Band of Horses, the Staves and Margaret Glaspy make debuts; Sturgill Simpson sees a bump; and the Avett Brothers reach No.1 ahead of a gig in the Twin Cities.

The Current's Bill DeVille attended The Cure's Tuesday-night concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. 'The show clocked in at a Springsteen-like number of just over three hours in length,' DeVille writes, 'and frontman Robert Smith sounded amazing the whole night.' Read Bill DeVille's complete review of the show.

Thanks to Explore Minnesota, you can take a Google 360-degree tour of First Ave. Go downstairs, head backstage, check out the upstairs (there's even owner's box access), and see some familiar faces along the way. See how quickly you can find the twelve items in our scavenger hunt.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about 1972's funk, soul and R&B. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

Mary Lucia shares her thoughts about rising musician Barns Courtney. 'If I had my way and could predict the future of rock and roll, Barns Courtney would be huge.' See why Mary thinks the singer-songwriter may have a big future ahead of him.

Chance the Rapper and Skrillex joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show this week to “remix” Colbert’s monologue about Tiny Toast: a new cereal from Golden Valley food giant General Mills. Later, the two appeared with Hundred Waters to perform “Show Me Love.” (Rolling Stone) See Chance in the company of 9,900 more waters on June 18 at Rock…

New York has a gritty music history – underground punk shows in the Lower East Side, rap battles burgeoning in the Bronx, rock legends starting as childhood friends from Queens. New York is a scene of grit and grime, but undeniably, it’s rock and roll at its core – which I have been dying to be a…

Brian Oake saw The Cure last night at the Xcel and loved every second of it. Of the band's appearance, he said with the utmost reverence, "Robert Smith is not backing down from the whole makeup thing. That's for damn sure." So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's listen to songs from bands or artists who wear heavy makeup.

Minneapolis and St. Paul have both released their summer music and movies series, which boast an outdoor movie, sometimes with a band, for nearly every day in the summer. Also in the mix: the Walker Art Center’s annual music and movies series. Below is a list of movies, concerts and locations. All movies begin at sunset unless…

John Moe has been thinking a lot about the magical postseason of the NBA's Golden State Warriors -- it's been so magical, in fact, he thinks the players would fit right in at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Which got John thinking: Into which Hogwarts houses would the members of various bands be placed? John Moe sorts them for you.