It's high time we inaugurated two of the best-reviewed rock books ever into our club: Patti Smith's dual memoirs.

'I just have the strangest feeling that when I'm out shopping,' writes Mary Lucia. 'I leave the house with a false sense of being invisible.' Mary describes times she's run into people she knows while running errands - and how it feels like a disruption in the universe.

A week ago we featured bands from Chicago and Cleveland to commemorate the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs going head to head in Game 1 of the World Series. Tonight is game 6, and if Cleveland wins, they'll win the world series. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Cleveland or Chicago?

Tomorrow, Nov. 2, Congressman Keith Ellison is hosting a Get Out the Vote Concert at Aria. The goal of the event is to emphasize the importance of the upcoming election, and to remind Minnesotans to get out and vote. Dessa, Jeremy Messersmith, Aby Wolf, Sophia Eris, and DJ Shannon Blowtorch will perform at the event, which will also feature…

On our Local Current blog, we often write about local music venues. We wanted to add a touch of visual flair to our coverage, so we asked Minneapolis illustrator Allegra Lockstadt to create original illustrations of eight venues. Allegra explains the thinking behind her approach: I wanted to create a really romantic feel to these.…

Unsurprisingly, Prince costumes were all over yesterday — and one child dressed as the late music icon was serenaded with a “Purple Rain” chorus by none other than President Barack Obama himself as the First Family welcomed trick-or-treaters to the White House. When @barackobama sees your nephew dressed as Prince & starts singing Purple Rain!…

Remixes are everywhere these days. The attention a well-made version might bring an artist is hard to overstate; just ask Lilly Wood & The Prick, who saw their “Prayer In C” hit number one on dozens of 2014 charts after Robin Schulz remixed it, or Tove Lo, whose career arguably took off thanks to Hippie…

While Prince’s estate moves through probate court in Carver County, another legal case related to Prince — one that began long before his death — has been appealed all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices haven’t yet decided to hear the case, Billboard reports, but they’ve indicated their interest by requesting…

Happy Halloween! For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention this spooky holiday?

At long last, Hippo Campus have announced their debut full-length album. Landmark will be released Feb. 24, and a first song — “Boyish” — has already been released, with a new video added today. In tandem with the album news, the band announced a pair of headlining shows at First Avenue’s Mainroom, on March 11 and…