Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Seeing doubleJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 10, 2020Happy Duran Duran appreciation day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have repetition in the name, like Duran Duran?
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Glass Animals, 'Dreamland'Jade • Aug 10, 2020This round of songs still shimmer and poppily slide along for summertime listening - but the lyrics hit home. 'Dreamland' is an apt title for the album - a hazy forest of sounds that sharpen and fade thru stories of former friends, regrets, and snippets of memories that are gone before you can fully grasp them.
Coffee BreakAll Request Coffee BreakJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 7, 2020As we are getting ready to head into Radio Free All Request Weekend, let's get the party started early with an all request morning. What songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
Local Current BlogBehind the Scenes: Double Grave’s “Whatever”Maddie Schwappach • Aug 7, 2020Double Grave is a band I, along with many others, became acquainted with in a way that feels completely natural to the Minneapolis music scene. Sometime in 2017, I descended some rickety stairs into an unfinished basement where a packed room of music fans nodded along to Double Grave’s distorted, shoegaze-influenced breed of punk. That…
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Respect your idolsJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 6, 2020Bon Iver have released a new song titled "AUATC" which features Bruce Springsteen among others. It got us thinking about artists that enlist their idols to be featured on their new works. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists or bands that feature their idols?
Listen to LoochListen to Looch: new documentary about the Go-Go'sMary Lucia • Aug 5, 2020Mary Lucia talks about a new documentary about the Go-Go's from director Alison Ellwood and airing on Showtime. 'It's really good,' Mary says, 'because the band was so good.'
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Campaign songsJill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 5, 2020Neil Young has filed a civil lawsuit against President Trump's reelection campaign. That got us thinking about other songs that have been famously used in political campaigns - whether the artist agreed to the use or not. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what campaign songs do you want to hear?
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'Larger Than Life'Jay Gabler • Aug 5, 2020Pop historian Maria Sherman makes no apologies for her boy band fandom - in fact, 'Larger Than Life' suggests, YOU should have to apologize if you're NOT a boy band fan.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: North Carolina bandsAnna Weggel • Aug 4, 2020For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's put a spotlight on bands that hail from the North Carolina area. Who do you want to hear this morning?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: One-person bandsAnna Weggel • Aug 3, 2020For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what one-person bands do you want to hear?