Cloud Cult have always been my personal favorite band, but during their Saturday show at the State Theatre, they were everyone’s favorite band. The group delivered a visceral set to a sold-out crowd at the Minneapolis stop on their Seeker tour — named for their latest album, released Feb. 12, and the film that accompanies it.…

Sunday marks the time to spring forward into Daylight Saving Time. Let's get ready to set our clocks an hour ahead and rock out to songs for today's Coffee Break whose lyrics or titles mention 'time'.

Enemy Planes: “Bare Your Teeth” Enemy Planes, still flying high from their victory in the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands, have released a stop-motion video for their new single “Bare Your Teeth.” The Nightmare Before Christmas meets Friday the 13th meets The Science of Sleep in this creepy clip about a doll who…

Motion City Soundtrack have shared what they call “a bittersweet realization”: the veteran band “are done,” at least for now. In a statement posted to their social media accounts, the band say that “a quiet winter” has allowed them to reflect on their “past, present, and future” and decide to call it quits. In true Minnesotan…

IRL California kids Joshua Holz and Daniel Lara — the filmmaker and star of the viral “Damn, Daniel” clips — make a cameo at the end of the new Weezer video, “California Kids.” (Billboard) Glen Perkins Saved My Life Tonight (or, The Pitch Is Back) Elton John’s tour manager DC Parmet is a big Minnesota Twins fan — so when…

An auctioneer based in Los Angeles is currently holding an online sale of 95 items related to Prince. The sale, which is taking place without Prince’s endorsement or participation, includes items owned by his ex-wife Mayte Garcia and his first manager, Owen Husney. Among the most significant items are a cassette including previously unreleased recordings,…

For today's Coffee Break, send us your ideas for songs whose lyrics use bad grammar.

Travis Erickson and Jake Pavek, the founding members of A Piano In Every Home, are a good match. The band’s vocalist/guitarist, Erickson, is outgoing — a clever storyteller, always ready with a sharp metaphor. Meanwhile, Pavek (piano) settles back into conversation, usually comfortable to listen. The two have been friends since they were 12. Just a few years…

Bob Mould has released a new song from his forthcoming album Patch the Sky. The album comes out March 25, and Rolling Stone says that it’s “prime-era, intense Mould, no more so than on one of the album’s most pulverizing tracks, ‘The End of Things.'” Dr. Luke rumors fly The Internet has been abuzz with rumors,…

Sir George Martin, the 'Fifth Beatle', passed away yesterday at the age of 90. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what Beatles songs with orchestral arrangements or classical instruments do you want to hear?