Thursday was a big day for Gorillaz fans. Also in music news today: remembering a Boston drummer, and Kendrick Lamar teases his next album.

On Thursday, March 23, Jason Isbell released a video for the song 'Hope The High Road,' the lead single off the forthcoming album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, 'The Nashville Sound.'

"Minnesota has its own Mason Dixon line. I come from the north and that's different from southern Minnesota; if you're there you could be in Iowa or Georgia. Up north the weather is more extreme - frostbite in the winter, mosquito-ridden in the summer, no air conditioning when I grew up, steam heat in the winter and you had to wear a lot of clothes when you went outdoors. Your blood gets thick."

Your local library is a great place to find titles featured in our Rock and Roll Book Club - and the Hennepin County library system is making it especially easy, with an online list.

Ruby and the Romantics' day arrived with a No. 1 hit on their first outing; John Lennon was ordered to leave the U.S.; Elvis began his final tour; John Fogerty's baseball homage became a No. 1 album; and Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Chaka Khan were born, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include Johnny Rotten wishing health (!) to the Queen, a David Bowie sculpture failing to meet its crowdfunding goal, and plans for the 50th anniversary of 'Sgt. Pepper.'

Lorde, Nikki Lane, alt-J and Depeche Mode have debuts; Old 97's make a big upward move; Laura Marling and Ryan Adams are indcuted; and HALEY reaches No.1.

Known for their big dance-rock sound and their spectacular lighting at their live shows, Portugal The Man visited The Current's studio for a stripped-down set and a lively conversation with Mark Wheat.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1974. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

When The Orwells visited The Current for an in-studio session, guitar player Dominic Corso took some time to tell us about the guitar he uses: a Sarricola custom guitar, built by Bill Sarricola, a high-school friend of the father of Orwells' frontman, Mario Cuomo.