Although Iggy Pop found increasing success as time wore on, he never quite returned to the promise of his two 1977 albums. Until now. 'Post Pop Depression' is one of Iggy's best.

Saturday night, social media lit up when Prince unexpectedly joined a Ray Charles tribute concert led by local rocker Mick Sterling at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Even some members of the band, apparently, didn’t see it coming when Prince stepped onstage to play a guitar solo. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Scottie Miller, a pianist who was…

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…

This week on the Local Show, we’re paying tribute to Vixen, which is widely regarded as St. Paul’s first all-female rock band. As a high school student in St. Paul, Jan Kuehnemund started an early version of the band in 1973 with three other girls. By 1984, she moved the project to California, where the “classic” ‘80s lineup…

Cloud Cult have always been my personal favorite band, but during their Saturday show at the State Theatre, they were everyone’s favorite band. The group delivered a visceral set to a sold-out crowd at the Minneapolis stop on their Seeker tour — named for their latest album, released Feb. 12, and the film that accompanies it.…

Lake Street Dive's new album, 'Side Pony', was produced by Dave Cobb, a producer whose work in the Americana genre has earned acclaim. Lake Street Dive aren't necessarily Americana artists, but that didn't matter. 'We don't really of a good job at defining ourselves by a specific genre,' says Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price, 'which is just maybe something that isn't necessary to do at all.' Listen to the complete in-studio session, hosted by Bill DeVille.

Watch the singer and violinist who stood out from 6,000-plus entries in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. Gaelynn Lea performs two of these four songs with fellow Duluth, Minn., musician Alan Sparhawk of Low.

Sunday marks the time to spring forward into Daylight Saving Time. Let's get ready to set our clocks an hour ahead and rock out to songs for today's Coffee Break whose lyrics or titles mention 'time'.

The Slits made their debut; Oasis recorded their first studio demos; Paul McCartney was knighted; and Otis Redding had a posthumous Gold Record with '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay', Today in Music History.

Enemy Planes: “Bare Your Teeth” Enemy Planes, still flying high from their victory in the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands, have released a stop-motion video for their new single “Bare Your Teeth.” The Nightmare Before Christmas meets Friday the 13th meets The Science of Sleep in this creepy clip about a doll who…