Today's top music news stories include Thom Yorke meeting BB-8, Josh Homme kicking a photographer, and a green light for a Prince documentary.

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Last December, Minneapolis singer-songwriters Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski found themselves with an unexpected viral hit: their rewrite of the holiday standard “Baby It’s Cold Outside” climbed the streaming charts and zipped across the internet. The pair gained widespread media attention as the country debated: is “Baby It’s Cold Outside” a creepy song? Is this…

When it comes to the Twin Cities music scene, we have all our established favorites, as well as so many other flourishing sub-groups — the post-Hippo-Campus college scene, anyone? — but rarely do we hear about the burgeoning high school bands who have very much made names for themselves. Tonight, the Garage is hosting their…

The Weisman Art Museum was just deciding to devote a multi-gallery exhibit to Prince when, suddenly, the Minnesota music legend was no more. The icon’s death lends a poignant note to Prince from Minneapolis, a show that officially opens tomorrow. Tonight, a preview party will feature tunes from DJ Shannon Blowtorch and visits with artists including…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention being "better"?

SHREDDERS, “Entertainment” P.O.S, Sims, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak recruited James Gundersen to work on their new video, which keeps being a good idea. “Entertainment” is off Dangerous Jumps. Ingeborg von Agassiz, “Oh, The Hillside” A charming tune for winter or any other season. Duluth, Minn. artist Ingeborg von Agassiz will include this on her upcoming debut album, O…

Sinead O'Connor was born, John Lennon passed away, Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped, Styx went No. 1 with "Babe", and Graham Nash left The Hollies and started work with Crosby Stills and Nash.

In the Twin Cities, music fans are devoted. We attend countless local concerts and fill our shopping carts (both physical and electronic) with all the local music we can find. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that many venues in the area offer opportunities for fans to not only spend time at shows as…

One of the happiest surprises for local music fans this fall was the late-breaking announcement that singer-songwriter Reina del Cid is releasing her follow-up to The Cooling (2015). Rerun City is out today, and tonight there’s a celebratory gig at the Turf Club. Yesterday, Reina del Cid stopped by The Current to tell me about the process…