This past Saturday was the best day of the year…the best day for me as a person in recovery and a music lover. HazelFest! I used to seek comfort from the bottle (I think that’s a song lyric), and never did I find it. Now there are places I can go to feel that comfort: they…

Buffalo Fuzz, a Minneapolis heavy blues band, had just finished recording their second album and filming the music video for the first single when their drummer, Jake Allan, tragically died. Jared Zachary, the other half of Buffalo Fuzz, has planned a tribute show at the 7th St. Entry on Aug. 10, and Buffalo Fuzz’s music…

Our BFF listener Loran had a great idea for a Coffee Break. He says "not to encourage such action, but there's a fair amount of vandalism in rock". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that talk about breaking the law in some way?

Some music venues advertise thousands of seats and state-of-the-art light shows. Others double as sports arenas. And then there are those that offer pottery classes or operate out of someone’s living room. While the Twin Cities house some of the state’s most iconic music venues, Minnesota’s small towns are the perfect places for discovering vibrant…

Justin Courtney Pierre – “In The Drink” Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Courtney Pierre looks to have gone full zombie apocalypse — or blood-soaked video game — in his first solo release since the band broke up. It all teases an album called In the Drink, produced by MCS’s Joshua Cain, which comes out Oct. 12 via Epitaph Records.…

Amanda Shires' 'To the Sunset' is a standout record for these dog days of summer.

Thanks to Loran for writing in with today's theme idea. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention some sort of medical ailment or symptom?

When thinking back to last year’s inaugural FEMN Fest, co-producer Abigail Mlinar remembers there being “love in the room every night.” The Duluth festival returns Sept. 21-22 for its second year and includes a lineup of female-identifying musicians, educators, and vendors. It is an unconventional music festival that acts, in the words of Mlinar, as “an opportunity…

For this week's Rock & Roll Book Club, Jay Gabler brought us Jason Heller's "Strange Stars" which is a book about David Bowie, pop music, and the decade sci-fi exploded. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have a sci-fi element to them?

In 'Strange Stars,' Jason Heller chronicles the many ways in which science fiction suffused popular music in the 1970s.