Spoon's rise to the top is perfectly timed this week, as they were heavily influenced by Prince while making this new 'Hot Thoughts' album.

Today's top music news stories include David Byrne remembering Jonathan Demme, a wild new Father John Misty video, and a senatorial jam session for Tommy Stinson.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from the year 1978. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

The musician Mac DeMarco recently posted a legit job opening looking for someone to help his mother run his fan club. 'This is where I felt out of touch,' Mary Lucia writes. 'The bands I grew up with were not snuggled up next to Mums creating band flyers for their next gig.' Read more and share your thoughts.

Local rapper Dwynell Roland stopped by Studio M with Travis Gorman to perform "Whirlwind" and "Eva Change" from his recent project 'The Popular Nobody' -- plus a new song called "Real Love."

It's Hug an Australian Day! So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands from Down Under do you want to hear?

It's safe to say you'll find John Prine's first-ever songbook, 'Beyond Words,' more entertaining than a dog bite.

“The last time I was in this building was 1984.” Owen Husney is standing in the doorway of 430 Oak Grove, a high-end apartment complex on the south edge of Loring Park in Minneapolis. As soon as the doors swing open and he steps into the marble atrium, you can see the memories pulling him…

Ringo made a horrible TV movie, Studio 54 opened its door, Nirvana played an important gig, and country legend George Jones died in Nashville, Today in Music History.

Acclaimed filmmaker Jonathan Demme has died at age 73. The director’s family confirmed the death, due to esophageal cancer and heart disease, to Indiewire. Among Demme’s many achievements is the 1984 movie that’s been called the greatest concert film ever made: Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Demme, who won an Oscar for directing The Silence of the…