Must-see local bands

1. Atmosphere (36)
2. Tapes 'N Tapes (34)
3. Cloud Cult (32)
4. Mason Jennings (30)
5. Brother Ali (28)
6. Solid Gold (27)
7. Doomtree (26)
8. The Alarmists (25)
9. Heiruspecs (25)
10. Mark Mallman (18)

Past No. 1's: The Alarmists (2007), Atmosphere (2008).

How to piss me off at a concert

1. Act like you are walking through and then stop directly in front of me (36)
2. Spill your drink on me (35)
3. Have a conversation with your friend through the entire show (30)
4. Bad sound setup (30)
5. Block my view (27)
6. Step on my feet. Continuously. (23)
7. Barf on my friends (19)
8. Cell phones in place of lighters, as crappy cameras, continual texting, etc. (18)
9. Scream in my ear (15)
10. Pump your fist and yell during the mellow song(s) (13)

How to make me happy at a concert

1. Start on time (35)
2. Play my favorite song (30)
3. 21-plus, not all ages (28)
4. Sell cool T-shirts for less than $15 (26)
5. Good opening band(s) (26)
6. Put me on the guest list (23)
7. Play something that's not on any of your albums (and I can't find online) (23)
8. Play outdoors (22)
9. Guest appearances (19)
10. Only one encore. A good one. (19)

Best live rock music venues

1. First Avenue (83)
2. Varsity Theater (64)
3. Triple Rock Social Club (63)
4. Turf Club (56)
5. 7th Street Entry (52)
6. Fine Line Music Cafe (42)
7. 400 Bar (38)
8. Uptown Bar (33)
9. Cabooze (32)
10. Myth (16)

Best local DJ nights

1. Too Much Love at First Avenue (22)
2. Transmission at Clubhouse Jager (15)
3. Bondage-A-Go-Go at Ground Zero (9)
4. Get Cryphy at First Avenue (7)
5. Honeymoon at First Avenue (7)
6. Bomp at Bedlam Theater (6)
7. Hard Mondays at the Saloon (4)
8. Dig Deep at First Avenue (3)

Your band names sucks

1. Hoobastank (33)
2. Limp Bizkit (28)
3. Nickelback (27)
4. Goo Goo Dolls (23)
5. Insane Clown Posse (18)
6. Puddle of Mudd (18)
7. Cute Is What We Aim For (15)
8. Hootie and the Blowfish (14)
9. Foo Fighters (9)
10. !!! (8)

Your band name rocks

1. Radiohead (17)
2. Gay Witch Abortion (16)
3. ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (15)
4. Building Better Bombs (11)
5. Wu-Tang Clan (10)
6. Nirvana (9)
7. Fuck Buttons (8)
8. Skoal Kodiak (7)
9. Led Zeppelin (7)
10. Digable Planets (7)

Lead singer hawtness

1. Jenny Lewis (17)
2. Neko Case (14)
3. Zooey Deschanel (14)
4. Cat Power (Chan Marshall) (12)
5. St. Vincent (Annie Clark) (11)
6. Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) (6)
7. Brandon Boyd (Incubus) (6)
8. Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) (5)
9. Conor Oberst (5)
10. Emily Haines (Metric) (2)

Cunning Linguists (Lyricists that always impress)

1. Sean "Slug" Daley (16)
2. Brother Ali (16)
3. Thom Yorke (14)
4. Andrew Bird (12)
5. P.O.S. (11)
6. Notorious B.I.G. (RIP) (9)
7. Morrissey (7)
8. Eyedea (7)
9. Kanye West (5)
10. Nick Cave (5)

Best places to get your dance on

1. First Avenue (31)
2. The Lounge (12)
3. Loring Pasta Bar (11)
4. Clubhouse Jäger (10)
5. The Front (7)
6. Imperial Room (7)
7. Aqua (5)
8. Envy (5)
9. Visage (5)
10. Caterpillar Lounge (3)

Best music blogs

1. More Cowbell (33)
2. Minneapolis Fucking Rocks (28)
3. HowWasTheShow (23)
4. Culture Bully (21)
5. Pitchfork (17)
6. StereoGum (15)
7. Switchblade Comb (13)
8. Daytrotter (11)
9. Brooklyn Vegan (11)
10. La Blogotheque (8)

Best Jukeboxes

1. CC Club (23)
2. Psycho Suzi's (16)
3. Grumpy's Downtown (16)
4. Herkimer (13)
5. Red Dragon (13)
6. The Bad Waitress (11)
7. William's Pub (8)
8. Grumpy's Northeast (7)
9. Matt's Bar (7)
10. Triple Rock (7)

Locally grown albums every MN should own

1. Prince, "Purple Rain" (29)
2. The Replacements, "Pleased to Meet Me" (18)
3. P.O.S., "Never Better" (17)
4. Brother Ali, "Shadows on the Sun" (16)
5. Atmosphere, "God Loves Ugly" (15)
6. Bob Dylan, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" (15)
7. Vicious Vicious, "Don't Look So Surprised" (11)
8. Eyedea and Abilities, "First Born" (10)
9. Cecil Otter, "Rebel Yellow" (7)
10. Hüsker Dü, "Zen Arcade" (7)

Artists who should not be on The Current's playlist

1. Jessica Simpson (18)
2. U2 (15)
3. The Pussycat Dolls (14)
4. Milli Vanilli (14)
5. Scarlett Johansson (12)
6. John Tesh (11)
7. Britney Spears (11)
8. Tiffany (10)
9. Bruce Hornsby and the Range (10)
10. Green Day (6)

Best places to buy a musical instrument

1. Craigslist (17)
2. Guitar Center (17)
3. Twin Town Guitars (16)
4. Schmitt Music (13)
5. Fein Stringed Instruments (9)
6. American Guitar & Band (9)
7. Best Buy (8)
8. eBay (8)
9. LaVonne Music (8)
10. Groth Music (6)

Favorite record stores

1. Electric Fetus (49)
2. Cheapo (43)
3. Treehouse (31)
4. iTunes (19)
5. Fifth Element (17)
6. Amazon.com (16)
7. Roadrunner (14)
8. The library (12)
9. Hymie's Vintage Records (11)
10. Extreme Noise (8)

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