What songs do you want to hear for our "no drums allowed" Coffee Break? Give us your suggestions and we'll pick out a few to play at 9:30am.

“This is the beginning of the long goodbye,” Roger Daltrey said as the Who announced a world tour behind their Who Hits 50! anniversary set. The tour will stop at Target Center in Minneapolis on Oct. 10, 2015. (Billboard) Another farewell: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young will never tour again, says Neil Young…”but I love those guys.” Not that…

Hozier's music is that of substance. On his self-titled release, he taps directly into the reality surrounding issues that matter, wraps it up in poignant lyrics, and delivers it in the smoothest sonic package you can imagine.

“Don a henley and take it easy,” recommended the Duluth Trading Co. in a recent e-mail advertisement touting its henley shirts. Maybe Don Henley hears a lot of henley jokes, because he was not amused by this one: he’s suing the company for “damages and other appropriate relief.” He’s also demanding the company stop making…

Local indie label Amphetamine Reptile Records started in a hand grenade crate under a United States Marine’s bunk almost 30 years ago, then went on to achieve national notoriety. It is now the subject of a new documentary film coming to town. The screening will mark the local debut of a documentary that’s been winning…

I hope you like electro-pop, downtempo, and dark R&B, because I have a whole bunch of slow, sexy songs stacked up in this week’s Friday Five. Which might be a good indicator of where the Twin Cities scene is at these days: hovering in those spaces between hip-hop, futuristic electronica and old-school soul, casting around…

Let's put together a playlist of zombie related music. What do you want to hear? Give us your suggestions and we'll pick a few to play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

The Supremes met Ed Sullivan, "Monster Mash" got banned, and Elvis went to no. 1 Today in Music History.

Spooky Black has been this year’s premier mystery man of the local music scene. Winning national buzz for his dream-hop sound and viral “Without You” video, the St. Paul teen is now represented by the prestigious Windish Agency for booking—yet without releasing a proper album or even playing a single show. Audiences across America will…

For a testament to the enduring importance of the beloved R&B and funk band Willie and the Bumblebees, look no further than the introduction to their appearance on a local television station back in 1982: “My next guests have been part of the Twin Cities music scene almost as long as there’s been a Twin Cities…