Today's top music news stories include Axl Rose joining Billy Joel at Target Field, a fire at a Spanish music festival, and Justin Vernon covering Bill Withers.

Testing a mic at the Duluth Coffee Company on Friday in his best radio-hypeman voice, Brian Oake referred to The Current’s new 104.3 FM frequency as “Duluth’s 100,000 watt flamethrower!” Well, not quite — but it’s great to have a new, stronger signal in the area, one that will soon be supplemented by 94.1 to…

See the complete studio sessions for the electronic duo's latest project, a collection of Sylvan Esso songs performed by a full band, with saxophone, electric guitar, piano and more.

In the midst of writing her next album, PaviElle visited The Current studio to perform one of her new songs and talk with hosts Andrea Swensson and Tom Weber.

Enter for a chance to win a $100 shopping spree at Down in the Valley with psych-rock upstart Ron Gallo.

Thanks to listener Kayleigh for writing in with today's theme idea. She wanted to see a list of songs with "comically long song titles". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have notably long titles?

Elvis Presley's first interview appeared in print; Moscow teens were pilfering pay-phone parts to make their own electric guitars; Mick Jagger made his acting debut; Natalie Merchant sang her last gig with 10,000 Maniacs; and Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show, Today in Music History.

Ced Linus, “Skyline (feat. Jennie Lawless)” Cute kids (aka Ced Linus’s nephews), bright horns, and a hook featuring Jennie Lawless of Warehouse Eyes: this Summer Sessions track from rapper Ced Linus is a breath of fresh air. 26 BATS!, “Teriyaki Sundress” 26 BATS! share more danceable and complex music with their “Teriyaki Sundress,” a burst of sound and…

Today's top music news stories include Peter Frampton apologizing for losing his temper at a Minnesota concert, Quincy Jones winning a lawsuit against the Michael Jackson estate, and the Mercury Prize shortlist being announced.

Minneapolis music great André Cymone is booked to play a much-anticipated solo show this Friday, July 28 at the Turf Club. He’s now added another weekend performance: a free show at the FLOW Northside Arts Crawl. Cymone’s performance will take place at 5:45 p.m. this Saturday, July 29 at North High Field, 1801 Fremont Ave.…