Lucius, the White Stripes, Sharon Jones, the Avett Brothers and Charles Bradley make debuts; Haley Bonar holds on strong; and Beck goes out on top.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1973. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

When you’re Pink Floyd, how do you announce a museum exhibit dedicated to your career? You fly an inflatable pig, of course. A balloon floating over the Victoria & Albert Museum accompanied the announcement of The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, a career-spanning show that will “include 350 items of band ephemera — instruments, posters, handwritten lyrics,…

Jay Gabler reviews 'Before You Judge Me,' a novelistic new book that tries to get inside the head of Michael Jackson during the last weeks of the music icon's life.

Vikings Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffered a dislocated knee and torn ACL at practice yesterday and is likely out for the entire season. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that say "no" do you want to hear?

It's a serious challenge and the stakes are high: 'Let's say a space alien comes to Earth and vows to blow the planet up UNLESS we provide a thorough understanding of the last 50 years of popular music,' writes John Moe. 'Thing is, the alien only has time to listen to five songs.' Read John's list, see how he arrived at it, and then create your own. The fate of the planet depends on it.

Elvis played the last of the only three shows he ever played outside the U.S.; George Harrison was found guilty of 'subconscious plagiarism'; Dire Straits topped the album charts; and Van the Man was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Today in Music History.

I never thought of Icehouse as a movie theater before. But last night, when the curtains behind the venue’s stage were swept aside to reveal a mounted screen, I felt like I was sitting in a cinema. On the floor, the patient, hushed audience kept their heads tilted up, and they clapped in anticipation for the main…

The first details have been confirmed regarding the scheduled Prince tribute at US Bank Stadium on October 13. The information emerged in a somewhat roundabout way, appearing in a newsletter from the Minnesota State Arts Board that was circulated among the artistic and nonprofit community Tuesday. “An official Prince Tribute Concert will be held on October 13,…

It’s the dream of every vintage gear collector: you dig around in one shop after another, and suddenly you make an incredible find that nobody would have expected. That’s what happened to local collector Ross Davison, who went looking for a very particular vintage amp just because he wanted its unique tone. At Encore Music in Minneapolis,…