For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are connected to the 50 finalist names in this year’s MnDOT Name a Snowplow contest?

Your votes pushed Green Day’s “The American Dream Is Killing Me” to No. 1 following Friday's release of the new album, Saviors, and IDLES end their Chart Show run at No. 11 in their tenth week, which puts their LCD Soundsystem co-write, “Dancer,” into the Chart Show Hall of Fame. 

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

This week, Jess and Holly of Lucius reconnect with Jill Riley to talk a bit more about Wildewoman — and to premiere a brand-new song, “Housewarming,” right here on The Current.

At its best, the influential online music pub — which Condé Nast announced last week will be folded into GQ — created a rare and precious space to slow down, pay attention and really listen.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2005 do you want to hear?

Singer-songwriter Dan Wilson — he of Semisonic and multiple collaborations with other artists — was nominated for an Oscar on Tuesday for his work on the movie “American Symphony.”

The 74-year-old singer-songwriter's longtime label, Columbia Records, plans to drop 'Turn the Lights Back On' on Feb. 1st.

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year's highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations. Original Song nominees include Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Jon Batiste’s “It Never Went Away.”

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