Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys teamed up with his recording buddies to form a new collaboration called the Arcs, and he sat down with host Bill DeVille to chat about their debut album Yours, Dreamily.

Matt Berninger of the National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls have teamed up to form EL VY whose debut album Return to the Moon releases Oct. 30 via 4AD.

Trampled by Turtles host Festival Palomino on Saturday, Sept. 19. The lineup consists of Trampled by Turtles and some of their favorite musicians. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by artists who are playing Festival Palomino? Send us your requests.

Happy Friday! I hope you guys like salads, because we’re going to kick things off this week with a whole bunch of ’em… Bad Bad Hats I CAN’T. STOP. IT’S TOO MUCH. L’Assassins To celebrate a new song they co-wrote with Suburbs frontman Chan Poling, L’Assassins conjured all the fiery spirits and traveled back to the Stone Age to…

On the release date of Keith Richards' solo album, 'Crosseyed Heart,' The Current's Jim McGuinn had a chance to chat with Richards. 'Crosseyed Heart' is Richards' first solo album in 23 years. 'What took me so long? Well, I've got this other band ...,' Richards jokes. Listen to the full conversation and read a transcript.

I can still remember the first time I heard alt-J: I was a senior in high school cruising through the suburbs in my parents’ Honda. I’m sure I’m not the only one to remember my first alt-J experience, because the band’s music has a game-changing quality. Hearing their first album was really a defining moment for many music…

The Who have postponed their 50th anniversary tour due to Roger Daltrey‘s viral Meningitis. Among the rescheduled shows is a planned visit to Target Center, which was originally scheduled for Oct. 10. “I am now on the mend and feeling a lot better but I am going to need a considerable time to recover,” says…

It’s not a joke—or, if it is a joke, it’s a joke you’ll soon be able to listen to in its entirety. Ryan Adams has announced that his entire song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift‘s album 1989 will be available digitally on Monday. For her part, Swift is ecstatic. “Ryan’s music helped shape my songwriting,” she tweeted. Hear Adams’s cover…

Last night, the Americana Music Honors and Awards Show took place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by the 2015 Americana Music Honors and Awards winners do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

I bought concert tickets to see Blur play in London’s Hyde Park months before I actually secured airfare to the UK. When the Britpop legends recently announced that they were releasing their first new album in 12 years, The Magic Whip, and would headline a British Summertime show in June to coincide with the release, I…