For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention specific dances. Send us your requests ... then be prepared to roll back the rugs and move it to the music when we play these tracks for you after 9:30.

Local indie-rockers Carroll premiered “Alligator,” the latest single from their self-titled debut album, last week on their label’s SoundCloud page. The moody party reflection “Alligator” comes more than a year after “Bad Water,” which the band released in May 2014. Both singles, as well as “Boxing Day,” will be on the self-titled debut, out Sept. 18 on Entertainment One Music—a…

With news confirmed that Prince has a new album coming out sometime this year, he’s just dropped a new track—on Spotify, of all places, despite having removed all his other music from the service just a month ago. Is he taking the advice of a Fox 9 digital producer to heart? Only Prince knows, but…

You don’t often find Cher, Ariana Grande, MC Hammer, Ricky Martin, and Stryker all expressing similar views, but one man has united them: Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, who’s sparked cries of outrage from musicians among many others for his killing of an African lion named Cecil. (Billboard) can’t believe this man counted it as valor to lure #CecilTheLion out of his…

After six months of renovations, Burnsville’s storied all-ages venue the Garage re-opened this month as a nonprofit music space and music education center. The remodeling added bathrooms and a new cafe to the Garage, as well as a recording studio to be completed in the fall. The Garage spent 15 years as Burnsville’s community youth center.…

After Glamour magazine found itself embroiled in a recent flap when it published an anachronistic list of of relationship tips (since retracted), it reminded us there are a lot of songs that feature advice on matters of the heart. So for today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that dispense relationship advice? Send us your requests.

You should never throw trash out your car window—but be especially careful along Hennepin County Road 16, where you might be creating extra work for some civic-minded punk rockers. Legendary local band the Suicide Commandos have adopted a 1.5-mile section of McGinty Road, which runs through Wayzata. On Facebook, frontman Chris Osgood has posted photos of…

Cloud Cult are making a new movie—and they might want you to be in it. Motion 117 Productions is auditioning non-union acting roles for Cloud Cult’s forthcoming, title-TBA music film. The band’s new album will coincide with the movie’s release, which, according to its auditions announcement, is “an experimental art-drama serving as a metaphor for humanity’s…

Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews will welcome an all-star lineup to Farm Aid’s 30th anniversary concert on Sept. 19 in Chicago. Among the other big names: Imagine Dragons, Jack Johnson, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Mavis Staples. (Billboard) On Sunday, police in Renville County, Minnesota, arrested Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin after he forced them to give chase at speeds…

Como Dockside, the new restaurant and venue on Lake Como in St. Paul, will host a revamped Music and Movies in the Park series through August. The Como Park pavilion’s new business is kicking off the free Friday evening series August 7 with a performance by soul groovers Southside Desire and a screening of Bill…