Who is David Bowie? The reporter sitting next to me asked me that question. She had heard his name, but she didn’t know anything about him. She thought he was a painter (for good reason—she had seen his artworks the night previously). “He does make art,” I said, “And he’s famous for his great music.…

As anyone who attended the big Replacements show at Midway Stadium can attest, one of the coolest parts of the event was reveling in the anticipatory excitement that was coursing through the parking lot before the show. Lawn chairs were unfolded, grills were fired up, beers were cracked, and Replacements songs blared from every angle. Even…

So many suggestions from yesterday that we're doing it again. What Scottish bands do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR's Cube Critic Euan Kerr joins Jill Riley and John Munson (in for Steve Seel) to talk about a new dramatic film starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, and a new film based on series of popular young-adult novels. Kerr also shares insights on the recent election result in Scotland.

Chubby Checker twisted, Simon and Garfunkel reunited, and Steppenwolf got wild Today in Music History.

Guided By Voices have broken up…again. The first breakup came in 2004, then the band reunited in 2010 for a flurry of activity that included several releases and extensive touring that included (to the crowd’s delight) a stop at this summer’s Rock the Garden. The band—which canceled all fall tour dates in the wake of the breakup—didn’t…

• Rhythm Nation 1814 was Janet Jackson’s fourth solo album, although she was just 23 years old when it came out. • One of the most commercially successful albums ever to come out of Minnesota, Rhythm Nation 1814 was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and all of the tracks were recorded at their Flyte Tyme studio in Minneapolis.…

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jill Riley and John Munson (in for Steve Seel) to talk about three brand-new works opening in the Twin Cities.

Jimi Hendrix played no more, Pink Floyd were called classical, and Joe Jackson puts out a hit Today in Music History.

Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast has one of indie rock’s most famous cats: Snacks, who appeared on the cover of the first Best Coast album and has more Twitter followers than you. (Snacks is such a meme, he’s inspired a sub-meme in the form of Hipster Runoff’s Snacks the Cat Girl.) Snacks has now opened up about being adopted, via a PETA video…