We’re going to keep things cruising along at a steady clip in this week’s Friday Five—with the short teaser videos and other goodies I’ve rounded up, you should be able to breeze through all five updates in a little over five minutes. Ready, set, let’s go! Cloud Cult Cloud Cult are hard at work on a new…

I can vividly recall the night I sped down Highway 61, blaring “The Great Gig in the Sky,” belting along with Clare Torry in an at-times-quivering falsetto, and thinking about the hometown I was soon to leave behind. With an impending transition to college life in the Twin Cities, I reflected on my time spent…

In a recent interview with Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show, Jack White was asked when he realized that he’d “made it.” White’s response? He hadn’t yet. “When I have coffee with ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic one day,” said White, “that’s when I’ll know. People say ‘I know I’ve made it when “Weird Al” covers your song.’…

Gary Glitter, born Paul Gadd, has been convicted in London of several sex offenses against very young girls in the 1970s. Though Glitter’s 1972 song “Rock and Roll (Part II)” has remained popular as a jock jam, repeated revelations of sex crimes and child pornography have effectively ended his career as an active artist. The sentence for…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're inspired by today's Member Drive thank-you gift, a Minnesota State Parks pass. So we'd like to know, what songs would you like to hear that mention "park" or "parks" or describe the great outdoors?

Cloud Cult recently shared a glimpse into the recording studio, performing a new track titled “Every Thing.” The video was filmed at the band’s Earthology Records in western Wisconsin and gives us a sneak peek at what the group have been working on. There has been no concrete information regarding a new Cloud Cult album following…

Minneapolis hip-hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment has entered the boom box market – and, simultaneously, the phone case market. iPhone case maker PERI has successfully held an Indiegogo campaign to attach high-definition speakers to your phone. As a part of the campaign, Rhymesayers created a special edition skin for their fans. The campaign, which ends tomorrow, reached its fundraising goal of…

Sean Lennon is being sued for $10 million dollars by his next-door West Village neighbors, who just happen to be the parents of actress Marisa Tomei. Gary and Addie Tomei say that a “stink tree” owned by Lennon is damaging their foundation with its ever-growing roots, and that Lennon refuses to do anything about it. (Stereogum) Fresh of…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we thought we'd celebrate the beauty of the spinning musical platter with songs that make reference to records in some way, shape or form. So, what songs mentioning records should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

We’re excited to premiere “Over the Red Cedar,” a new song by Charlie Parr—and to share the news that the Duluth singer-songwriter has signed with St. Paul’s Red House Records, which will release Parr’s new studio album on April 28. The album, Stumpjumper, marks the first time Parr has recorded a solo record with the support…