This week on New Hot, we're exploring new releases from a band on the record label started by Animal Collective, a new 12" from Beyonce's sister and a Brooklyn group who has collaborated in the past with Bjork and David Byrne.

If you were elected President, what band would you invite to perform at your inauguration? (You're allowed to reunite bands, but not resurrect dead musicians).

The 23-year-old singer-songwriter, who has been compared to Adele, swept critics after her TV debut.

David Byrne is back in town, but this time he'll be sitting back and letting us make the music. Alongside Peter Remes, founder of First & First Creative Real Estate, Byrne is bringing Play The Building to Minnesota.

“We’re really happy you did whatever mysterious thing you had to do to be here this evening,” said singer Torquil Campbell, addressing the crowd for the first of many times at last night’s Stars show.  The event was unconventional in a few respects–the venue was smaller than the spaces the band typically plays, the set…

Steve's first submission for Guilty Pleasures Week comes from the often scorned genre of prog rock. Yes' "The Yes Album" was the band's breakthrough, containing hits like "Starship Trooper" and "Yours Is No Disgrace." Steve selected "I've Seen All Good People."

The local music scene in Duluth has been gaining some well-deserved attention in the past couple of years, and the addition of a new record label in town definitely won't hurt the spotlight. Chaperone Records may be a baby still -- it was only launched in May of this year -- but its roster already includes some of the brightest talent on the North Shore.

Hard rockin' Austin-based blues revivalist Gary Clark Jr. is out with a new video for his sweaty, horn-powered funk-rock workout "Ain't Messin' Round."

Each week, we do our best to stay on top of all the latest CD-release shows and can’t-miss events happening here in the Twin Cities with updates on this blog, on our weekly Local Show, and on our 24-hour Local Current stream. It can be a lot to keep track of, so we’ve compiled many…

A few weeks ago, Jim Walsh penned an article for MinnPost that asked a bold question: “Is Northfield truly becoming Music City, Minnesota?” In his piece, he profiled several people who are instrumental in Northfield’s bustling scene–most of whom have their hands in at least two or three different aspects of the community–and found that…