Today's top music news stories include a strange beef between The National and Karl Rove; the deaths of two country stars; and A Tribe Called Quest's final show.

I didn’t believe all those music heads who told me to listen closer to The Joshua Tree. I didn’t believe all my friends and mentors, who see U2 live every chance they get and rave about it for weeks after the fact. I didn’t even believe Brian Oake, who I believe about most things, when he…

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard says when he was invited to cover Teenage Fanclub's landmark 1991 album, 'Bandwagonesque,' he jumped at the chance. Gibbard first heard Teenage Fanclub as a 14-year-old. 'I just fell in love,' he tells The Current's Jim McGuinn. 'It felt like an album that could have existed at any time in the annals of rock history, but it was something that was very palpable to a kid.'

Sean McPherson talks with hip hop legend DJ Jazzy Jeff.

The Oregon-bred sister act tackles 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World,' bathing the song in sweet harmonies while adding a few new lines.

In the spirit of U2, for today's Coffee Break we're looking for bands that are either still together with their original lineup, or even if they broke up, they never replaced anybody. What bands do you want to hear that kept their original lineup throughout their career?

On Friday night, U2 will perform at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as part of their 30th-anniversary tour of 'The Joshua Tree.' Ahead of the concert, U2 founding member and bassist Adam Clayton spoke to Brian Oake about the landmark album 'The Joshua Tree' and about U2's forthcoming release, 'Songs of Experience,' set for release on Dec. 1.

Eddie Cochran signed with Liberty Records; 'Monster Mash' entered the singles charts; Marvin Gaye had an iconic No. 1 hit; Peter Gabriel released his fourth studio album; Bon Jovi went to No. 1 in a blaze of glory; and Patsy Cline was born, Today in Music History.

Given how famously idiosyncratic his songs are, it’s remarkable how well Bob Dylan translates to cover versions. That’s been clear since the ’60s, when performances by Joan Baez, the Mamas & the Papas, the Byrds, Judy Collins, and other artists helped make the mercurial singer-songwriter a household name. The latest artist to put her stamp…

Brian Just, “Alley Bells” Not only does it sound like Brian Just‘s music came from an earlier era, it looks that way in his “Alley Bells” video. Directed and edited by Sam Heyn, “Alley Bells” finds the singer/songwriter beamed into what look like old film clips, many of them black-and-white. Just celebrates the vinyl release of Changing…