Thurston Moore, formerly of Sonic Youth, has paid tribute to Minneapolis rock heroines Babes in Toyland as the reunited band—who once toured with Sonic Youth—prepare for a string of European shows before they head home to play Rock the Garden. “For me,” writes Moore, “for a certain period of time, Babes In Toyland were the greatest band on…

Every Friday for the month of May (okay, I taped the shows on Wednesdays), I’ve been fortunate enough to spend the afternoon spinning (okay, mixing digital tracks on a computer) six hours of local music on the Local Current stream. It’s part of a new program that the station is trying out where they bring…

This Saturday, the hot ticket in town is the big Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty show at Hall’s Island in Minneapolis—and not only is it one of the first big outdoor shows of the season, but it’ll be the first on this unique plot of land on the Mississippi River just north of downtown…

The majority of the lyrical themes in Rural Alberta Advantage songs center on love: falling into and out of it. So it makes sense that their videos do too.

Jenny Lewis released a video for "She's Not Me" that pokes fun at her childhood acting career yesterday. For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by actors turned musicians? Send us your requests.

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson to talk about a multilingual cabaret and two takes on Shakespeare classics, Hamlet and Twelfth Night.

The Dark Side of the Moon eclipsed both in the U.K. and the U.S.; Depeche Mode's singer had surgery; and Ike and Tina Turner send Phil Spector into seclusion, Today in Music History.

Four inductions to the Hall of Fame this week come from Modest Mouse, Hot Chip, Passion Pit and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds; Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett rep Down Under; Of Monsters and Men are back on the Chart with a Twin Cities concert announcement to boot.

A new video for Jenny Lewis‘s song “She’s Not Me” spoofs Lewis’s roles as a child actor—including appearances in The Golden Girls, Troop Beverly Hills, The Wizard. Among Lewis’s celebrity co-stars in the video are Feist, Fred Armisen, and Zosia Mamet. (Billboard) Dennis Sheehan, U2‘s tour manager for over 30 years, has died at age 68. Sheehan also worked with artists…

Here's your chance to win a pair of (sold out!) three-day passes to Pitchfork Music Festival happening July 17-19 in Chicago, IL featuring performances by Wilco, Sleater-Kinney, CHVRCHES, the New Pornographers and many, many more.