In town for a show at the Palace Theatre in downtown St. Paul, The xx hopped over a couple blocks to The Current to perform an in-studio session hosted by Mac Wilson. The xx played three songs of their latest album, 'I See You,' released in January of this year.

Virtual animated band, Gorillaz, gave a rare live performance of their song 'Let Me Out' on 'The Late Show' Thursday night. The performance comes just before the release of their new album, Humanz on Friday, April 28.

I kept waiting for the tears to fall. Which is typical for a wake, I suppose, even one that’s being held a year after someone has passed away. There is a tendency to steel yourself until just the right moment, to try to hold it together in the face of unpredictable emotional ebbs and flows,…

Jill and Brian are heading down to Winona after the show today to kick off the Mid West Music Fest. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what artists playing the fest do you want to hear?

The Beatles recorded the TV special 'Around The Beatles' at Wembley Studios; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Sinead O'Connor started a six-week run at No. 1; and 'Dark Side Of The Moon' by Pink Floyd went to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, Today in Music History.

The first unreleased track from the upcoming deluxe reissue of Purple Rain has been made available for streaming. Though Prince sometimes played “Electric Intercourse” live, the studio version — featuring Prince’s falsetto over piano — was tucked away in Prince’s vault until Warner Bros. and NPG Records made the track available this week for streaming. “Electric Intercourse”…

Pye Luis & Devata Daun, “Weakening” The Pytch Records family comes together on Pye Luis and Devata Daun‘s new single, “Weakening,” off their forthcoming EP Plastik Boxes. Ryan Olcott (a.k.a. c.Kostra) mixed and mastered the project; Garrison Grouse and Pye Luis (a.k.a. Efren Maldonado) produced it. Adam Dunn directed the video with VFX by Evil Ice Cream…

Today's top music news stories include U2 joining an elite club of hitmakers, a new study about drug references in music, and a Haim album announcement.

The latest album from the dystopian cartoon band -- whose lone consistent musical member is the British musician Damon Albarn -- emphasizes real suffering and salvation in a contemporary setting.

Thanks to Bob for writing in with today's Coffee Break topic idea - songs that start with the word "you" or its variants. So what songs would you like to hear that start with "you"?