Best Coast is back after a two-week hiatus; Tame Impala and Wolf Alice debut two new tracks; Jamie xx is inducted to the Hall of Fame for the first time (as a solo artist); and Courtney Barnett climbs to the top.

Tragedy has struck the family of Nick Cave: his son Arthur Cave, 15, died on Tuesday after falling from a cliff near Brighton, England. “He was our beautiful, happy loving boy,” said Nick Cave and his wife Susie Cave in a statement. In addition to his parents, Arthur Cave is survived by his twin brother Earl Cave. Authorities are…

The Lone Bellow, Lake Street Dive, and Dawes are all great bands, and last night the Cabooze Plaza proved to be the perfect setting for all three. First openers the Lone Bellow began their set with the title track from their latest album, Then Came The Morning. The Brooklyn-based band immediately seized the attention of their audience…

As more scrutiny and attention is being placed on a possible name change for Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists — solo performers or bands — who have changed their names? Send us your requests.

Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl stops by The Current's Morning Show to talk about Minnesota rum. 'It's new, it's everywhere, it's very popular, it's sort of inexplicable, but my feeling is, Hooray!,' Dara says. Find out why rum has not traditionally been made in Minnesota, and listen as Dara, Jill and Sean sample some Minnesota-made rum.

John Lennon suffered a tragic loss; Elton John got his first No. 1 album in the U.S.; Ray Davies temporarily resigned from the Kinks; Prince gave free albums to U.K. tabloid subscribers; and Ian Curtis of Joy Division was born in Greater Manchester, Today in Music History.

In town to play a show at the Cabooze Plaza in Minneapolis, Dawes -- Taylor Goldsmith, Wylie Gelber, Griffin Goldsmith, Tay Strathairn and recent addition Duane Betts -- stopped by The Current's studio to play some songs off the new album and to chat with Bill DeVille.

The Ramones will meet the Archie gang next year in “a special comic that brings together the formerly disparate worlds of CBGB’s and Pop’s Chocklit Shop in a hyperspeed bubblegum battle of the bands,” reports Comics Alliance. Sugar Hill Records executive Joseph Robinson Jr. has died of cancer at age 53. The label was founded by Robinson’s parents,…

Bad Bad Hats: Psychic Reader Need a new musical addiction? Well listener, meet Bad Bad Hats. It’s surf-rock riffs that married your favorite pop star, a band with enough ambience to give you the chills but who also know how to craft a song that makes you move. As NPR notes, “impeccable production by Brett…

On Monday night, it felt strange to see a formerly grungy star perform in a theater with plush red seats. Lavish curlicues decorated several box seats above me, and the pre-show music was classical, at least until the playlist switched to rock. I tried not to feel out of place in such an elegant environment.…