89.3 The Current: Musicheads - Minnesota Public Radio

Join Bill Deville while he runs down the weeks music headlines, talks about the next big thing to emerge from Belgium; Black Box Revelation, speaks with Ximena Sariana about what she's listening to these days on The Guest List, reviews the new album from Noel Gallagher of Oasis fame on The Music Meeting, Matt Perkins, The Current's Marketing Coordinator will talk about his favorite jazz album by Dave Brubeck on The Essentials and we'll get a sneak peak of a track from the new record from Guided By Voices.

This week on Musicheads, join Bill Deville while he runs down the week's music headlines; speaks with Matthew Murphy of The Wombats about what he's listening to these days on The Guest List; reviews the new album from Mayer Hawthorne titled "How Do You Do" on The Music Meeting; and welcomes Barb Abney, host on The Current, to talk about one of her favorite albums, Prince’s “Controversy,” on The Essentials. Plus, we'll get a sneak peak of a track from the new record by The Roots.

This week on Musicheads, join Bill Deville while he runs down the weeks music headlines; talks about the next big thing to emerge from New Zealand, Kimbra; speaks with Dan Mangan about what he's listening to these days on The Guest List; reviews the new album from M83 titled "Hurry Up, we're Dreaming" on The Music Meeting; and welcomes Jade, The Current's In The Studio host, to talk about her favorite songstress Fiona Apple on The Essentials. Plus, we'll get a sneak peak of a track from the new record from David Lynch's new album.

Join Bill DeVille while he runs down the week's music headlines; talks about MNDR, the next big thing to emerge from the electro-pop world; speaks with Henry Rollins about what he's listening to these days on The Guest List; reviews the new album from Tom Waits, "Bad As Me," on The Music Meeting; and invites Ali Lozoff, The Current's Marketing Manager, to talk about her favorite songstress Nina Simone on The Essentials. Plus, we'll get a sneak peak of a track from the new record from The Bees (formerly known as A Band Of Bees).

Episode 16

his week on Musicheads, Bill DeVille updates us on the news from Google, Sonic Youth's split and Leonard Cohen's collaboration with his son. We hear Mary Lucia confess her undying devotion to Spoon's Gimme Fiction, and Melanie Walker brings us the next big thing from Down Under. Plus a discussion of the new Feist record, and a sneak peek at Kate Bush's new record.

Musicheads Episode 14

This week on Musicheads, news on Sylvia Robinson's passing, Emo's in Austin shutting its doors and the new biography from Courtney Love. Miles Kane is The Next Big Thing, and Wild Flag is the topic of the Music Meeting. All this, plus Mark Wheat shares his essential record from the band The Fall.

Musicheads check out new tunes from DJ Shadow, Florence and The Machine, Blake Mills and ODB. Bill will also be talking to Peter Wolf Crier about what music they've been listening to lately, check out Gary Clark Jr. the next big thing in blues music, review the new St. Vincent album "Strange Mercy", and revisit a classic album with Jill Riley: The Flying Burrito Brothers, "The Gilded Palace Of Sin"!

Music news about Radiohead, Interscope records, Snoop Dogg and Megafaun. Laura Marling is this week's next big thing, and we feature an essential album from Willie Nelson. Plus a sneak peek at a new track from Kasabian.

This week on Musicheads, Bill covers the news, talks with TV on the Radio's Tunde Abimpe, tackles the new Blitzen Trapper release, and previews a new track from Wavves.

Musicheads Episode 9

The latest Musicheads, with news, record releases for 8/31, and a discussion about the Horrors' new record "Skying". Jacquie Fuller picks Wilco's "Summerteeth" as the 'essential' record, and we leave you with a sneak peak of a new M83 song.

Musicheads Episode 7

Musicheads Episode 6

This time on Musicheads...we talked about about Big Boi's recent drug bust in the Musicast. Bob Dylan, Jack White sing unreleased Hank Williams song on upcoming album. The Horrors' new album is out today! Melanie talked about Little Dragon in the Next Big Thing! Mount Moriah discussed a few of their favorites for the Guest List! In the Music Meeting it's the new album from The Vaccines! Jim McGuinn and I and a very special guest chat about Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend album in the Essentials! And we featured a brand new track from the band Beirut's upcoming album.

In the Musicast segment, Jill and I talked about MTV bringing back 120 minutes with Matt Pinfield, as MTV just turned 30....remember the 1st video played? Kings of Leon have cancelled their tour. Damon Albarn is a busy guy! He now is busy working on a new Congo project. Melanie Walker talked about Cults! Rhett Miller of Old 97's talked about some of his favorite music. One of his recent faves is Those Darlins'! We discuss the new album from Marissa Nadler in this weeks Music Meeting. Rhett Miller of Old 97's talked about some of his favorite music. One of his recent faves is Those Darlins'! We discuss the new album from Marissa Nadler in this weeks Music Meeting. David Safar took a couple pics from Nadler's set at Saint Paul's Turf Club a couple weeks ago. Barb Abney brought in one of her favorites for the Essentials by this band called Nirvana! Nevermind is turning 20 this year. We closed the show with a Sneak Peak of a new track from St. Vincent from her upcoming album.

In the Musicast segment, the big story is the death of Amy Winehouse. Colin Melloy, from the Decemberists, has a children's book on the way! We also checked out a track from the Swedish band, Little Dragon, whose album is out today! For the Chart Breakouts we sampled a new one from Jill Scott, featuiring Anthony Hamilton. Melanie talked about the new album from Washed Out in The Next Big Thing. Thurston Moore chatted with me in The Guest List! He digs Bardo Pond! (Our in-studio session with Thurston airs Thursday at 5 p.m.) In the Music Meeting, Teenage Kicks host Jacquie Fuller and Web guy Brett Baldwin and I discuss the new album from Battles! For The Essentials, Program Coordinator Lindsay Kimball dropped by to chat about one of her favorites, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill! ...and we closed the show with a new one from the supergroup of sorts, Wild Flag!

Jill Riley dropped in for the Musicast. We talked about long awaited album from The Shins! They are playing in San Francisco in August! Headlines: Rilo Kiley splits up, Weezer set sail...literally! and They Might Be Giants are back with a new album! Their 15th album is called Join Us! The Muppets are back in action with the Green Album, featuring a ton of artists you've heard on The Current.

It's the debut of the newly revamped Musicheads. It has taken on more of a "music magazine" format. Let us know what you think?? The show will feature different segments with folks from The Current contributing to the show.