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Cutting-edge UK producer/singer James Blake performs at The Current<br />
May 3, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Just a few years ago, James Blake was a precocious and talented young electronic<br />
producer dabbling in the UK's vast, eclectic, fast-moving and amorphous "post-dubstep"<br />
scene. Shortly thereafter, he began recording vocals over his own productions, swerving<br />
out of the dance music scene and into the vanguard of indie electro-pop with a wounded<br />
cyber-soul sound.<br />
Local singer turned national figure Nicholas David performs at The Current<br />
May 2, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Saint Paul's Nicholas David Mrozinski has been a fixture of the local music scene for a<br />
decade, with several albums under his belt and frequent live shows in the area to bolster<br />
his Twin Cities rep. But last year he was catapulted to nationwide fame thanks to a stint<br />
on season three of NBC's The Voice.<br />
British indie-psych/garage upstarts Palma Violets perform at The Current<br />
May 1, <strong>2013</strong><br />
British garage-rockers the Palma Violets have been kicking up a noisy, youthful rock<br />
storm for a couple of years now, with a raw sound daubed with rich, vintage organ<br />
sounds and shaded with hints of '60s psychedelia.<br />
On An On performs in The Current studios<br />
April 27, <strong>2013</strong><br />
It's time for us to welcome On An On to the <strong>Minnesota</strong> music community. But they aren't<br />
total strangers: Nate Eiesland and Alissa Ricci both grew up in the state before joining<br />
forces with Ryne Estwing and several others in the popular Chicago band Scattered<br />
Trees. After the act suddenly disbanded, Eiesland, Ricci and Estwing started On An On,<br />
changed their musical direction and partly uprooted themselves back to Minneapolis.<br />
Coming Home to Free Energy<br />
April 25, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Erstwhile Twin Citizens Free Energy kick off a new leg of their tour in the Twin Cities;<br />
naturally, they stopped by for a session in The Current studios.<br />
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter brings his compelling folk sound to The Current<br />
studio<br />
April 25, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter is one of indie Americana's most seasoned and talented<br />
figures. His spring tour brought him through the Twin Cities for a First Avenue date with<br />
Sea Wolf opening, and he stopped by The Current studio ahead of the show with his<br />
Royal City Band in tow to play a few songs.