First Avenue has announced that it’s purchased the Fine Line Music Café, taking control of the downtown music club on Oct. 1. “We’re incredibly excited to add the Fine Line to the First Avenue family, and really — more importantly — to keep this local venue independently owned and operated,” said First Ave owner Dayna…

Here's a fun theme idea straight from the brain of one Mr. Sean McPherson -- for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are accidentally about math?

Pitchfork, perhaps the most-respected critical outlet in music, has just published a new list of the 200 best albums of the 1980s. According to the publication’s editorial staff, the decade’s best album was Prince’s Purple Rain. As City Pages notes, that represents a vault upwards in status for the classic soundtrack; when Pitchfork last listed the…

This month, Dessa is preparing to release her new memoir, My Own Devices, in which she shares the very personal stories behind many of her best-known songs and offers poignant reflections on love, heartbreak, and her life on the road. In the first portion of this interview, Dessa and I discussed her long on-and-off relationship with the…

We're excited for Dessa to join us at 9 am today to talk about all of the many things she has going on from music to her book to her Minnesota Orchestra shows to her South Africa tour to her whiskey and ice cream! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what musicians do you want to hear that have interests in other areas beyond music?

The Red Herring Lounge’s annual Super Big Block Party has become an annual highlight of Duluth’s music calendar. Photographer Andy Witchger captured the excitement at the 2018 installment this past Saturday. Solomon Communist Daughter Static Panic Heiruspecs Lissie Hippo Campus

Have you ever been so hung up on an old flame that you’ve contemplated using experimental brainwave technology to extract your love for them from your thoughts, Eternal Sunshine-style? Or wondered what it would be like to tour, perform, and make art alongside someone who you know you can no longer be with but who nevertheless…

There might not be a more consistent voice in indie rock by an artist with a career that spans over two decades and multiple Grammy nominations. On the new album, Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard sings about the changing landscape of home and reflects on the relationships orbiting his life.

Doomtree fans buckled in for a marathon celebration of the collective’s family tree last night at Familia HQ in Minneapolis. While Doomtree have not dropped a group album since 2015, its members have stayed ridiculously busy with side projects. Several offshoots had their chance to shine before the crew took the stage last night at…

O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is in town tonight at Mystic Lake. What bands do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that have abbreviations for band names?