It's time to get geared up for the holidays. For today's Coffee Break, what non-carol holiday songs do you want to hear?

It’s been 50 years since the Beatles’ appropriately named album Beatles ’65 hit record players everywhere. To celebrate, a vintage shop in Northfield — The Local Joint — is hosting an acoustic tribute to the album, with local musicians covering the album from start to finish, this Sunday, Dec. 6 from 4 – 6 p.m. The musicians that are covering the album are from…

Happy Friday! It’s a jam-packed weekend of release shows and celebrations here in the Twin Cities, and our event calendar is overflowing with options for you. To get you caught up on all the latest happenings in the Minnesota music scene, have a look at some of the videos that were released this week: Alpha…

Fury Things are not revivalists. Sure, the Minneapolis rock trio are carrying on the loud and proud indie tradition of the Twin Cities’ illustrious musical past – even being personally selected by Bob Mould himself to open for his band at his old stomping grounds, the 7th St. Entry. Fury Things are taking that untamed, raucous…

Scott Weiland, a rock singer and songwriter best-known for fronting Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at 48. Details surrounding the cause of Weiland’s death have yet to emerge, but his Instagram account has verified that the singer “passed away in his sleep while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his…

In 2016, almost certainly the year’s single most-watched music gig will be played by Coldplay, who will star in the Super Bowl 50 halftime show on Feb. 7. Beyoncé, who duets with Chris Martin on the band’s new song “Hymn for the Weekend,” is “in talks” to join the band on the field in Santa Clara, Calif. (Pitchfork) BREAKING: Scott…

Baking season is upon us. For today's Coffee Break, what songs and bands do you want to hear that focus on food items containing gluten?

Into the Void Records, a Lowertown shop that advertises itself as “St. Paul, Minnesota’s True Metal Record Store,” has announced that it will permanently close before the new year. The reason for the closure isn’t that business is slow — “the shop was/is doing fine,” said owner Shane Kingsland in a Facebook post — but…

The Rolling Stones recorded "Brown Sugar" at Muscle Shoals studios; A concert by The Who at The Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati turned to disaster when 11 members of the audience were trampled to death after a stampede to claim unreserved seats; and the Beatles released their 6th U.K. album Rubber Soul.

Receiving his Video Vanguard Award at this year’s MTV VMAs, Kanye West gave one of the most deeply ambiguous (not to say confusing) acceptance speeches at any awards show in recent memory. Among the many topics Kanye touched on — including his supposedly planned Presidential run — was the contrived injustice of awards shows generally.…