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October 11, 2022

Blink-182 announced new tour dates and music, with Tom DeLonge rejoining Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for the first time since 2015.

Blink-182 are getting the band back together with a new tour

Blink-182 are getting the band back together with a new tour

Matt Adams • Oct 11, 2022

Blink-182 announced new tour dates and music, with Tom DeLonge rejoining Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for the first time since 2015.

Watch Manchester Orchestra's acoustic set from the State Fair

Bill DeVille • Oct 11, 2022

On the first Saturday of the 2022 Minnesota State Fair, Andy Hull and Robert McDowell of Manchester Orchestra visited the MPR Booth to play some songs and to chat with host Bill DeVille.

10 Minnesota musicians to spin in October

10 Minnesota musicians to spin in October

Diane, Natalia Toledo and Youa Vang • Oct 11, 2022

New music from PaviElle, Kinfu, Present Company, Huhroon, Landon Conrath, and more.

Coffee Break: Lizzo Day

Coffee Break: Lizzo Day

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Oct 11, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what Lizzo songs do you want to hear?

Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who coined 'oldies but goodies,' dies at 97

Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who coined 'oldies but goodies,' dies at 97

The Associated Press • Oct 11, 2022

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

The Come Up: New Minnesota hip-hop favorites for fall

The Come Up: New Minnesota hip-hop favorites for fall

Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis • Oct 10, 2022

Must-hear tracks from Kokou Kah, Cassette, Student 1, Nazeem, and many more.

Coffee Break: One Minute Monday

Coffee Break: One Minute Monday

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Oct 10, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that are around one minute long do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: Alvvays' 'Blue Rev'

Album of the Week: Alvvays' 'Blue Rev'

Jade • Oct 10, 2022

Influenced by Low and My Bloody Valentine, Canadian band Alvvays are adding some fuzz to their soft poppy sound.

Personifying a country ideal, Loretta Lynn tackled sexism through a complicated lens

Personifying a country ideal, Loretta Lynn tackled sexism through a complicated lens

Amanda Marie Martinez • Oct 9, 2022

Rather than extol Lynn in ways she rejected, we should appreciate the agency with which she so impressively crafted her identity in country music.

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

Ron Elving • Oct 9, 2022

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

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