Michael Jackson‘s epochal album Thriller has become the first album ever to sell 30 million copies in the United States. The landmark inspired Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid to declare Jackson the “biggest artist of all time.” (Rolling Stone) The album is claimed to have sold 100 million copies worldwide, twice the amount of its nearest competitor, AC/DC‘s Back in Black. Another…

Today's 9:30 Coffee Break is in celebration of everyone's favorite zeitgeist tradition - ugly holiday sweaters. Give us your best suggestions for sweater songs.

Back when I was just getting into following the local music scene and realizing that there are musicians here in my own city that I could go out and see, and who I could buy CDs from directly out of suitcases at their merch tables, I came across Dan Israel’s breakout album, Dan Who? After…

Ahead of their tenth studio album's release, Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear of Animal Collective sat down for a chat with The Current's David Safar about Painting With, the logistics of cross-country collaborating and their Baltimore airport stunt.

Lil Bub has a hit album: Science & Magic: A Guide to the Universe is at number two on Billboard’s dance/electronic albums chart. As Billboard notes, Bub isn’t the first cat to chart: the Jingle Cats had two Billboard 200 albums in the ’90s, and of course MC Skat Kat (voiced by The Current’s own Derrick “Delite” Stevens) had…

With just under 200 nations recently committing to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, we want to dedicate today's break to cooling down the Earth. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that feature the word "cool" in the title or lyrics.

Lunar Bedrooms: Lunar Bedrooms EP Lunar Bedrooms’ debut EP will be out into the world come Thursday. The new-wave — or should I say next-wave — crew is set to release a seven-track EP at the Triple Rock. There is an additional remix of “GSVRU” by c.Kostra as well. They will be joined by Pornonono,…

The Christmas lights on the hedge surrounding Bob Dylan‘s house in Malibu have been documented since 2008 — and analyzed, in increasingly absurd detail — by his neighbor, writer Merrill Markoe. This year, Markoe reports that after several years of using the same “weather-worn” lights, Dylan has celebrated this year’s holiday season with a brand-new set of Christmas…

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for the best songs to compliment the following three dishes: Granola and yogurt, club sandwich with a dill pickle spear and kettle chips, steak dinner with red wine.

Happy holidays! ‘Tis the season for festive tunes, from silly to serious. Once again this year, we’ll be celebrating Minnesota-made holiday music with special programming on our Local Current stream. Tune in our Local Current stream of Minnesota music on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Andrea and I will co-host a jumbo-sized six-hour selection of holiday music…