Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Mumford and SonsJill Riley • Nov 17, 2010On October 29, before heading to First Ave to play their sold out show, members of Mumford and Sons stopped by The Current studios to take over our airwaves for another edition of Theft of the Dial.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Trampled by TurtlesDavid Campbell • Nov 12, 2010Lead singer of Trampled by Turtles Dave Simonett stopped by to take over The Current airwaves for a Theft of the Dial session. Dave sat down with David Campbell and shared a few of his favorite songs from some of the most influential artists in his life. Check out Dave and the rest of Trampled by Turtles at First Avenue on January 14 and 15, 2011.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: James Murphy of LCD SoundsystemMark Wheat • Oct 23, 2010IF someone asked me; "What would be your perfect way to spend a grey October Saturday afternoon, right now?" I'd say... "Having James Murphy of LCD come over, hang out and spin some of his fave tunes". Bingo! It happened!!
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Michael FrantiBarb Abney • Oct 14, 2010Michael Franti was the very first artist to host a Theft Of The Dial session back in winter 2009. Last week, he was in town for a show with his band Spearhead, and he dropped by The Current to become the first artist to do a repeat Theft Of The Dial performance.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: MuseBarb Abney • Oct 4, 2010Back in August, Dominic Howard called in to record a Theft Of The Dial session. We discussed touring, Twilight, Dr. Who and more. Then Dom chose a handful of tunes that he's pretty passionate about and went into detail why he chose them.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Arcade FireJill Riley • Oct 1, 2010Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire stopped by the Current studio for another edition of Theft of the Dial. He brought a playlist and shared his DJ skills before the recent Arcade Fire show at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. We also talked about our shared love of The Price is Right.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Cee-Lo GreenBarb Abney • Sep 15, 2010Cee-Lo Green, one half of Gnarls Barkley and a former member of Goodie Mob called us up shortly after the release of his Mixtape: Stray Bullets collection a few weeks ago.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: InterpolMac Wilson • Aug 25, 2010It was our pleasure to welcome Interpol to the Current studios to take over our airwaves for a Theft of the Dial session.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Brother AliMary Lucia • Jun 14, 2010Got to sit down with a dude who I will forever be connected to. When I hosted the Fakebook series Chuck D was my very special guest, Brother Ali and Slug were my musical guests, We were all nervous and in complete awe of Chuck and here we're doing our thing in front of someone we all were so honored to meet who had been so inspiring to us all.
Theft of the Dial®Theft of the Dial: Julian CasablancasJill Riley • Apr 20, 2010Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes) joined us recently for another edition of Theft of the Dial, where we invite an artist or band to come in The Current studio to play DJ. His debut solo album is called "Phrazes For the Young."