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June 29, 2018

Florence and the Machine return with their fourth studio album 'High As Hope,' an epic collection of swoon-worthy sing-a-longs.

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, 'High As Hope'

Album of the Week: Florence and the Machine, 'High As Hope'

Jade • Jun 29, 2018

Florence and the Machine return with their fourth studio album 'High As Hope,' an epic collection of swoon-worthy sing-a-longs.

Music News: No one on 'Jeopardy!' could get this question right

Music News: No one on 'Jeopardy!' could get this question right

Jay Gabler • Jun 28, 2018

Today's top music news stories include a 'Jeopardy!' question no one could get right, the death of Steve Soto, and custom products for famous musicians.

Emily Larson invokes Bob Dylan in defending Duluth after Rolling Stone article

Emily Larson invokes Bob Dylan in defending Duluth after Rolling Stone article

Simone Cazares • Jun 28, 2018

Duluth Mayor Emily Larson told Brian Oake and Jill Riley about her response to a Rolling Stone article critiquing her city.

Florence Welch is thankful for her messy teenage years: 'It formed me'

Florence Welch is thankful for her messy teenage years: 'It formed me'

Ari Shapiro and Christina Cala • Jun 28, 2018

Florence Welch goes back 15 years in Florence + The Machine's new album 'High as Hope' to detail her drunken teenage years and how she's changed with time and sobriety.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones dial it down for the dance floor

St. Paul and the Broken Bones dial it down for the dance floor

Stephen Thompson • Jun 28, 2018

The Alabama soul band tease a forthcoming album with a refreshing and surprisingly restrained slice of sly summer funk.

Coffee Break: Fame

Coffee Break: Fame

Anna Reed • Jun 28, 2018

Today in 1975, David Bowie's "Fame" was released. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention some form of being famous?

Watch NBA vet Carlos Boozer talk about the time Prince rented his house and totally Prince-ified it

Watch NBA vet Carlos Boozer talk about the time Prince rented his house and totally Prince-ified it

Simone Cazares • Jun 28, 2018

In a new video from ESPN, former NBA player Carlos Boozer recounts a story that’s gone down in purple legend. When Boozer signed with the Utah Jazz in 2004, he began receiving offers to rent out his L.A. home when he’d be away. Although Boozer had no intention of renting out his home, he couldn’t…

Psalm One to celebrate birthday by playing new music at 7th St Entry

Psalm One to celebrate birthday by playing new music at 7th St Entry

Maia Jacobson • Jun 28, 2018

On Sunday, Psalm One, the first solo female act signed to Rhymesayers, is celebrating her birthday at the 7th Street Entry with her first headlining show in the Twin Cities in almost three years. The Chicagoan finds herself living in the Twin Cities these days, and she’s been working on new music that she intends to…

Today in Music History: Radiohead hits No. 1 in the U.K. with 'OK Computer'

Today in Music History: Radiohead hits No. 1 in the U.K. with 'OK Computer'

Jun 28, 2018

Radiohead were No. 1, Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' spent its 1056th week on the charts, Bowie's "Fame" was released Today in Music History.

Watch Greg Norton join the Posies for Hüsker Dü covers at the Turf Club

Watch Greg Norton join the Posies for Hüsker Dü covers at the Turf Club

Maia Jacobson • Jun 28, 2018

Tuesday night at the Turf Club, Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton joined the evening’s headliners, the Posies, on stage for a handful of Hüsker Dü numbers. After the legendary St. Paul rock band broke up in 1987, Norton left the music industry for a couple of decades, but has returned to music in recent years…

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