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?
DuluthTiny Desk Concert 2020: Ten Minnesota submissions worth watchingIman Jafri • Aug 3, 2020Whether your desk is tiny or gigantic, chances are you may be spending more time at it than ever this summer. As many of the artists who submitted to National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk Contest can attest, it’s a great time to have a project, and for some, that meant participating in this year’s contest.…
ReviewsAlbum of the Week: Lianne La Havas, 'Lianne La Havas'Sean McPherson • Aug 3, 2020On this record we find Lianne paring down the dense production and sonic ambition of her earlier records and letting the songs sit center stage. With this new self-titled effort we have an artist delivering an album length autopsy on a failed relationship with unflinching honesty: the good, the bad, the carnal and thank god, the funky.