Unknown Mortal Orchestra - So Good At Being In Trouble, from the new album "II."

Aretha Franklin's biography is a tour of the music industry's movers-and-shakers over the past half-century. She is the musical equivalent of Kevin Bacon: so linked to the influential figures of rock and soul history that a connection is never more than six steps removed.

On Atoms for Peace's first official album, Radiohead singer Thom Yorke lays his weary-but-soaring vocals over an assortment of sounds that whir, clatter, click, twitch and sprawl.

Earlier this morning, Steve and Jill included Aerosmith's supercharged version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" in their "Rolling" themed Coffee Break. Hearing the '70s proto-metal high energy performance made me think back on how songs morph and change while being passed along like a hot potato from musician to musician.

To celebrate the announcement of Wits™'s 2013 season, we're bringing you an exclusive web-only Theft of the Dial from one of last season's guests, the hilarious Maria Bamford.

Our listener Tessie gave us the suggestion for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. Tessie suggestied, "a 'rolling' Coffee Break, including songs with the words roll, rolling, or roller in the chorus." Give us your suggestions for a "rolling" Coffee Break.

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about a 2-minute video of goats screaming like people, and paying to promote your friend's Facebook posts.

Carl Perkins recorded "Blue Suede Shoes," Stevie Wonder won Album of the Year, and the Beatles record a John Lennon song Today in Music History.

Carroll has been leaking demos across the web over much of the last year. They were the winners of the 1st songwriting contest from Humans Win! recording studio in NE Minneapolis, and the prize was a professional space to record their debut EP Needs (which is now available on Bandcamp). The quartet was birthed in the…

Jamie Lidell - What A Shame, from his new self-titled album.