Although Iggy Pop found increasing success as time wore on, he never quite returned to the promise of his two 1977 albums. Until now. 'Post Pop Depression' is one of Iggy's best.

Saturday night, social media lit up when Prince unexpectedly joined a Ray Charles tribute concert led by local rocker Mick Sterling at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Even some members of the band, apparently, didn’t see it coming when Prince stepped onstage to play a guitar solo. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Scottie Miller, a pianist who was…

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…

This week on the Local Show, we’re paying tribute to Vixen, which is widely regarded as St. Paul’s first all-female rock band. As a high school student in St. Paul, Jan Kuehnemund started an early version of the band in 1973 with three other girls. By 1984, she moved the project to California, where the “classic” ‘80s lineup…

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,…