On their new record, ‘Angel In Real Time,’ Gang of Youths' frontman David Le'aupepe took a maximalist approach to the release, "... it needed to be offensive to taste making sensibilities. It needed to be a complete violation of all those things. It needed to not be a downtempo miserable, sad, sodden record that everyone expects. There's this weird idea that somehow you can only convey true emotion with sad quiet intimacies and I resent that.”

The entertainment exodus from Russia is continuing. Both Sony Music and the Warner Music Group announced Thursday that they would be suspending operations in Russia.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs produced by Rick Rubin do you want to hear?

“The only way I really knew that I could help … is by putting out songs that have messages that make you focus on the positivity within each and every one of us, and the joy that we hold within each and every one of us—because we have that.”

Diane caught up with Jake Luppen of Hippo Campus, days before the band’s busy U.S. tour promoting their new record, LP3. Already, the band has sold out shows in DC, Boston, Seattle and more, leading up to their first appearance at the 8,400-capacity Minneapolis venue the Armory on April 23.   The lead vocalist/music producer/multi-instrumentalist talked about how the pandemic changed the process of how they make music and how it will affect their upcoming tour life. Also, learn about why Luppen says LP3 is their most successful work yet. 

Winona-based musician Mike Munson embraced a spirit of collaboration on his most recent album, “Let Some Light In,” his sixth full-length release.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs released in 1992 do you want to hear?

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that blew up on TikTok?

Minnesota artists from Papa Mbye to Durry performed at First Avenue’s showcase.

Three weeks hosting Beach House, more exciting projects in the works, and scores of renovations show the legendary Cannon Falls recording studio is flourishing once again.