feeling like it should? I'm not READY! But I guess it's not really up to me.

Hopefully you had a wonderful New Year. I have a tradition of checking out a show every year to ring in the New Year and this one was no different. I spent my evening with Dawes and then caught a bit of cover action with E.L.No. A little dancing, a little music, something to sip, something sparkly to wear, and it's a good ol' New Years Eve for me. What did you get up to?

Tonight, no full sessions for you, but a look back at the year that was. I know, I left a LOT out, but if there is something you really loved that I didn't get to add feel free to note it in the comments.

In the Studio: December 25, 2011

Posted at 11:58 AM on December 25, 2011 by The Current
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Assistant Program Director Lindsay Kimball takes a look behind-the-scenes of some of the great in-studio oddities from the past couple years...

Like when Eagles of Death Metal only brought a pocket amp for their session. Or when Britt Daniel left is ID and credit card in the photocopier. Or when Bob Mould STILL did his in-studio after spending the night in the hospital with blood poisoning. And the "free-style" that Olu Dara (Nas' dad) did during his session when they couldn't get the harmonies right.

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Black Francis - Velouria

Eagles of Death Metal - Bad Dream Mama

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - Home

Adele - Someone Like You

Hot Chip - Take It In

Spoon - The Beast and Dragon, Adored

DeVotchKa - How It Ends

Imperial Teen - Shim Sham

James Blake - Limit To Your Love

Tom Morello - Guerilla Radio

Megafaun - Second Friend

Olu Dara - Your Lips

Bob Mould - I'm Sorry Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Any More

The Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl at the Airport

In The Studio For Sunday, December 18, 2011

Posted at 12:54 PM on December 18, 2011 by Jade
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I was tempted to jump onto the holiday music bandwagon and make tonight super seasonal, but this 40 degree weather has me in a different mood entirely. The utter lack of snow will keep the holiday music at bay for, at least, one more week.

I've also got a couple of brand new in-studio sessions that I wanted to toss in before everyone starts over for a new year. Diego Garcia stops by to talk about love lost and revenge songs with Mary Lucia and Detroit duo IAMDYNAMITE hangs with Mark Wheat.

In The Studio for Sunday, December 11, 2011

Posted at 11:21 AM on December 11, 2011 by Jade (1 Comments)
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A chilly weekend here in Minnesota, but we're nothing if not hearty. Case in point: totally saw some guy ordering an iced coffee to go at the coffee shop the morning - no judgment.

It has been a busy week at the station as we're trying to wrap things up for our Top 89 for 2011 and gather some kick-ass holiday tunes to start pumping out. But we've also been keeping a steady pace of rocking in-studios: Yoko Ono chatting up Jim, Jeff Tweedy stealing the air waves, Motion City Soundtrack stopping by The Local Show and two in-studio sessions that I'm going to play for you tonight from Doomtree and Nick Lowe.

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In The Studio for Sunday, December 4, 2011

Posted at 1:54 PM on December 4, 2011 by Jade
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Another snowy weekend that made me feel like making a blanket fort, gather a mound of food and booze, turning off the lights, and watching mind numbing reality TV. So, Plan B. You do the above mentioned activities minus the brain melting Real Housewives or Jersey Shore or whatever your TY muscle relaxant of choice is, and instead listen to some old fashioned radio with me.

If you are going to be battling the snow by heading out to the sold out Foster the People (with local buzz band Polica opening) show at First Ave, I've got some in-studio sessions from the two to get you in the mood to party with them later tonight.

In The Studio For Sunday, November 27, 2011

Posted at 2:16 PM on November 27, 2011 by Jade
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Now that you've stuffed yourself silly, delt with cranky relatives, pepper sprayed some peeps in a mad rush to get your waffle makers let's relax, shall we? I'm still a bit exhaused even thought it seems like a month has passed since the last In The Studio.

Some gentle full in-studio sessions from Joseph Arthur and Mates of State. Plus some songs to chill us all out and (because I'm a major dork) possibly some thematically/holiday related songs. Enjoy the feast of live versions of your favorite songs.

Hour One:

A-Punk
Vampire Weekend

Thanks for Nothing
Middle Brother

16 Years
Phantogram

Giving It All Away
Matt Pond PA

Full In-studio Session with Joseph Arthur

Young Folks
Peter Bjorn and John

Save Me
Pert Near Sandstone

Theme From Infamy
Z-Trip

Infinity
Desdamona

Muscle Relaxants
The Rural Alberta Advantage

Washed Your Car
Cloud Cult

Hour Two:

Some Things Never Stop
The Alarmists

Folks
Thao and Mirah

Love You to Pieces
Jeremy Messersmith

What Is Your Secret
Nada Surf

Full In-studio Session with Mates of State

Good For You's, Good For Me
The Walkmen

Graven Wood
The Clientele

Something for the Holidays
Broken Social Scene

C-C (You Set the Fire in Me)
Tom Vek

I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
Eagles of Death Metal

Great Expectations
Elbow

In The Studio for Sunday, November 20, 2011

Posted at 12:25 PM on November 20, 2011 by Jade
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The snow has me all out of sorts; I'm pretty sure that I feel this way every year after the first snow fall. But luckily for you (and me) there were plenty of distractions stopping by the studio this past week.

The Hold Steady was back in town to play a show at Epic for Vita.mn's 5 year anniversary and Craig Finn and Tad Kubler stopped by to chat about life with Mary Lucia. Multi-Latin Grammy winner Ximena Sarinana, Dawes, The Wombats and Mike Doughty brought us a few songs.

Plus, full in-studios tonight from Rachael Yamagata and tUnE-yArDs.

In The Studio For Sunday, November 13, 2011

Posted at 12:54 PM on November 13, 2011 by Jade
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Another weekend spent out of the Silver City, I took a quick jaunt down to St. Louis to have a mini break of fun. I'm still mentally out of town, so it's all party and motion songs tonight.

Plus, an amazing couple of BRAND NEW in-studio sessions from The Wombats and Mike Doughty.

Hour One:

The Food Chain
Love-Cars

Rockabilly Party
Quasi

Leave No Gold
The Jayhawks

Waiting for You
Ben Harper

Full In-studio Session with Mike Doughty

Weekend
Aloha

Settled
Walt Mink

Weekend
Smith Westerns

Changes
Tahiti 80

A Change is Gonna Come
Goapele

Hanging High
Lykke Li

Hour Two:

Party's Crashing Us
Of Montreal

Hang Over Days
Jason Collett

Hoover Dam
Bob Mould

Tall Drink of Water
John Ellis Quartet

Full In-studio Session with The Wombats

String Of Change
Matt Costa

Drink the Night Away
Romantica

Life's Warm Sheets
Gary Louris and Mark Olson

Um, Circle and Squares
Dosh

Fader
The Temper Trap

Famous Blue Raincoat
Inara George

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Posted at 1:53 PM on November 6, 2011 by Jade
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A crazy week for music news: the demise of the most "adorkable" (I can't believe I just wrote that) indie couple, Gwar's guitarist passing away right after their show at First Ave, news of a new Amy Winehouse album. So we'll keep things by the books this week on In The Studio. Something new (full in-studios with Envy Corp and Dan Mangan), something old (Mercury Rev, The Magic Numbers), even something borrowed (My Brightest Diamond)

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Hour One:

Naked As We Came
Iron and Wine

Bitter Heart
Mason Jennings

Spangle
The Wedding Present

For Guys Eyes Only
Hockey Night

Full In-studio Session with The Envy Corps

Rhinosaurus Is My Profession
The Bad Plus

Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
Brendan Benson

Franklin Avenue
Jeremy Messersmith

I Apologize
Bob Mould

The Way It Is
Nicole Atkins

Black Forest (Lorelei)
Mercury Rev

Hour Two:

Bring What You Bring
The Plastic Constellations

Stacey
The Hopefuls

Feeling Good
My Brightest Diamond

Everyone Gets A Star
Albert Hammond Jr.

Full In-studio Session with Dan Mangan

Tomboy
Bettie Serveert

Piece of Wood
Youth Group

Love Me Like You
The Magic Numbers

Heartbeats
Jose Gonzalez

More Adventurous
Rilo Kiley

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011

Posted at 12:30 PM on October 30, 2011 by Jade
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BWAHAHAHA....it's Halloweenie time and if you thought I'd let a holiday pass without jumping at the chance to get all up in it's business you'd be wrong.

We're going to spend tonight going through the Current in-studio archive and pulling out some creepy tunes and some very obviously Halloween inspired picks.

Also, for those who aren't so much in the "holiday" spirit. You can enjoy some brand new full in-studio sessions from The Envy Corps and Phantogram, so if you wanted to go to the shows and weren't able to make it, here's your taste of what the live show might have been like.

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Hour One:

Wild at Heart
Lookbook

Halloween
Matt Pond PA

Wild Winter
Anubian Lights

Cattle and the Creeping Things
The Hold Steady

Full In-studio Session with The Envy Corps

Rocky Took A Lover
Bell X1

Box Car
The Rosebuds

The Creeper
The Blind Shake

Love in a Trashcan
The Ravonettes

Don't Wanna Talk
Brendan Benson

Faded Lines
Secret Machines

Hour Two:

Some From None
Heiruspecs

It's a Serious Thing
Vicious Vicious

Howl
Junip

So Begins Our Alabee
Of Montreal

Machine
Anni Rossi

Full In-studio Session with Pantogram

Dirty Girl
Eels

What You Is
Robyn Hitchcock

Truth Serum
The Honeydogs

Let The Wolves Howl At The Moon
Super Furry Animals

Searching for the Ghost
Heartless Bastards

Kingdom of Rust
Doves

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, OCT 23, 2011

Posted at 1:00 PM on October 23, 2011 by Jade
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YAY! Thanks to you be the greatest listeners ever we made the goal for our October Fund Drive. Seriously, you blow me away, thanks for the reminder that you love what we are doing here at The Current.

As a thank you to you I'm putting in some BRAND NEW in-studio sessions that took place during the drive. Two up and coming bands indie world, Portugal the Man and Neon India.

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Hour One:

TV Torso
Sound Team

Cold War
Janelle Monae

The Cold Acre
Augie March

Cold Beer and Cigarettes
David Bazan

Full In-studio Session with Neon Indian

Gone
Golden Smog

Don't Believe
Jeff Hanson

Dress Blues
Drive-By Truckers

Colored Emotions
Night Moves

All Dried Up
Phantogram

Theme From Chariots of Fire
The Bad Plus

Hour Two:

Money
The Drums

On Tuesdays
4ontheFloor

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
We Are Scientists

We Don't Care
Viva Voce

Full In-studio Session with Portugal The Man

Playground Love
Phoenix

Lonely
Bat For Lashes

Careful
Hot Chip

Sandinista
Low

Hawaii
Haley Bonar

Fitz and The Dizzy Spells
Andrew Bird

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011

Posted at 3:17 PM on October 16, 2011 by Jade
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Back in action for another weekend and man, oh, man are you in for an epic journy through the Current's archives this weekend!

I dug through and brought some things to the surface that I'm pretty sure have been buried since the dawn of the Current's time as a station. There's also some classics in the mix and a couple full in-studio sessions that are brand new.

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Hour One:

P.O.S is Ruining My Life
P.O.S.

Keep Moving
Ivy

Ticket to Immortality
The Dears

Bad Vibrations
The Black Angels

Full In-studio Session with Imelda May

Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard

Dad Said
Astrid Swan

Wait In A Line
Now It's Overhead

Are You The One?
The Presents

Chicago
Joseph Arthur

Runnin
Heartless Bastards

Hour Two:

You've Changed
Bettie Serveert

Stormy Weather
Echo and the Bunnymen

Bullet and a Target
Citizen Cope

We Used To Be Friends
The Dandy Warhols

Full In-studio Session with Explosions In The Sky

You're a Wolf
Sea Wolf

When the Day is Short
Martha Wainwright

No Smoke Without Fire
James Hunter

Leader of the Pack
Villa Rosa

Velouria
Black Francis

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011

Posted at 1:59 PM on October 9, 2011 by Jade
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Global climate change is finally working in my favor, it was the first Zombie bar crawl that I haven't had to bundle up and be the proto-typical Minnesotan Zombie. I also have to say, I don't know what all the hub-bub is about Mr. Kenny G (or K Gee's as I like to refer to him) playing with Foster the Peeps on SNL. I think we can safely say this is the year of wind instruments (see: Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, M83) and the dude can seriously rock out on a solo.

But you didn't come here for ramblings, you came here for music. And music we have plenty of! Even more new music for you from the In-studio Archive with Wild Flag, Girls, St. Vincent, Drums, and Cults all stopping by in the past week.

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Hour One:

Norway
Beach House

Saying I Love You
Girls

Full In-studio Session with The Drums

Bathe
Crimes

Breath Me
Sia

Short Version
Wild Flag

Hour Two:

Hide It Away
Retribution Gospel Chior

The Wanting Comes In Waves
The Decemberists

Everybody Here is A Cloud
Cloud Cult

Chicago Avenue
Chris Koza

Red Headphoes
Atlantis Quartet

Full In-studio Session with Cults

Strange Mercy
St. VIncent

Satellites
Longwave

The Fabled City
Tom Morello

Fight
Ben Kweller

Dying is Fine
Ra Ra Riot

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011

Posted at 1:00 PM on October 2, 2011 by Jade
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Well hey hey hey. Welcome to another Sunday and a busy week of live music at the Current, it felt like you couldn't turn a corner this week at the station without bumping into a celeb of some sort or another.

A few full in-studios are going to be tossed into the mix. We had (semi-local)band, Megafaun stop by and play a few lovely tunes and Brooklyn band Twin Shadow stopped by in the midst of their, over a year long tour and brought some music to the station.

Twin Shadow briefly mentions the obscure, late 70's/early 80's Italian disco band, Bagarre, that they've recently covered. I dug up a video so that you can be in the know. Dig it.

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Hour One:

History of Modern Pt. 1
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Wax Museum
The Cloak Ox

On The Rocks
Grieves

Forest For The Trees
Adam Svec

Full In-studio Session with Megafaun

Still Trying To Leave You
Matt Latterell

Blindfolded
Brute Heart

Hanging On
Active Child

Empire Waist
Halloween, Alaska

A Long, Cold Night in Minneapolis
Dead Man Winter

Fiery Crash
Andrew Bird

Hour Two:

If You Call
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Polyester Bride
Liz Phair

Do What You Want
OK Go

House of Valparaiso
Calexico

Full In-studio Session with Twin Shadow

In The Dirt
S. Carey

Woman King
Iron and Wine

I Told You Once
Howler

Hallelujah
Brandi Carlile

Smiling Underneath
Ani DiFranco

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Posted at 1:52 PM on September 25, 2011 by Jade
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I just got back from a drive to Detroit Lakes, MN. I checked out some music out there, danced around a bit and even hit up Zorbas and saw someone dressed as the best Paul Stanley aka Starchild from Kiss. There was no Kiss cover band playing.

I also headed out on Friday to the Cedar and got to check out local buzz band Peter Wolf Crier for their cd release show. They stopped by the Current Studios and chatted Jill Riley up earlier last week, so I'll play that for you in the first hour of the show. Husband and Wife duo Viva Voce also stopped by the studio recently and I'll replay that for you in the 11 o'clock hour.

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Hour One:

Washed Your Car
Cloud Cult

How We Operate
Gomez

Wanna Be In LA
Eagles of Death Metal

Do It Again
Nada Surf

Full In-studio Session with Peter Wolf Crier

Splendid Isolation
Pete Yorn

Hung Out
Red Pens

Best Thing
The Plastic Constellations

My Love
Mercury Rev

Breakable
Ingrid Michaelson

Hour Two:

Always Coming Back Home To You
Atmosphere

Busting Up A Starbucks
Mike Doughty

Gold Coast
Grouplove

What You Know
Two Door Cinema Club

Full In-studio Session with Viva Voce

Perfect Mirror
The Mekons

Between the Rent and Me
Snowden

Mouthful of Diamonds
Phantogram

Des Moines
Halloween, Alaska

Gotta Understand
Jurassic 5

Percussion Gun
White Rabbit

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 18, 2011

Posted at 2:39 PM on September 18, 2011 by Jade
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I don't know about you, but I had a crazy packed weekend with some last minute road trips up north, some great live music and some entertaining karoke.

We're going to keep looking back at in-studio performances from earlier this year, give you a sample of who's been stopping in at the Current most recently and help you plan out some upcoming concerts.

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Hour One:

Electric
Brian Just Band

Slippin' And Slidin'
Justin Townes Earle

Old Time Religion
Nightinghales

Some Day Soon
Alexi Murdoch

Full In-Studio Session with Camera Obscura

Good
The Dodos

Bunny Valley
Hildur Victoria

The Chaconne
Dessa

Don't Gotta Work It Out
Fitz and The Tantrums

Roads
Capel Club

Hour Two:

Dirty Things
Telekinesis

Undercover Martyn
Two Door Cinema Club

Rise and Fall
Blueprint

Imagine Part 3
Smith Westerns

Full In-studio Session with Rogue Valley

Middle Brother
Middle Brother

Muscle Relaxants
The Rural Alberta Advantage

Strange Negotiations
David Bazan

If I Had A Boat
James Vincent McMorrow

I Feel You
Sam Roberts

S.B.B.B
Spyder Baybie Raw Dog and 2 Percent Muck

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Posted at 4:16 PM on September 11, 2011 by Jade
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I made a promise last week during out Block Rockin' Weekend that I would play some of the live sessions from the state fair this year, and what would I be if I didn't keep my word. Literally a liar, and that's just not a good person to be.

It's heading into mid-Sept and summer keeps lingering like me around the guacamole bowl at a party, so I'm enjoying life in an intense way right now. Hopefully you're getting caught up on some much needed sunshine and sleep this weekend.

I keep seeing more and more best albums of the year so-far types of music blog entries, so we're going to keep looking back at the in-studio sessions we've had this year. Hopefully, it will help you make you're own best of list.

Hour One:

Corridor Por Buddy
Jolie Holland

Session from the State Fair with Communist Daughter

Never Day
Thurston Moore

Up All Night
Ghost In the Water

Perfume
Old 97's

Session from the State Fair with Haley Bonar

I thought I Was Right
Mystery Palace

Woods
The Rosebuds

Hour Two:

Do Your Best
John Maus
Session from the State Fair with Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps

Hope Is On The Way
The Heavenly States

I'm Going Slightly Mad
Glasvegas

See A Little Light
Bob Mould

Session from the State Fair with Sims

She's Slowin' Down Again
Sloan

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Posted at 2:39 PM on September 4, 2011 by Jade
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Happy Labor Day! Hopefully you'll take the weekend of appreaciation for the working man as a nice excuse to drink excessively, sleep on the couch and perhapse head to the fair one last time to nibble on "foods" of highly questionable nutritional value.

I'll keep the block rockin' method in action tonight during In The Studio and play some requested in-studio cuts and some that I personally just think are great.

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Hour One:

Knight At The Night School
Thee More Shallows

Don't You Evah
Spoon

Someone Something
Spoon

Written In Reverse
Spoon

Crying Lightning
Arctic Monkeys

Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys

Dance Little Liar
Arctic Monkeys

You See Everything
Low

Try To Sleep
Low

Murderer
Low

Little Cup
Thao and Mirah

Folks
Thao and Mirah

How Dare You
Thao and Mirah

Traded In MY Cigarettes
Plan B

Prayin'
Plan B

Hour Two:

She Said
Plan B

Fidelity
Regina Spektor

Better
Regina Spektor

Blue Lips
Regina Spektor

Mirror in the Bathroon
English Beat

Never Die
English Beat

Save It For Later
English Beat

Wait For Me
Jamie Lidell

What's The Use?
Jamie Lidell

Multiply
Jamie Lidell

A Piano
Haley Bonar

Silver Zephyrs
Haley Bonar

Mayday
Haley Bonar

Got To Be The Way It Is
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

She Ain't A Child No More
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

100 Days, 100 Nights
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2011

Posted at 10:16 AM on August 24, 2011 by Jade
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The State Fair always makes me feel like we're getting to the end of summer. Not to start a panic in you, but it's just the way it goes. So to calm my inner lover of summer I'm doing a little love show to summer and to the end of our fling that we have each year.

On the plus side, it's been a great summer--Rock the Garden, Current Road Trips, and Jill Riley and myself dancing on stage at Soundtown.

So sit back and have a nice long indulgent evening with your own lovely summer...and if it wasn't that great, well, it's almost over.

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Hour One:

Skip to the End
The Futureheads

Wait For The Summer
Yeasayer

Ending Start
Metric

Monsters
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles

Last Summer
Pete Yorn

The End Is Near
The Fiery Furnaces

Summer Angel
Minus the Bear

Dance Little Liar
Arctic Monkeys

Animal
Jenny and Johnny

Boys of Summer
Bell X1

Summer Turns to Fall
Mark Gardener

All Hail to Dracula
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Something of an End
My Brightest Diamond

USA
Middle Class Rut

Hour Two:

Summertime
Jesca Hoop

Summer Comes
Fauna

Ain't Gonna Die
Mason Jennings

When I'm Alone
Lissie

Toussaint Grey, First in Life and Death
Jeremy Messersmith

Love Me Like The World Is Ending
Ben Lee

Eyes On Me (Feat. Aby Wolf)
Southern Song Book

An End Has A Start
Editors

Summer Rains
The Ditty Bops

Constructive Summer
The Hold Steady

Fifty Ways
Telekinesis

Summer Mood
Best Coast

Summer In The City
Eels

End Of a Spark
Tokyo Police Club

Skip The Charades
Cold War Kids

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2011

Posted at 12:45 PM on August 21, 2011 by Jade
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It's that bitter sweet time of year. A two week binge of deep-fried fat on a stick, which is a whirlwind of fun, but also means that the summer is pretty much over.

We've got a great schedule of artists programed to stop by the Current both at Judson and Nelson, you can check it out here. I decided to get us all pumped up for the State Fair action by looking back at some of the bands that have hung out with us at the Fair and play some in-studios for bands joining us this year. It's all the state fair fun, without the food coma.

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Hour One:

Fair
Annuals

The Wolves and The Ravens
Rogue Valley

Mayday
Haley Bonar

The Ends
Halloween, Alaska

Full In-studio Session from the Fair from Carolina Chocolate Drops

Down, Down, Down
Peter Wolf Crier

Lose it All
Mystery Palace

Diabolical
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles

Wild At Heart
Lookbook

Soundtrack to the End
Communist Daughter

I Think I Am Getting Married
Dosh

Hour Two:

On Thuesdays
4ontheFloor

Morning Moonlight
Chris Koza

How High Can You Fly
Chooglin'

Optimist (We Are Not For Them)
P.O.S.

Full In-studio Session from the Fair with The Twilight Hours

The National Slide
Romantica

Sing Out
Mason Jennings

Good Time Charlie
Spider John Koerner

Seamstress
Dessa

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011

Posted at 12:31 PM on August 14, 2011 by Jade
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I will officially say it, I don't really like camp out festivals. I'm not a huge fan of sleeping on the ground. Too many drinks + no sleep + mosquitoes = a cranky Jade. But usually I can suck it up once a year.

So, when 10,000 lakes festival came to an end I was strangely sad to no take out my sleeping back for a year. Which is why I was so pumped when I heard the rumblings that a new festival might be emerging this year. And what's that? Ghostland Observatory and New Pornographers and DeVotchka, oh my! Add in The Flaming Lips and I am more than in. In this state of musical bliss I decided to prep the only way I know how - listen to as much of their live music as I could get my hands on.

I though you might enjoy a similar treat, so here you go. A preview of Soundtown Music Festival. Who are you most excited to see?

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Hour One:

Hang Them All
Tapes 'n Tapes

See It My Way
Cory Chisel

Folded Hands
Zoo Animal

The Public Record Rag
Charlie Parr

Full In-studio Session with the New Pornographers

Vibrate
Ghostland Observatory

Miss You Too
Roma di Luna

Working On A Building
Roe Family Singers

Rough
Apollo Cobra

Hour Two:

LMG
SIMS

Calm Down
Solid Gold

Oliver
New Century Masters

I Am The Walrus
Pert Near Sandstone

Full In-studio Session with DeVotchka

The Pushback
Heiruspecs

Real Savage
Phantom Tails

Grey Divide
White Light Riot

Who Shot The Arrow (That Broke My Heart)
Joey Ryan and The Inks

Bobby Prize
Pink Mink

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2011

Posted at 1:47 PM on August 7, 2011 by Jade
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It feels like the perfect lazy Sunday to me.

While I'm indulging in leftover pizza and catching up on some world events, I thought that it might be nice to just reminise a bit. Play some songs that cause my mind to wander and go back to some old (2005/2006, the baby years of the Current) classics. The National with Steve Seel and Phoenix with Mary Lucia.

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Hour One:

Reading in Bed
Emily Haines

Sunday Bell
Audible

Mary Jane
Tori Amos

Harlem River Blues
Justin Townes Earle

Full In-studio Session with The National

Distraction #74
The Avett Brothers

Car Chasing
The Alarmists

Girl From the North Country
Roseanne Cash

Lonely Road
Mason Jennings

Chasing Pavements
Adele

I'm A Pilot
Farfarlo

Born Again
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

Hour Two:

Lazy Eye
Silversun Pickups

Books From Boxes
Maximo Park

Modern Girl
Alec Ounsworth

Make Something Good
Laura Veirs

Full In-studio Session with Phoenix

This Is Our Lot
Wild Beasts

Healing Hands
Citizen Cope

Work
Hockey

You Should Be Doubly Gratified
Mike Doughty

Even Heroes Have To Die
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

On Directing
Tegan and Sara

The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
Los Campesinos!

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011

Posted at 2:48 PM on July 31, 2011 by Jade
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A stormy weekend and more sweltering heat. I chose to spend sometime in doors enjoying some cool air and chill music.

When David told me that his Current Presents was going to be on the Mercury Prize it made me want to look back a bit, so I pulled out some older performaces from Arctic Monkeys and Gomez so that we could listen to them after hearing David's show about the most recent nominees.

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Hour One:

Heart Skipped A Beat
The xx

All The King's Men
Wild Beasts

Seaweed Song
Passion Pit

Substitution
Silversun Pickups

Full In-studio Session with the Arctic Monkeys

Orion and Dog
Sea Wolf

She Said
Plan B

Beverly Terrace
Sloan

How Dare You
Thao and Mirah

Pray Tell
The Pines

Elewon Po (Too Many Prisoners)
Tony Allen

Hour Two:

All My Best
Lookbook

So Alive
Blueprint

Living In America
Dom

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
They Might Be Giants

Full In-studio Session with Gomez

Get In Line
Ron Sexsmith

Thanks For Nothing
Middle Brother

Louder Than Ever
Cold War Kids

We Fell
S. Carey

Telephone
The Twilight Hours

Workin' Hard
Retribution Gospel Choir

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011

Posted at 2:46 PM on July 24, 2011 by Jade
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It's always great when you meet someone whos music you love and it happens that they are funny and sweet and humble as well. That doesn't always happen.

The interview process is nerve-racking for the interviewer..and sometimes for the artist, that's why I think it's so interesting to get the artists we play you into the studio to see what they're like in a more one on one setting.

Tonight there's a mix of naughty and nice musicians and two full in-studios with the really great humans/musicians that we had in the studio most recently. That would be North Carolina duo The Rosebuds and Washington alt-rockers The Posies.

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Hour One:

Too Fake
Hockey

Up to Our Necks
Robyn Hitchcock

FNT
Dan Wilson

Steady Knot
Joey Ryan and The Inks

Full In-studio Session with The Rosebuds

Raggedy Man
Haley Bonar

Not Another Day
Atmosphere

Make A Fist
Phantogram

Them That Do Nothing
Field Music

Around Us
Jonsi

Hour Two:

The Letting Go
Mount Moriah

The Only One
Lookbook

You're The One
Kings Go Forth

Everything You Wanted
Kele

Full In-studio Session with The Posie's

Walk with Me
Moby

Dance With Me
Old 97's

Finish Line
Fanfarlo

Sweet Loving Man
Jolie Holland

Angel of Mine
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

Oh, Mississippi
Lissie

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2011

Posted at 12:02 PM on July 17, 2011 by Jade
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Happy Bastille Day to you! I don't know about you, but I am down with pretty much any holiday that allows me to easily have a themed party or at least outfit myself accordingly for the day. If you don't, why not? It's pretty fun.

I thought I'd toss in some France inspired in-studios and while I was digging, I found a lot of really cool french songs and songs in languages other than english in the system. I figured I may as well let you check them out as well.

Also in the mix, an ode to Rilo Kiley. It's a sad day in twee-town, Rilo Kiley is no more. To remember the times that we had with them, there'll be a full in-studio session with the band in the 11 o'clock hour.

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Hour One:

La Verda
Juana Molina

French Navy
Camera Obscura

Frogger (Laissez Les Bon emps Rouler)
BNLX

Country Caravan
Blitzen Trapper

Liamant
...Nous Non Plus

Fille Atomique
...Nous Non Plus

Talking Bird
Death Cab for Cutie

Country Queen
Night Moves

Larraine
Azure Ray

Kantoi
Zee Avi

Ca Plane Pour Moi
Hastings 3000

Belle Epoque
The Honeydogs

Traveling Woman
Bat for Lashes

Hour Two:

La Salles des Pas Perdus
Monade

Tricycle
Psapp

Middle Distance Runner
Sea Wolf

Coeur D'Alene
The Head and the Heart

Full In-studio Session with Rilo Kiley

Tourist
Mason Jennings

Donde Esta La Playa
The Walkmen

Hold Tongue
Zoo Animal

This Land Is Your Land
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

Posted at 12:52 PM on July 10, 2011 by Jade
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This whole week has been about (belated) Spring cleaning and (unnessesary) nostalga. Looking through old letters, photos and records. It got me curious about the music library at the station.

So, I sat down and started looking through a lot of music that we rarely play from our in-studio stack. I'm aware that my job is wonderful and one of the rare treats is to just sit and listen to music for hours on end. So tonight I'm going to toss in a bunch of things I found that were fun suprises or just enjoyable sets that I haven't seen for a really long time. There's a full in-studio from Feist taken from our first year as a station and a full session from Sonic Youth (the only visit from them so far).

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Hour One:

Girl in the War
Josh Ritter

Wild Young Hearts
Noisettes

I'll Be Your Bird
M. Ward

Pull My Heart Away
Jack Penate

Full In-studio Session with Feist

Werewolf Island
Pink Mink

Lazy Eye
Silversun Pickups

Champagne Downtown
Halloween, Alaska

You Are The Best Thing
Ray LaMontagne

Ain't No Friend Of Mine
Mason Jennings

Marrow
St. Vincent

Hour Two:

Beach Girls
Howler

Caldo
School of Seven Bells

Knocking On Heaven's Door
Roger McGuinn

Street Walkin'
Dan Auerbach

Full In-studio Session with Sonic Youth

Little Lovin'
Lissie

Sleepyhead
Passion Pit

Photobooth
Death Cab for Cutie

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2011

Posted at 6:18 PM on July 3, 2011 by Jade
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There's been a lot of talk about people's favorite albums of the year, so far. So I thought I would start replaying some of our in-studio sessions from this year to help you start thinking about your favorite albums of the year so far. Or, songs for that matter. Feel free to share your opinion here.

I don't know about you, but I've been at a bbq just about everyday since it's started getting nice. I've probably eaten my weight in hotdogs, relish, mustard, burgers and chips. Yikes! But tis the season for bring out the grill and lighting some possibly legal fireworks. Tonight I've worked in a few in-studio tunes that have a patriotic theme of sorts, some summer inspired songs and dug threw the archive to pull up things you probably haven't checked out.

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Hour One:

Drink Yourself To Even
Birds of Virginia

Fireball
Dosh

Great DJ
The Ting Tings

The Kids Are Alright
Of Montreal

Full In-studio Session with Rural Alberta Advantage

Don't Let Me Explode
The Hold Steady

Do The Pigeon
Pigeon John

Invisible Cities
Nomo

You Are Free
Mates of State

Out The Back Door
Jesca Hoop

Kissy Kissy
The Kills

The Pool
The Undertow Orchestra

Hour Two:

Nothing To Worry About
Peter Bjorn and John

By Cover of Night (Fire Fight)
Sebastien Grainger

I Just Wanna Make Out
Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears

See Fernando
Jenny Lewis

Free Life
Dan Wilson

Full In-studio Session with James Vincent McMorrow

That Western Skyline
Dawes

Bright Bright Bright
Dark Dark Dark

Brand New Sun
Jason Lytle

I Burn Today
Black Francis

Spin Cycle
Eyedea and Abilities

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011

Posted at 2:20 PM on June 26, 2011 by Jade
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Tonight is a great night for live music fiends. We're replaying the highlights from this years Rock The Garden starting at 9pm. If you want to take it a step further you can check out the photos over on the website and please both your visual and aural senses.

We're going to be getting into the rest of In The Studio a bit later than usual, so I decided to pack the hour with song that haven't been played on the Current air waves in quite some time. Digging up The Rentals, Sonic Youth, Girls and Ben Kweller, there are some serious deep cuts going on tonight.

I'm also tossing in one of my favorite recent interview with up and coming band, Foster The People.

What was your favorite moment from Rock the Garden?

Hour One:

Adventures In Solitude
The New Pornographers

Almost Lover
A Fine Frenzy

We Could Walk Together
The Clientele

There's So Much Energy In Us
Cloud Cult

Street Politics
Maria Isa

Full In-studio Session with Foster The People

Sweetness and Tenderness
The Rentals

Antenna
Sonic Youth

Lauren Marie
Girls

Sunday Afternoon
Rachael Yamagata

Country Queen
Night Moves

Sawdust Man
Ben Kweller

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2011

Posted at 2:01 PM on June 19, 2011 by Jade
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Man, I don't know about you, but the live music was great this weekend and being able to bring you guys the entire Rock The Garden show live was a lot of work, but I think it came off beautifully. And for those of you who came out the the show, it was a blast meeting up and shaking hands and posing for pictures in the wet mucky rain. You guys rule.

If you weren't able to make it to the show, we're going to be replaying the entire Rock The Garden next Sunday starting at 9pm.

Tonight's In The Studio is a bit shorter than usual, so there's only one full in-studio session. I figured you may have been too busy to get out to the Stone Arch Festival and one of my favorite local acts, Rogue Valley, was headlining. So, I pulled out an in-studio with them taken nearly a year ago to spin later tonight.

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Hour One:

Back Against The Wall
Cage The Elephant

An End Has A Start
Editors

Circles
Bob Mould

Night Nurse
Dean and Britta

We'll Get By
Gary Louris

Grounds For Divorce
Elbow

Your English Is Good
Tokyo Police Club

Virgin Wood
The Hopefuls

The Easy Way
Old 97's

Fire On The Water Mark
Doomtree

Arms Of Harm
Haley Bonar

Hour Two:

Last Page
Emily Haines

After Hours
We Are Scientists

The Bomb
Bitter:Sweet

We Walk
The Ting Tings

Dog In A Bag
The Fratellis

Full In-studio Session: Rogue Valley

Modern Machines
The Melismatics

Little Bit of Feel Good
Jamie Lidell

Midnight In The City of Destruction
Tom Morello

The Nun's Litany
The Magnetic Fields

Touched Something's Hollow
Of Montreal

Everybody Got Their Something
Nikka Costa

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011

Posted at 7:08 PM on June 12, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

It's Sunday and that means another edition of In The Studio. After a weekend of playing dress up for David Bowie, biking on open streets while listening to some local tunes and, maybe, comsuming a few too many adult beverages I think tonight we'll take it easy.

We'll toss in a couple Bowie covers, play some live tunes from bands that played around town over the weekend, play a couple of brand new in-studio cuts for you and chill out with a couple of full in-studio sessions.

This week saw The Head and The Heart, a motly crew of Seattle musicians that met up at an open mic night, stop by while in town opening for Iron and Wine. We also had Sloan stop by and play some tunes off of their new record and chat up Ms. Abney. David Bazan, Tommy Stinson and Sam Roberts all rounded out the week.

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Hour One:

One Man Mutiny
Tommy Stinson

Virginia
David Bazan

All Those In Favor
The Owls

Let's Dance
M. Ward

Full In-studio Session with The Head and The Heart

Silent All These Years
Tori Amos

Again and Again
The Bird and The Bee

Bones
Editors

Real Savage
Pantom Tails

Runaway
Super Furry Animals

D.C. Blues
Gary Louris

Hour Two:

Twist The Knife
Sam Roberts

Diamonds
The Mekons

No Lucifer
British Sea Power

Who You Gonna Run To
Solid Gold

Full In-studio Session with Sloan

World of Vibrations
Blackalicious

Elmo Delmo
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

Juno
Tokyo Police Club

Fortune Teller
Clinic

Sirens
Dizzee Rascal

My Two Feet
Old 97's

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2011

Posted at 6:08 PM on June 5, 2011 by Jade
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Well, I'm have some pretty wicked watery eyes and sneezing like crazy, so it must be Spring. I also have my first sun burn of the year, so I guess I'm feeling pretty seasonal. Hopefully you have a bit of sun kiss and less of the histamine issues.

Did you get down to Austin, MN to check out Tapes n' Tapes with Mary Lucia? Were you at Grand Ol Day? Was it more of a Northern Spark hid-in-the-dark sort of a weekend? So much greatness in the live department this past week I was barely able to contain myself...ergo the sunburn, i suppose.

This week was packed in the studio, we had Sloan stop by, Thao and Mirah and Plan B. I'm going to play the last two of those in-studios in their entirety for you to enjoy.

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Hour One:

The Mississippi and You
Rosanne Cash

You'll Be Bright
Cloud Cult

Major Label Debut
Broken Social Scene

Nothing To Worry About
Peter Bjorn and John

Full In-studio Session with Plan B

North Star
The Rural Alberta Advantage

All We Ask
Grizzly Bear

Hey Lays In The Rain
Iron and Wine

Forty Day Dream
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

Northern Lights
Communist Daughter

VCR
The XX

Hour Two:

New Light of Tomorrow
Husky Rescue

100 Days, 100 Nights
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Sixteen
The Heavy

Lisztomaniz
Phoenix

Full In-studio Session with Thao and Mirah

Into The Dark
Amy Millan

You Were a Kindness
The National

Crown Victoria
Robbers On High Street

Fewer Broken Pieces
David Bazan

Darkmatter
Andrew Bird

To The Dogs Or Whoever
Josh Ritter

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2011

Posted at 1:17 PM on May 29, 2011 by Jade
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It's our Block Rockin' Weekend at the Current, one of my favorite weekends! It's really hard to pick a favorite in-studio song, let along 3 from some of my favorites. But somehow I managed to narrow it down.

As I went through re-listening to these sets it was like getting my own private concert. Hopefully you'll feel the same way.

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Hour One:

Periodically Double or Triple
Yo La Tango

My Favourite Book
Stars

Calendar Girl
Stars

Take Me To The Riot
Stars

Made In The Dark
Hot Chip

Nothing Compares 2 U / In The Privacy Of Our Love
Hot Chip

Ready For The Floor
Hot Chip

The Ark
Dr. Dog

Ain't It Strange
Dr. Dog

The Beach
Dr. Dog

Dixon's Girl
Dessa

The Chaconne
Dessa

Seamstress
Dessa

Jakov's Suite
Tapes 'n Tapes

Cowbell
Tapes 'n Tapes

Hour Two:

Insistor
Tapes 'n Tapes

Moneygrabber
Fitz and The Tantrums

L.O.V
Fitz and The Tantrums

Don't Gotta Work It Out
Fitz and The Tantrums

Someone Like You
Adele

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Rolling In The Deep
Adele

Nobody Gets Me But You
Spoon

Someone Something
Spoon

Written In Reverse
Spoon

Fat Bottom Girl
Z-Trip

Zed Triplem
Z-Trip

Theme From Infamy
Z-Trip

Carpet Beggars
Jenny Lewis

See Fernando
Jenny Lewis

Just Like Zeus
Jenny Lewis

If You Can Save Me Now
Atmosphere

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011

Posted at 12:07 PM on May 22, 2011 by Jade
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I don't know about you, but if the world is about to end I'm glad I'll go out listening to music. That being said, we had some pretty epic rain storms in the twin cities and it felt like perhapse the end was near. Even with all the splashing around there was still plenty of great music to see around town.

The art-a-whirl kept everything going even with the wicked storms and seeing the soggy people with smiles on their faces was more than enough to make me proud to live in this state. After seeing some serious rocking out happening over the weekend I decided that I would dig up some pretty rocking in-studios for you. I think people often think that in-studios at the station need to be acoustic or taken down a few notches, not true my friend, not true.

Also on the way, a full in-studio with up and coming British producer (slash angel voiced) James Blake and a hip shaking full in-studio with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears.

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Hour One:

Girl From The North County(Dylan cover)
Eels

Lump Sum
Bon Iver

Almost Rosey
Tori Amos

Adventures In Solitude
The New Pornographers

Full In-studio with James Blake

Guilt By Association
Louis XIV

Headshock
Tapes 'n Tapes
Lay Your Head Down
Keren Ann

Love Me Like The World Is Ending
Ben Lee

Soul Sucker
The Melismatics

Panic Attack
Atmosphere

Hour Two:

Say You'll Go
Janelle Monae

We Can't Help You
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks

How Am I To Be
The Watson Twins

Open Doors
Josh Ritter

Full In-studio with Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears

Nag Nag Nag Nag
Art Brut

Grip Like A Vice
The Go! Team

Paris
Friendly Fires

Now I'm A Fool
Eagles Of Death Metal

My Favorite Book
Stars

Spider Silk
The Owls

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011

Posted at 10:53 AM on May 15, 2011 by Jade
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First off, a HUGE thanks to everyone that either joined or renewed their membership to The Current, you rock! It's always good to know that you appreciate what we do here at the station.

Second, what a weekend for live music. There were so many shows to see that I was extremely over whelmed with the choices. For those of you that got to a lot of them what was your favorite show this weekend? For those who didn't, you're in luck. Most of the bands that were playing around town have stopped in our studio and brought their best live music with them. It's like you were at all the shows (minus someone accidentally elbowing your drink onto you, it's ok guy I'm not mad).

Plus, Sharon Jones is coming back to town on Tuesday so I dug up an in-studio performance from her that was taken in 2008 and we'll play that to pump you up for her show.

Let me know if there are any in-studios you want to hear again or a band that you loved live and I'll see if there's a track I can pull out for everyone else to check out.

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Hour One:

Elyne Road
Toumani Diabate

Ex-Guru
The Fiery Furnaces

Can't Believe A Single Word
VHS or Beta

Eclipse
Brute Heart

Full In-studio Session with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Tesselate
Tokyo Police Club

Little Black Sandals
Sia

Pedigree
Brother Ali

Young Folks
Peter Bjorn and John

The Con
Tegan and Sara

The Breaks
The Shackeltons

Hour Two:

At The Great Lake
The Umbrella Sequence

Lantern
Meat Puppets

Here Comes The Rumor Mill
The Young Knives

Prescilla
Bat For Lashes

We Don't Break Bread
Brian Just Band

Telling The Truth and Going Away
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Room With A View
Imperial Teen

The Tower
John Vanderslice

Taught to Look Away
Matt Pond PA

Dressed To Kill A Mocking Bird
Black Blondie

Trouble
Of Montreal

Middle Distance Runner
Sea Wolf

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011

Posted at 2:41 PM on May 8, 2011 by Jade (1 Comments)
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Happy Mother's day for those of you who are mothers. Happy rainy day for everyone here in Minnesota and happy May 8th for everyone else. It's the Spring Fund Drive here at the Current and everyone is losing their voices from all the chattering. And even though we're crazy busy dealing with that we haven't let the in-studios fall by the way side. Meat Puppets stopped by and we're very excited to be in Minnesota. I'll be bringing you their instudio very soon.

Tonight we've got some samplings from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and a new in-studio from G. Love. A classic in-studio from Rural Alberta Advantage is also on the docket. So sit back and cuddle up because it's time for some raw, live and unedited jams.

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Hour One:

Sol Tapado
Thievery Corporation

Modern Diet
The Redwalls

Our Velocity
Maximo Park

Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys

Full In-studio Session with G. Love

Belong
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

More Than It Seems
Citizen Cope

Novocain
Jeremy Messersmith

Sangare
Vieux Farka Toure

Breaker
Low

Moon and Moon
Bat For Lashes

Hour Two:

Black Balloon
The Kills

Real Savage
Phantom Tails

Life Without A Brain
The Rentals

Pretty Voice
Cloud Cult

Full In-studio Session with Rural Alberta Advantage

Bring On The Comets
VHS or Beta

Close Call
Rilo Kiley

I'm Impressed
They Might Be Giants

As The Stars Fall
The Cinematic Orchestra

Apartment Story
The National

Civil Twilight
The Weakerthans

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IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011

Posted at 1:35 PM on May 1, 2011 by Jade
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Happy May Day! Hopefully you're getting up to some May Day fun, checking out a parade, sitting and enjoying nature to one degree or another. I may be inside, but I'll be tossing some songs in the mix to keep tonights In The Studio a little outdoorsy.

G. Love stopped by the studios yesterday and hung out with Bill DeVille, I won't be playing the entire in-studio for you tonight, but I'll give you a sneak peak with a new song from is more Americana album. New in-studio music also in the mix from local band No Bird Sing, and someolder local music from Twilight Hours.

The full in-studios tonight will come from Sam Beam, of a little band called Iron and Wine, who's self-effacing humor and sly smile won over everyone in the room. Also on the way, a rare in-studio with the co-founder of Afrobeat and perhapse one of the greatest drummers ever, Tony Allen.

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Hour One:

First Night
The Hold Steady

Sunshowers
M.I.A

River Blue Truth
No Bird Sing

Rollercoaster
M.Ward

Full In-studio Session with Iron and Wine's Sam Beam

Bird on a Wire
Rogue Wave

Walking Away
Brother Ali

Trippy Green Skull
Dan Deacon

Summertime
Jesca Hoop

Hand In Mouth
Nomo

Hour Two:

Just Fine
G. Love

The Littlest Birds
Jolie Holland

Marry Me
St. Vincent

Full In-studio Session with Tony Allen

Last Day of Magic
The Kills

Grateful
Patti Smith

Dreams
The Twilight Hours

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2011

Posted at 12:00 PM on April 24, 2011 by Jade
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Last week was a HUGE week for us here at the Current. We launched our 24/7 local music stream, sold out Rock the Garden in 2 days (!), and got some serious city love from City Pages "Best of" issue. It's truely humbling to be living in a city that loves music and it's local scene this much and it's awesome to be part of something that people all over the world appreciate. Simply put, you guys rule.

With that out of the way, this weeks in-studios will cover some rare local in-studios, toss some props to Rhymesayers with a full in-studio with their Ohio MC Blueprint, and hang out with Barb and Knoxville newcomers Royal Bangs.

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Hour One:

Sister Lost Soul
Alejandro Escovedo

Wonderful Way feat. Ryan Paul, Aby Wolf and Grant Cutler
Southern Song Book

Welcome to My Room
Vietnam

Howl
Junip

Full In-studio Session with Royal Bangs

On Tuesdays
4onthefloor

Look At Me When I Rock With You
Black Kids

As Above Se Below
Klaxons

Witches
Low

Lay Me Down
The Frames

Blood, Sweat, and Fears
What Made Milwaukee Famous

Hour Two:

Gimme Some Lovin'
G. Love

Barebones
Total Babe

Untitled
White Rabbits

Rooks
Shearwater

Full In-studio Session with Blueprint

Them Kids
Sam Roberts

Springtime
The Annuals

Alone Again
Illinois

Mix Tapes / Cellmates
Rocky Votolato

Saturday
The Clientele

Don't Let Me Go
The Pines

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011

Posted at 10:59 AM on April 17, 2011 by Jade
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The word for the week that past was "local." You may have heard it by now, you may have even checked it out already, but we've been working hard on a new project over at the Current. It's a 24/7 local music stream called Local Current. There's something for every local music fan to be heard, new, old, and every night at 6pm we play a full in-studio session with a local band.

In honor of the big debut I'm tossing in a bunch of local tunes into tonights playlist. Including two local in-studio sessions we had this week with Atmosphere and Low. What I love about having local peeps into the studio is that no matter how big they get elsewhere, they're always so humble and sweet when they come into the studio. Check out the action below and feel free to check out the Local Current stream.

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Hour One:

Play The Game
Shout Out Louds

Rattling My Tin Cup
The Honeydogs

I Start To Run
White Denim

Not Enough
The 88

Full In-studio Session with Atmosphere

Wash The Day Away
TV on The Radio

Post Rock Defends The Nation
Bon Savants

Read Every Word
Gary Louris

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall

Whites Only Party
The Dears

Hour Two:

Country Hilt
Ol' Yeller

Ranson
Haley Bonar

Good
Earl Greyhound

Rolling Down With Me
Chooglin'

Full In-studio Session with Low

Counting On You
Dan Israel

Nerve Endings
Kristin Hersh

When You're Down and Out In Minneapolis
Superhopper

Dressed To Kill A Mockingbird
Black Blondie

Spirit Ditch
Sparklehorse

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011

Posted at 11:17 AM on April 10, 2011 by Jade
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Things are melting, I had patio beer and from what I hear baseball is back in action. All good things my friends. It also marks the intense couple of months where Minnesota decides to host as many festivals, block parties, fairs,parades and concerts as possible! It's been crazy around The Current with so many bands making their way in and out of the studios.

So, while we had a TON of great bands stop by this week, I'll only be airing 2 of the sessions in their entirety tonight, but I'll be tossing in some of the latest in-studio tracks from bands that have visited in the past week or so.

As always there are always up for you to check out the full in-studio over in the archive.

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Hour One:

You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)
The Hold Steady

Houdini
Foster The People

Not California
Hem

Senor(Tales of Yankee Power)
Calexico

Full In-studio Session with Two Door Cinema Club

On My Way
Ben Kweller

Plans
Grizzly Bear

Young Liars
TV on The Radio

Gold Coast
Grouplove

They Never Got You
Spoon

Cowbell
Tapes 'n Tapes

Hour Two:

Listen To Me
J Mascis

Alone, Jealous and Stoned
Secret Machines

My Life Is In Storage
Frank Black

Keleh Mani
Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars

Full In-studio Session with Sharon van Etten

Teenage Blood
Apex Manor

Blood Hounds On My Trail
The Black Angels

Whistle For Will
Hot Chip

What's The Use?
Jamie Lidell

Living Is So Easy
British Sea Power

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011

Posted at 5:04 PM on April 3, 2011 by Jade
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It's the first Sunday in April, hopefully you had some fun pulling praks on Friday...and if the joke was on you....sorry. At least you have an entire year to plot out your revenge.

I'll keep things light and easy for tonights show. Bringing you two full in-studios from this past week with Brighton's British Sea Power and Cali band Apex Manor. If the lead vocals from Apex Manor sound familiar to you maybe you were a fan of their previous band The Broken West.

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Hour One:

Cold Beer and Cigarettes
David Bazan

It's a Hit
We Are Scientists

Way of Life
The Concretes

It's Over
Earl Greyhound

Full In-studio Session with British Sea Power

Never Die
English Beat

The Stops
Elbow

Hold Tongue
Zoo Animal

Light A Smoke
The Alarmists

Flat-Pack Philosophy
Buzzcocks

Beautiful Mind
Golden Smog

Hour Two

Jakov's Suite
Tapes 'n Tapes

Skip to the End
The Futureheads

Give it Up
Haley Bonar

Do What I Can
Greg Laswell

Full In-studio Session with Apex Manor

Give Me One More Chance
Cracker

Work It Out
Jurassic 5

Magic Trick
M. Ward

Dreaming
Zero 7

Nobody Cares
The 88

Bisbee Blue
Calexico

In the Studio for Sunday, March 27, 2011

Posted at 11:59 AM on March 27, 2011 by Jade
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SxSW is over and the snow is still here. So, while April might not mean Spring has sprung for Minnesota, it does mean that a whole lot of bands are going to be coming through on tour.

It's going to be getting pretty busy around the Current studio for the next few months, so I'm going to try and pull out the best of the bunch to play for you every week. This week fresh from playing (and rocking out a church) at SxSW was Rural Alberta Advantage. This band has been in town just about every year and each time they play a bigger and bigger venue. This time in town the played a sold out show at First Ave. Nils Edenloff, the lead singer of the band, couldn't believe that they had actually sold out the show and Amy, keyboardist and backing vocals, admitted that she listened to The Current when they were on the road.

In fact, that's how they found the opener for their show, James Vicent McMorrow. The Irish singer-songwriter who reminded me a lot of Bon Iver, stopped by the Current studios as well to tell Mark Wheat all about making the record in a one bedroom house by the sea.

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Hour One:

Slow Burner
Doomtree

Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight
Amos Lee

I Go To Sleep
Sia

Rhythum Sticks
Blackalicious

Full In-studio Session with Rural Alberta Advantage

Monster Hospital
Metric

girlshapedlovedrug
Gomez

Bullets
Editors

Down, Down, Down
The Presets

Shadows of the Jungle
Aaron and The Sea

Song Beneath the Song
Maria Taylor

Hour Two:

Waving Flags
British Sea Power

Easy On Yourself
Drive-By Truckers

Be Here Now
Mason Jennings

Father Song
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles

Full In-studio session with James Vincent McMorrow

Price and Style
Robbers On High Street

Please Please Please
Shout Out Louds

Watch and Chain
James Hunter

Tell The Lie
The BellRays

Is It Like Today
World Party

She Will Love Again
The Alarmists

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2011

Posted at 3:15 PM on March 20, 2011 by Jade
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I don't know about you, but I am in need of some serious rehab. With SxSW, St. Patrick's day and a slight warm up in temperature I may have gone to far.

So tonight, let's all take a deep breath, close our eyes and drink some water. There'll be some reflective songs, some chill songs and songs that just make me feel like things are going to be better...despite tomorrow being Monday. Man, I need a vacation from my vacation.

Also up ahead, full in-studio sessions from Smith Westerns and Middle Brother, bands that killed it here in Minnesota and also at SxSW. Check out the full audio and the playlist below.

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Hour One:

Eve, The Apple of My Eye
Bell X1

What Can I Say
Brandi Carlile

Queen of the Surface Streets
DeVotchKa

Can't Help This Feeling
The Herbaliser

Full In-studio Session with Smith Westerns

Portions for Foxes
Rilo Kiley

A Whole Lot Better
Brendan Benson

Me and Mia
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

Decent Days and Nights
The Futureheads

Revolution Solution
Thievery Corporation

Tony Hornes and Johnny Ace vs Elvis Presley
Valet

Hour Two:

Better
Regina Spektor

Hung Out
Red Pens

Photobooth
Death Cab for Cutie

The One to Save
Trampled By Turtles

Full In-studio Session with Middle Brother

Don't Ask Me to Dance
Arab Strap

Never Better
P.O.S

TV Show
Martha Wainwright

We Sleep in the Ocean
The Cloud Room

Drink Yourself To Even
Birds of Virginia

Get Better
Mates of State

In the Studio for Sunday, March 13, 2011

Posted at 6:24 PM on March 13, 2011 by Jade
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Barb's awesome Current Presents of cover tunes reminded me that we have so many great covers from bands that stop by the studio. Some are funny, some are completely redone and sound nothing remotely like the original and some are just plain good. So, tonight I'll be tossing some in the mix, let me know if you have a favorite from either tonights show or from an in-studio you heard on The Current before.

Also on the show tonight, a full in-studio from Cold War Kids where they talk making their new album with Mary. And a look back at the Blitzen Trapper in-studio.

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Hour One:

Sweet Dreams
The Big Pink

Crazy
The Kills

Happiness
Curtiss A

Looking for Astronauts
The National

Awesome Rainbows!
Koo Koo Kangaroo

Full In-studio Session with Cold War Kids

Learned to Surf
Superchunk

Now We're Gone
Kings Go Forth

Graceland
Hot Chip

Larraine
Azure Ray

You Ain't Going Nowhere
The Dandy Warhols

Hoover Dam
Bob Mould

Hour Two:

Girl From The North Country
Eels

Clean The Clock
Blue Giant

Boyfriend
Best Coast

Infinity
Desdamona

Full In-studio Session with Blitzen Trapper

Last Lonesome Blues
Koerner and Glover

Washed Your Car
Cloud Cult

G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N. (You Know I've got a)
Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now!

Astral Weeks
The Frames

A Little Bit of Everything
Dawes

Real Love
Beach House

In the Studio for Sunday, March 6, 2011

Posted at 11:00 AM on March 6, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Fun fact you may not know about me, I love a good graph. Especially one that connects things together that are a bit intricate and muddled in every day life. Especially one that has to do with music and local musicians. Andrea Swensson, City Pages and Gimme Noise music editor and all around cool chick, put together a superb graph of Gayngs and their twisted family tree. I was so inspired by it and the huge show that is happening tonight at First Ave, that I decided to play 6 degrees of Gayngs (although there are really too many degrees to count for most of the artists in the band).

Also, some great in-studios last week from Nicole Atkins and Telekinesis. If you have any favorite in-studio sessions that you have heard and want to hear again or an in-studio song to request, lay it on me at jade@mpr.org.

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Hour One:

Flume
Bon Iver

Bangin' J.A.
Digitata

I Know
Heiruspecs

Hold Hands and Fight
The Rosebuds

Full In-studio Session with Telekinesis

Eight Legs
Vampire Hands

Sovay
Andrew Bird

Revolver
Me and My Arrow

Lion
Peter Wolf Crier

Knowing and Losing
James Buckley Trio

Hour Two:

Neon Rose
Solid Gold

Hey You
Sims

So the Story Goes
Thunder in the Valley

Mars
Roma Di Luna

Full In-studio Session with Nicole Atkins

Seamstress
Dessa

Tall Boy
Har Mar Superstar

Diane
Private Dancer

Continental Dog
STNNG

De La Souls
P.O.S

Fireball
Dosh

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Posted at 10:18 AM on February 27, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Another busy week here at the station. We lived through a crazy snow storm and over 7,000 kids and their parents hanging out at the MIA for Rock The Cradle. On top of that we've been compiling the greatest oscar soundtrack to play you this weekend with clips (some rediculous, yet unforgetable) mixed in.

To keep that ball rolling a bit into In The Studio, tonight I'll be tossing in some songs that are about movies, some movie titles or maybe just remind me of a movie. The full in-studios this week are from Alexi Murdoch, Bill DeVille got to hang out with him and he blew everyone away with his simple and beautiful songs.

I sat down with indie-adored Wild Nothing (Pitchfork gave them the coveted Best New Music icon the week their album Gemini came out) while they were in town to play a show at the Turf Club.

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Hour One:

Forest Whitaker
Brother Ali

Movie Monster
Sound Team

Dad Said
Astrid Swan

Full In-studio Session: Alexi Murdoch

Black Like Me
Spoon

Life of Leisure
Rainer Maria

East To The West
Michael Franti

Activated
Film School

Automobile Blues
Justin Townes Earle

If I was Young
The Raveonettes

Hour Two:

Best Supporting Actress
One For The Team

The Kids Are Alright
Of Montreal

(Welcome To) America
Vampire Hands

And If It's True
Langhorne Slim

Full In-studio Session: Wild Nothing

Actor Out of Work
St. Vincent

Spangle
The Wedding Present

Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
Brendan Benson

For Guys Eyes Only
Hockey Night

Maybe Tonight
Nicole Atkins

Licorice
Love-Cars

In the Studio for Sunday, February 6, 2011

Posted at 8:05 AM on February 6, 2011 by Brett Baldwin
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In the Studio for Sunday, February 20, 2011

Posted at 11:47 AM on February 20, 2011 by Jade
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It was a crazy hectic week with the member drive going on and prepping for Rock the Cradle. We still managed to squeeze in a couple of in-studios, just because we know you dig them.

Bill got to hang out with Justin Townes Earl, the full in-studio aired earlier today during United States of Americana. And Justin's opening act Jessica Lea Mayfield stopped in to chat with Mary Lucia about her worst breakup and what it was like working with Dan Auerbach. We'll take a listen to her in-studio during the first hour.

Also, the Doomtree crew stopped by to celebrate Sims' new album Bad Time Zoo and told Mark Wheat all about it. The second hour we'll listen to that in-studio and play some in-studios songs from the archive that haven't been spun in a very long time.

Listen

Hour One:

Fraud in the 80's
Mates of State

Dance With Me
Old 97's

Wait For The Summer
Yeasayer

Some From None
Heiruspecs

Full In-studio Session: Jessica Lea Mayfield

Fat Bottom Girl
Z-Trip

It's a Serious Thing
Vicious Vicious

Something Beautiful
Tracy Bonham

Say Hey There
Atmosphere

Between the Bars
Metric

What Does It Mean
World Party

Hour Two:

Belle Epoque
The Honeydogs

Living Like A Refugee
Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars

Exilio (Remix)
Thievery Corporation

Faded Lines
Secret Machines

Full In-studio Session: Sims

Coming Home
The 88

Changes
Tahiti 80

Shift
Grizzly Bear

Song For You
Alexi Murdoch

White As Diamonds
Alela Diane

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Posted at 11:21 AM on February 13, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

It's that time of year...chilly, frost bitten...and possibly love bitten. Valentine's day is tomorrow and whether you are feeling the love or feeling the loath there's something in the live archives for you. Not surprisingly there were a multitude of songs to pick from, so as always, feel free to hit up the Current in-studio archives to find more for your Valentine's playlist.

Also in the mix, a full in-studio from Fitz and the Tantrums that blew us all away here at the station. Jill Riley walked out of the room saying it might be her favorite of the year. And to keep the love-y feel going I thought a full session from Iron and Wine would be the perfect thing to put me in the mood for tomorrow.

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Hour One:

Laughing Lover
Blitzen Trapper

Playground Love
Phoenix

Lonely
Bat For Lashes

Smart Went Crazy
Atmosphere

Full In-studio Session: Fitz and the Tantrums

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields

Wild At Heart
Lookbook

Careful
Hot Chip

Sing Theresa Says
Greg Laswell

I'm So Lonely
The Holmes Brothers

Hour Two:

Rocky Took A Lover
Bell X1

True Love Will Find You In The End
Mates of State

Sweet Disposition
The Temper Trap

Sell You Everything
Buzzcocks

Full In-studio Session: Iron and Wine

How Deep Is Your Love
The Bird and The Bee

Box Car
The Rosebuds

The Lonesome Death Song
Jolie Holland

Heart Skipped A Beat
The xx

Lord I'm Discouraged
The Hold Steady

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011

Posted at 5:47 PM on January 30, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Maybe the winter is beginning to get to me a little bit. I don't know about you, but I'm day dreaming of a warm, sunny distant seeming time that can't come soon enough. While I'm battling ennui this weeks In The Studio is going to be dreaming of better times to come, maybe warmer, maybe just in our minds. Here's a little music therapy to make the day dreams seem a little more possible.

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Hour One:

Life's Warm Sheets
Gary Louris and Mark Olson

You've Changed
Bettie Serveert

The Fabled City
Tom Morello
Chitarra Romana
Spaghetti Western String Co.

Full In-studio Session: Phantogram

Connjur
School of Seven Bells

Inspiracion
Calexico

Fight
Ben Kweller

Neon Rose
Solid Gold

Sister Lost Soul
Alejandro Escovedo

Satellites
Longwave

Hour Two:

Runnin
Heartless Bastards

Machines
Mason Jennings

Guns and Knives
Heiruspecs

Brighter Than Sunshine
Aqualung

Full In-studio Session: Villagers

Naked As We Came
Iron and WIne

The Ark
Dr.Dog

Sweetheart Hooligan
The Rumble Strips

Norway
Beach House

Whose Authority
Nada Surf

Last Day of Magic
The Kills

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2011

Posted at 5:35 PM on January 23, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Wow, what a week. We put out an album of local and live music called Local Current, Vol. 1. It rocks so hard that I had to put a couple of the songs into the mix for tonights In The Studio. The sold out birthday bash over at First Ave was great, although, my dance moves should probably never be reproduced on the First Ave stage...

In the studios this week, we were very lady power charged. We had the raw and ripped vocals of Illinois native Lissie right before her sold out show at the Cedar last Thursday. The '90's femme fatale Liz Phair also stopped by and talked about her latest album Funstyle and the coolness of being on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

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Hour One:

It
Cloud Cult

Victory
Trampled by Turtles

Best Things
The Plastic Constellations

Street Walkin'
Dan Auerbach

Full In-studio Session: Liz Phair

Lookin' At Me Sideways
Brother Ali

For Guys Eyes Only
Hockey Night

Dixon's Girl
Dessa

Mary Lucia
The 757's

Miss You Too
Roma di Luna

Song Away
Hockey

Hour Two:

Organ Donor
Jeremy Messersmith

The Lonesome Death Song
Jolie Holland

Never Forget You
Noisettes

Even Heroes Have To Die
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

Full In-studio Session: Lissie

Bang Pop
Free Energy

Civil Twilight
The Weakerthans

Busting Up a Starbucks
Mike Doughty

Between the Moon and The Ocean
Bon Savants

Party's Crashing Us
Of Montreal

Milk and Money
The Fratellis

In the Studio for Sunday, January 16, 2011

Posted at 4:47 PM on January 16, 2011 by Jade
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We're gearing up for the Current's 6th Birthday party at First Ave this coming Friday, but we still had time to fit in some in-studios. Local band Tapes N Tapes stopped by to talk to Ms Lucia about making their new record back in Minnesota. Eau Clair's latest breakout (and 2nd half of Bon Iver) S. Carey visited the studio and chatted up Barb, the full in-studio from that is found below. And with the passing of Trish Keenan of Broadcast we looked back at an in-studio we had with the band back in 2005.

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Hour One:

Machines
Mason Jennings

Song For You
Alexi Murdoch

Breakable
Ingrid Michaelson

California Girls
The Magnetic Fields

Full In-studio Session: S. Carey

Mayday
Haley Bonar

Night Nurse
Dean and Britta

Drink the Night Away
Romantica

Sleepyhead
Passion Pit

Welcome to My Room
Vietnam

Watching Me Try
The Ashtray Hearts

Hour Two:

The Breaks
The Shackeltons

How Am I To Be
The Watson Twins

Spangle
The Wedding Present

A-Punk
Vampire Weekend

Full In-studio Session: Broadcast

Alive or Dead
Middle Class Rut

100 Days,100 Nights
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Fallout
The Futureheads

Pretty Girl at the Airport
The Avett Brothers

Again and Again
The Bird and The Bee

As The Stars Fall
The Cinematic ORchestra

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010

Posted at 2:09 PM on January 8, 2011 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Tonights show is all about happy memories. Brendan Benson and Looch bond over their intense love of animals--to the point of risking their live to save them. And in the 2nd hour Mac and the members of Grizzly Bear all arrive at the Current studio from across the country just in time.

Hour One:

Looking for Astronauts
The National

Leave No Gold
The Jayhawks

Out At Sea
Heartless Bastards

Healing Hands
Citizen Cope

Full In-studio Session: Brendan Benson

Two-Part Harmony
Robert Skoro

As Above So Below
Klaxons

All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco
American Music Club

Japanese Slippers
The Fiery Furnaces

Modern Diet
The Redwalls

Hour Two:

Black Forest (Lorelei)
Mercury Rev

Soul Sucker
The Melismatics

Waiting for You
Ben Harper

First of the Gang
Zee Avi

Full In-studio Session: Grizzly Bear

Nag Nag Nag Nag
Art Brut

Love You More
Buzzcocks

Easy Silence
Dan Wilson

Trouble
Of Montreal

Almost Rosey
Tori Amos

Suddenly I see
KT Tunstall

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010

Posted at 2:04 PM on December 19, 2010 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Hour One:

All The Old Show Stoppers
The New Pornographers

A Christmas Durge
Nellie MaKay

Rocky Raccoon
Pert Near Sandstone

Bonfires on the Heath
The Clientele

Full In-studio Session: Adele

Wolves
Josh Ritter

My Two Feet
Old 97's

Work It Out
Jurassic 5

Cold Beer and Cigarettes
David Bazan

Hour Two:

Happy Holidays
The New Standards

Sister Lost Soul
Alejandro Escovedo

Faster Than The Setting Sun
Fyfe Dangerfield

Miss You Too
Roma Di Luna

Full In-studio Session: Eels

Lay Me Down
The Frames

Modern Girl
Alec Ounsworth

Something for the Holidays
Broken Social Scene

Hold on to Your Money
Martin Devaney

Hawaii
Haley Bonar

Fourth Ward
Nomo

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010

Posted at 1:57 PM on December 12, 2010 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Hour One:

Somebody's Arms (Web Exclusive)
James Buckley Trio

Close Call
Rilo Kiley

Fake Empire
The National

Machine
Anni Rossi

Full In-studio Session: Free Energy

Let It Fly
Heiruspecs

I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes
Tom Vek

Goodbye California
Jolie Holland

Your Misfortune
Mike Doughty

Multiply
Jamie Lidell

Not California
Hem

Hour Two:

Savion Glover
P.O.S.

All Will Be Well
Dan Wilson

Decent Days and Nights
The Futureheads

Marrow
St. Vincent

Full In-studio Sessions: Jeremy Messersmith

Coming Home
The 88

Forever Lost
The Magic Numbers

Chicago Promenade
Jason Isbell

Don't Let Me Down
Vicious Vicious

Present Infant
Ani DiFranco

This Is Our Lot
Wild Beasts

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010

Posted at 1:51 PM on December 5, 2010 by Jade
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Hour One:

Limitation
Red Pens

Tselane
BLK JKS

Never Go Away
Dan Israel

All The Old Show Stoppers
The New Pornographers

Full In-studio Session: Mason Jennings

Back II The Day
Doomtree

Gimme Sympathy
Metric

All Kinds
Dan Wilson

Turn The Dirt Over
Sea Wolf

Trouble
Bitter:Sweet

Hour Two:

Chasing Pavements
Adele

Ripe
Ben Lee

There's So Much Energy In Us
Cloud Cult

Nineteen
Tegan and Sara

Full In-studio Session: Superchunk

Sharing
Lou Barlow

Medicine Wheel
Aimee Mann

Nothing To Worry About
Peter Bjorn and John

We'll Get By
Gary Louris

So Begins Our Alabee
Of Montreal

Stacey
The Hopefuls

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Posted at 1:44 PM on November 28, 2010 by Jade
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Hour One:

This Land is Your Land
Sharon Jones and the Dap-KIngs

Edmund Street
The Rosebuds

Laser Beam
Super Furry Animals

Licorice
Love-Cars

Forest Whitaker
Brother Ali

Stormy Weather
Echo and the Bunnymen

Hollywood
West Indian Girl

Bad News
Pieta Brown

Bird on a Wire
Rogue Wave

It's a Serious Thing
Vicious Vicious

Since K Got Over Me
The Clientele

Calendar Girl
Stars

Can You Believe It?
Fog

Hour Two:

Golden Skans
Klaxons

Young Folks
Peter Bjorn and John

Tourist Trap
White Rabbits

You Best Believe Me?
Digitata

Sampson and Delila
Charlie Parr

Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys

Oh MJ?
The Little Ones

Guess Who Ran Off With The Milkman?
The Pipettes

The Story
Brandi Carlile

Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard

Anti-Anti
Snowden

Alabama
Birdmonster

Chinese Translation
M. Ward

One Step Closer to You
Michael Franti

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Posted at 1:25 PM on November 21, 2010 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

To prepare you for all the delectible goodies you're sure to devour in a few short days. Here's a hearty dose of live music recorded in the Current Studios.

Hour One:
Maybe Tonight
Nicole Atkins

Take Advantage
Lou Barlow

Chasing Pavements
Adele

I'm Falling
Robyn Hitchcock

Full In-studio Session: Cloud Cult

Auctioneer
The Broken West

The Bomb
Bitter:Sweet

Juno
Tokyo Police Club

That Kind of Man
The Heavy

Take Me Home
Brother Ali

Born in the UK
Badly Drawn Boy

Hour Two:
Beautiful
G. Love

I'm A Pilot
Fanfarlo

Virgin Wood
The Hopefuls

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne

Full In-studio Session: Hollerado

Hey Me Hey Mama
Ray LaMontagne

Better
Regina Spektor

Evergreen
Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

I Go to Sleep
Sia

See Fernando
Jenny Lewis

Talking Bird
Death Cab for Cutie

IN THE STUDIO FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Posted at 1:11 PM on November 14, 2010 by Jade
Filed under: In the Studio

Peaking back at the archived in-studio performances for another week of In The Studio.

Tonight's playlist included:

Hour One:
She Took All the Money
Black Francis

Dance Little Liar
Arctic Monkeys

Girl from the North Country
Roseanne Cash

Don't Ask Me to Dance
Arab Strap

Full In-studio Session - Junip

Messages
Xavier Rudd

Last Call
Brazilian Girls

Note to Self
Dan Israel

Kings Get Deaded
Doomtree

Ballad of Joe Snowboard
Storyhill

Read Every Word
Gary Louris

Hour Two:
Pretty Voices
Cloud Cult

Where's the Gs
Dizzee Rascal

Middle Distance Runner
Sea Wolf

All Those In Favor
The Owls

Full In-studio Session: MC Rut

Um, Circle and Squares
Dosh

Girls Who Play Guitars
Maximo Park

Grip Like a Vice
The Go! Team

Waiting
Nomo

Bring What You Bring
The Plastic Constellations

Sweet Loving Man
Jolie Holland