Today's top music news stories include a Canadian punk album being mis-pressed on copies of Beyonce's 'Lemonade'; and the announcement of tribute shows honoring Chester Bennington and Leonard Cohen.

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on late-night TV, and this week's lineup includes the Killers, Blondie, and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

Tonight, Andrew W.K. brings his 'The Party Never Dies' tour to First Avenue. Before the show, he stopped into The Current to announce his first new album since 2009.

Rhiannon Giddens is touring in support of her 2017 album, 'Freedom Highway,' a nominee for Album of the Year at this year's Americana Festival. Radio Heartland is giving away two pairs of tickets to Giddens' concert at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Enter by noon Wednesday for your chance to win.

This morning we played Har Mar Superstar's "Lady You Shot Me", which starts loud and proud with the lyrics "Lady you shot me". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that start with the title first in the lyrics?

Frankie Avalon collected the royalties he earned as a minor; Pink Floyd played the Montreux Festival; Wild Cherry played that funky music; Kiss appeared without makeup for the first time; Garth Brooks topped the album chart; and Jimi Hendrix passed away, Today in Music History.

Your prized Bob Dylan vinyl suffers a fatal scratch. You clean out your childhood closet and uncover all your NSYNC and Hanson CDs. Before you toss them, here’s one thing to consider: Mother Nature doesn’t want your music junk, either. The EPA has estimated that 100,000 pounds of CDs become unwanted by consumers each month…

The National return with their seventh studio album 'Sleep Well Beast' out on 4AD.

Today's top music news stories include a Juggalo rally in Washington, the cancellation of St. Louis concerts in the wake of protests there, and the Cash family taking action against white supremacists.

In town for back-to-back sold-out shows at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel of Spoon wandered over to The Current for a session hosted by Brian Oake and Jill Riley. Daniel and Fischel played stripped-down versions of songs from 'Hot Thoughts' and from 2014's 'They Want My Soul,' and Daniel talked about what has made Spoon such an enduring band.