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July 18, 2019

Can anyone stop Lizzo's domination of the Chart? It's not likely this week, but a ton of other new up-and-comers are landing on the chart and making moves.

Lizzo tops the Chart for fifth week, Irish punks crash in the basement

Lizzo tops the Chart for fifth week, Irish punks crash in the basement

Mark Wheat • Jul 18, 2019

Can anyone stop Lizzo's domination of the Chart? It's not likely this week, but a ton of other new up-and-comers are landing on the chart and making moves.

Eric Mayson moving to Mankato to attend flight school

Eric Mayson moving to Mankato to attend flight school

Kayla Song • Jul 17, 2019

It’s an understatement to say it’s been an eventful first half of 2019 for the multifaceted Minneapolis musician Eric Mayson. In just a few months, Mayson released his newest albums, Op-Nope and It’s All Real It’s All Fake, worked on a play and a dance piece, quit smoking, and got hitched. Up next for Mayson is…flight…

Sleater-Kinney share title cut to new album, 'The Center Won't Hold'

Sleater-Kinney share title cut to new album, 'The Center Won't Hold'

Lars Gotrich • Jul 17, 2019

The industrial-driven title track reveals the sleeker, darker direction on Sleater-Kinney's 'The Center Won't Hold,' as Carrie Brownstein responds to drummer Janet Weiss leaving the band.

Coffee Break: World Emoji Day

Coffee Break: World Emoji Day

Anna Weggel • Jul 17, 2019

July 17 is World Emoji Day, a "global celebration of emoji". Apple has released a pile of new emojis. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature an emoji?

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon'

Rock and Roll Book Club: 'Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon'

Jay Gabler • Jul 17, 2019

Although he died at the age of just 56, Warren Zevon stuffed at least two lives into his years on earth. That's the explanation for the subtitle of a new biography by C.M. Kushins, 'Nothing's Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon."

Today in Music History: Remembering Ron Asheton

Today in Music History: Remembering Ron Asheton

Jul 17, 2019

The Beatles released 'All You Need Is Love'; John Coltrane passed away; Simple Minds made their live debut; Virgin Records signed Keith Richards to a solo deal; Bono received the French government's highest cultural honor; and Ron Asheton was born, Today in Music History.

Jack White and the Raconteurs went to a Twins game, and Minnesota absolutely lost it

Jack White and the Raconteurs went to a Twins game, and Minnesota absolutely lost it

Jay Gabler • Jul 17, 2019

The game, as well as our collective mind. Whether you were at Target Field or watching TV when the Twins faced off against the New York Mets, Jack White and his bandmates were hard to miss sitting right behind home plate in the Thomson Reuters Champions Club section. The Raconteurs played the Armory on Monday,…

Listen to Looch: seeing the Raconteurs rock the Armory, phone free

Listen to Looch: seeing the Raconteurs rock the Armory, phone free

Mary Lucia • Jul 16, 2019

Mary Lucia talks about seeing the Raconteurs in concert at the phone-free Armory in Minneapolis on Monday. What do you think of the no-phone policy at concerts?

Johnny Clegg, a uniting voice against apartheid, dies at 66

Johnny Clegg, a uniting voice against apartheid, dies at 66

Anastasia Tsioulcas • Jul 16, 2019

The pioneering South African singer, songwriter and activist died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Watch Terry Crews lip sync Brittany Howard's new song 'Stay High'

Watch Terry Crews lip sync Brittany Howard's new song 'Stay High'

Lars Gotrich • Jul 16, 2019

When you have a voice like Brittany Howard, just about anybody looks good singing along. But when that person is Terry Crews, it's all the more sweeter.

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