Today's top music news stories include Marilyn Manson being injured by a falling stage prop, an update on the Spinal Tap lawsuit, L7 releasing their first new song in almost two decades.

You ever hear a song so good that it actually makes you kind of mad? That’s what happened to me the first time I heard the Amazers and their song “It’s You For Me,” released nationally in 1967 on Curtis Mayfield’s Thomas Records. For starters, I couldn’t believe that a 45 steeped in such incredible…

Hear Open Mike Eagle describe how he painted a mural of the community at the Robert Taylor Homes in his new album.

One of the great things about niche communities is that they’re often filled with passionate people. Case in point: the Twin Cities drum community, which welcomes Ellis Drum Company back to retail operation today. After decades of business and multiple locations in St. Paul, owner Tim Ellis had to sell his retail space in 2016. But…

It's all about the music...except when it isn't. There's nothing like a good gimmick to lend a little pizzazz to an album release or a tour, and sometimes musical artists just toy with us because they can. Here are some of the most notorious games musical artists have played with their fans over the years.

Anderson East and his band are touring the country, road-testing some recent singles from a not-yet-announced album. Traveling up through the Twin Cities between gigs in Madison, Wis., and the Wisconsin Dells, Anderson East and his band spoke with Mac Wilson and played some of the songs they've been woodshedding.

TIIIIIIIIIIP talks with Sean McPherson about the initiative to curb sexual assault at clubs and music events.

If Sound Unseen were a human, this year would mark legal adulthood and responsibility and having to figure it all out, but the “films-on-music” festival has had everything figured out for quite a while now, and they’re proving it yet again with the first wave of selections for their 18th year, featuring over 20 films…

In their new single, Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg serve up melancholy insights about searching for an identity amid fleeting romance.

Slug and Brother Ali appear in a new video released to help get out the vote in Minneapolis on Nov. 7. The video is a promotion for the new website thisismpls.com, which is a voter guide created as a collaboration among Rhymesayers, Ashley Fairbanks, Pollen Midwest, Voices for Racial Justice, and Parks and Power. The website…