Even as surprise album announcements go, this one is a doozy: Iggy Pop and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) “wrote and recorded together with utmost secrecy and full independence,” reports the New York Times. Post Pop Depression will be released in March. Tune in Friday afternoon at 3:30 to hear Mary Lucia’s interview with…

With advance tickets for two intimate “Piano & a Microphone” shows on Thursday night sold out, Prince has just announced a Friday night show in what he’s now calling a “gala weekend” — and announced the release of additional walk-up tickets for Thursday’s shows. Funk legend Larry Graham — known for playing with Sly and…

Jan. 20 has officially been declared David Bowie Day in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio planned to read a proclamation at Wednesday night’s performance of Lazarus, a piece of musical theater Bowie debuted in his last months. (Pitchfork) Producer Mark Saunders has shared audio from a 1985 session where David Bowie sings an outtake in voices…

There is something unmistakable about that chugging electric guitar and that voice —Paul Westerberg’s personality manages to transcend whatever project he’s working on and become untethered from time. The twist this time around, though, is that the Replacements frontman not only sounds re-energized, but downright happy. A lot of that contentedness seems to be the result…

Lizzo has just dropped a new track, “Basement Queens,” in collaboration with Sad13 — that would be the new pop moniker of Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz. The track is available exclusively on Google Play. Why? Because its creation was sponsored by Google. In the video below, watch Lizzo and Dupuis — who had never…

Jack White was in the audience during Madonna‘s Saturday night show in Louisville, Ky. — but he wasn’t very animated during the performance. That’s according to the Material Girl herself, who spoke to White from onstage. “Don’t be laid back, just ’cause you’re famous,” said Madonna sassily. “I’m famous too, you know.” In response, White smiled…

The Cactus Blossoms: You’re Dreaming The Cactus Blossoms’ first studio LP, You’re Dreaming, will be out Friday, and the harmonizing duo will be at The Current’s 11th Birthday Party this coming Saturday, Jan. 23. The brothers are still thriving with swinging vintage-style country tracks that are foot-tapping beauties. Check out “Traveler’s Paradise,” above. The Blossoms will…

Each week on the Local Show, we’ll meet a new person from the Minnesota music community who has some fresh discoveries to share in a feature called “Ask a Cool Person.” These people will come from all corners of the scene, including record store clerks, recording studio engineers and producers, artists, writers, bookers, photographers, and…

In June 1982, the Replacements released their EP Stink on Minneapolis label Twin/Tone Records. It opened with “Kids Don’t Follow,” it closed with “Gimme Noise,” and it gave fans of the rapidly-rising local band all the sardonic bluster they loved. The very first thing you heard on the EP, though, wasn’t music — it was a vignette…

Blackstar, the last David Bowie album to be completed and released during the late icon’s lifetime, has now become his first-ever number one album on the Billboard 200. As the newly-released Blackstar bumps Adele‘s 25 from the top slot for the first time since the latter album’s debut, the greatest-hits compilation Best of Bowie lands at number four on the chart…