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January 04, 2016

This year’s Coachella lineup has been announced, and — no surprise, after weeks of media reports — two of the headliners will be a reunited Guns N’ Roses (featuring both Axl Rose and Slash) and a reunited LCD Soundsystem. Taylor Swift’s beau — you may also know him by his stage name, Calvin Harris — will…

Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, and Calvin Harris top Coachella 2016 lineup

Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, and Calvin Harris top Coachella 2016 lineup

Jay Gabler • Jan 4, 2016

This year’s Coachella lineup has been announced, and — no surprise, after weeks of media reports — two of the headliners will be a reunited Guns N’ Roses (featuring both Axl Rose and Slash) and a reunited LCD Soundsystem. Taylor Swift’s beau — you may also know him by his stage name, Calvin Harris — will…

Today’s Music News: Lemmy’s favorite bar plans 12-hour memorial service

Today’s Music News: Lemmy’s favorite bar plans 12-hour memorial service

Staff • Jan 4, 2016

Lemmy Kilmister, the late Motörhead frontman, was a regular at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles — which so appreciated him that proprietor Mikael Maglieri brought Lemmy’s favorite video game machine over to the ailing rocker’s house in Lemmy’s final days. Now, the Rainbow is planning a 12-hour memorial service on Jan. 9 — and Lemmy’s fans are…

9:30 Coffee Break: Your New Year's Resolutions

9:30 Coffee Break: Your New Year's Resolutions

Anna Reed • Jan 4, 2016

It's officially 2016. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we want to get personal. What songs do you want to hear that represent the change you want to make in your life?

Today in Music History: The Doors release their self-titled debut album

Today in Music History: The Doors release their self-titled debut album

Jan 4, 2016

Elton John went No. 1 with his version of The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"; Thin Lizzy bassist and singer Phil Lynott died of heart failure and pneumonia; and The Doors release their self-titled debut album, Today in Music History.

Good Night Gold Dust: Mankato band process loss on evocative new EP

Good Night Gold Dust: Mankato band process loss on evocative new EP

Peter Diamond • Jan 4, 2016

Perhaps the hardest part of grieving is accepting that someone who is lost is never coming back. As Mankato indie pop quartet Good Night Gold Dust put it on their newest single “Waves” off their latest self-titled EP, “I still feel you here.” Their first studio EP, produced by Brett Bullion (Bad Bad Hats, Caroline…

On being a gatekeeper

On being a gatekeeper

Andrea Swensson • Jan 4, 2016

It’s taken me a long time to get here, so I’ll do my best to keep my voice from shaking as I say this: My name is Andrea, and I’m a gatekeeper. That’s right. I keep the gates. I make the tastes. Sometimes I lord over people, shoving my opinions down their unsuspecting gullets. Sometimes…

Album of the Week: Cage the Elephant, 'Tell Me I'm Pretty'

Album of the Week: Cage the Elephant, 'Tell Me I'm Pretty'

Jim McGuinn • Jan 4, 2016

For their fourth studio album, Cage the Elephant recruited producer Dan Auerbach, creating an album the veers from sonic spontaneity to taut spaciousness to lyrical astuteness. These intimate and powerful songs rock -- and Cage the Elephant deliver them with moxie.

Top 89 of 2015: Songs

Top 89 of 2015: Songs

Jan 4, 2016

We asked, you voted! All December long, you -- the music lover -- voted for your favorite songs of 2015, and the results are in!

Today’s Music News: Tommy Lee gets stuck on roller coaster during Mötley Crüe’s last show

Today’s Music News: Tommy Lee gets stuck on roller coaster during Mötley Crüe’s last show

Staff • Jan 3, 2016

On New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe played what was billed as their final show ever — and it included an awkward moment for drummer Tommy Lee. As midnight approached, a roller coaster built to carry Lee and his drum kit high above the crowd got stuck, leaving Lee suspended upside down. The surprised drummer eventually climbed down the roller…

My Top 89: The music and moments that defined my 2015

My Top 89: The music and moments that defined my 2015

Andrea Swensson • Jan 3, 2016

Time has a funny way of providing us with perspectives we didn’t even know we needed, like a telephoto lens slowly zooming outward until the entire picture comes into view. Water droplets may look like tears when their big fat beads are streaking across our entire view, but if we take a step back we…

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