Over the weekend, Coffee Breaker Ben came up with a fun idea for a topic - first words on a 911 call, like for example, Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what are songs whose titles could be the first words on a 911 call?

Ness Nite, “Tightrope” New York-via-Minneapolis visionary Ness Nite released her debut album today, which means it’s the perfect occasion to watch her in “Tightrope.” Lisa Persson (26 BATS!) shot this psychedelic, borderline-woozy video in the Minneapolis skyways. If you like what you hear, consider scooping up a ticket for her Dream Girl release at the Entry on March…

The first Friday in March of every year is World day of Prayer, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what rock and pop songs do you want to hear where someone mentions God or praying? We're not looking for Christian rock -- but rather secular songs that pray in some way.

Going into Drone Not Drones this past January, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Like a lot of people, I wasn’t very familiar with drone music. And as much as I enjoy live shows, I also value being in bed by midnight at the latest, so 28 hours of straight drone music was very much…

Scotland's Franz Ferdinand are back with their fifth studio album, 'Always Ascending' out on Domino Records.

The Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota stopped by to talk about this weekend's show "Pink Floyd's The Wall: A Rock Ballet" and it got us thinking about concept albums. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from concept albums?

Toki Wright's hour long hip hop show "Wright About Now" debuts tonight on The Current at 10 pm. Yesterday we explored hip hop and R&B songs that have sampled, borrowed or been inspired by older songs, and we are expanding into Day 2 of this topic. So for today's Coffee Break, what other songs do you want to hear that have been sampled by, or have inspired hip hop and R&B songs?

As Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' turns 45, we take a look at a mammoth tome detailing every album track in the band's catalog.

This Friday, March 2, Moby releases his latest album, 'Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt.' In the run-up to the album's release, Moby spoke to Oake & Riley about what influenced the album and its themes, which emerge from Moby's reflections on 'who we are as a species.' Listen to the complete interview.

“We sell a ton of Surly, so I think it’s going to be pretty popular,” First Avenue’s typically understated general manager Nate Kranz tells the Star Tribune about +1 Golden Ale, a new beer being brewed by Surly and featuring the imprimatur of the legendary Minneapolis rock club. “The key to +1 is balance and…