Rx Radio is a feature on Oake and Riley in the Morning where we prescribe just the right song for whatever situation is happening in your life.

Comprised of high schoolers in the Minnesota small town Fulda, 1960s garage rock group the Continental Co-ets may have been the first all-girl rock and roll group in the country — or at least in the Upper Midwest. Claims to fame aside, the teenagers’ tenaciousness deserves recognition. With a DIY punk spirit, the girls started…

Morrissey says he’s “very seriously” considering running for mayor of London on a platform of animal rights. “Animal welfare groups cannot persist simply in order to continue to persist,” writes Morrissey on the True to You website. “There must be a governmental voice against the hellish and archaic social injustice allotted to animals in the…

Each week on the Local Show, we’ll meet a new person from the Minnesota music community who has some fresh discoveries to share in a feature called “Ask a Cool Person.” These people will come from all corners of the scene, including record store clerks, recording studio engineers and producers, artists, writers, bookers, photographers, and…

For the past three nights, Poliça have made the rounds at various venues in the Twin Cities to put their new album on blast to their local following. United Crushers celebrated its official release last night at First Avenue. Twin Citians will recognize the title’s allusion to a common local graffiti tag — most recognizable atop the oft-scaled…

As rapturous as the band's second album feels in its catchiest moments, it's all in service to songs that touch on the dueling bittersweet experiences of love.

St. Paul-based House of Mercy Recordings is releasing a new collection of songs by various artists, all about the Devil. Yep, that guy. Erik Brandt is among them, and he stopped by the Radio Heartland studio to talk about the album.

As Sean and Jade wrap up their final day hosting the Morning Show, let's throw them a Coffee Break party. Send us your songs that you would want to hear at a party, or songs that describe things you do at parties. And thanks to Sean and Jade for holding down the fort as we get the show ready for Oake and Riley!

Cube Critic Euan Kerr joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot', starring Tina Fey and Martin Freeman and based on the memoir 'The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan' by Kim Barker.

It’s been a wild week for Duluth artist Gaelynn Lea, who has been selected as this year’s Tiny Desk contest champion and is on her way to Washington, D.C. to perform at Bob Boilen’s desk for the entire NPR Music crew. After years of making haunting, captivating folk music around Duluth with collaborators like Alan Sparhawk — who she performs…