'Growing up, copies of Rolling Stone, Trouser Press, NY Rocker, Spin and Creem magazines were littered across the family coffee table,' writes Mary Lucia. 'Creem was a snotty, Midwest anwer to Rolling Stone.' Looch reminisces about the now-defunct Creem and shares some details about an upcoming documentary film about the ground-breaking rock mag.

Dessa is getting her own flavor of ice cream, courtesy of Izzy’s. “Dessa’s Existential Crunch” is “a Dark Brown Sugar and Creme Fraiche ice cream, flavored with Jameson Irish Whiskey and Disaronno Originale amaretto to help you contemplate the incomprehensible, all mixed with Praline Pecan pieces and a crunchy cashew brittle.” The flavor will be…

The band confirms it has a new album called Schmilco coming in September and shares a song called 'If I Ever Was A Child'. Last week Wilco released another song called 'Locator'.

Yesterday Rolling Stone published the 27 best Republican excuses for skipping the Republican National Convention this year. Today, let's listen to songs for our 9:30 Coffee Break that feature excuses - whether they are in the form of "I'd rather", "but", "because", etc.

Following the release of her highly praised fourth album, 'Undercurrent,' Sarah Jarosz stopped in to the Radio Heartland studio to chat and to play a few tunes from her new album.

  Year after year, Pitchfork Music Festival proves to be one of the most celebrated music festivals in the country. Its small size gives it a leisurely feel (the three-day festival in Chicago’s Union Park draws an estimated 50,000 attendees compared Lollapalooza’s 300,000 in Grant Park). Vendors help support the local economy, and the lineup is…

Less than a year before his death, Prince bought the house that appeared in exterior shots in his iconic film Purple Rain. The Minneapolis house was placed on the market in 2015 for an asking price of $110,000, with the seller cautioning that the house was in need of very significant repairs. The purchase happened quickly, but…

Frank Sinatra got hitched to Mia Farrow; James Brown was in trouble with the law; a Texas town declared it Roy Orbison Day; and Joan Jett gives Mike Tyson his luck, Today in Music History.

Will Toledo, frontman and visionary behind Car Seat Headrest, is introducing the world to Car Seat Headrest, the band. 'This is no longer a solo project,' he says. In town to play a sold-out show at the Triple Rock Social Club, Car Seat Headrest visited The Current's studio, where they played songs off their debut album, as well as a web-exclusive cover of David Bowie's 'Blackstar.'

This past weekend in New Jersey, Michael J. Fox joined Coldplay onstage for two songs performed by Fox’s character Marty McFly in Back to the Future: Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” and the Penguins’ “Earth Angel.” In a video shown before the songs, Chris Martin’s son asked his dad to play a song from their shared favorite movie. (Pitchfork) Tour…