Lizzo’s hustle is impeccable. A mere three months have passed since the release of her album, Big GRRRL Small World, and she’s already back in the studio hard at work on a follow-up with the powerhouse producer Ricky Reed. And if today’s debut on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 show is any indication of what’s ahead, Lizzo…

Bob Dylan has announced his 37th (!) studio album. Fallen Angels will be released on May 20, according to a seemingly-deleted post on Dylan’s Facebook page, and will be given free to each buyer of a pair of tickets at most stops on Dylan’s summer tour. The tour, which will feature Mavis Staples — a longtime…

What happens when your health issues take center stage, forcing you to reschedule tours, delay plans, rearrange your artistic desires? What happens when your mind races ahead but your body stays put? What happens when you start to feel like everyone knows you as “that rapper who got the kidney transplant”? What if you feel sick…

From the opening strains of the first track, Polica make it clear that this album is taking us in a new direction. With songs that are political and personal, singer Channy Leaneagh shows off the full range of her elastic and emotive voice.

Comprised of high schoolers in the Minnesota small town Fulda, 1960s garage rock group the Continental Co-ets may have been the first all-girl rock and roll group in the country — or at least in the Upper Midwest. Claims to fame aside, the teenagers’ tenaciousness deserves recognition. With a DIY punk spirit, the girls started…

Morrissey says he’s “very seriously” considering running for mayor of London on a platform of animal rights. “Animal welfare groups cannot persist simply in order to continue to persist,” writes Morrissey on the True to You website. “There must be a governmental voice against the hellish and archaic social injustice allotted to animals in the…

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…

For the past three nights, Poliça have made the rounds at various venues in the Twin Cities to put their new album on blast to their local following. United Crushers celebrated its official release last night at First Avenue. Twin Citians will recognize the title’s allusion to a common local graffiti tag — most recognizable atop the oft-scaled…

As Sean and Jade wrap up their final day hosting the Morning Show, let's throw them a Coffee Break party. Send us your songs that you would want to hear at a party, or songs that describe things you do at parties. And thanks to Sean and Jade for holding down the fort as we get the show ready for Oake and Riley!

It’s been a wild week for Duluth artist Gaelynn Lea, who has been selected as this year’s Tiny Desk contest champion and is on her way to Washington, D.C. to perform at Bob Boilen’s desk for the entire NPR Music crew. After years of making haunting, captivating folk music around Duluth with collaborators like Alan Sparhawk — who she performs…