Christian Gregory - Count on You

After a couple of weeks hiatus, First Aid Kit return to the top for the second week holding off a strong surge by the New Pornographers, who just lost founding drummer Kurt Dahle, and a very high new entry by Interpol, who seem to have overcome the loss of their iconic bassist Carlos Dengler!

In a feature just published today, Rolling Stone declares 2014 the 30th anniversary of “pop’s greatest year.” 1984 was “the year that pop stood tallest,” according to several collaborators on a feature listing the 100 best songs of that year. And who stood tallest in 1984? Well, Madonna was pretty good—her “Borderline” comes in at #2. Michael Jackson?…

The 13th annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. CDT, live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. You can watch the entire event, including more than 20 performances by some of Americana's biggest acts, live on TheCurrent.org and RadioHeartland.org.

What musicians are the children or grandchildren of other musicians? We'll play some of your picks for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

This week Dara spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about the secret value of vegetables.

This spring the Rembrandts, a Minneapolis group who became ubiquitous in the 90s when they contributed the hit theme song “I’ll Be There For You” to Friends, announced that they’d be a part of the show’s 20th anniversary celebrations. The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived—no, not Ross and Rachel hooking up, the Rembrandts…

Jim Morrison disappoints Ed Sullivan, Bjork had a scary stalker, and Hank Williams was born Today in Music History.

Representative Michele Bachmann appeared on Pivot TV’s talk show TakePart Live on Monday night to clear up some misunderstandings about the Tea Party, to comment on the ISIS situation, and to address the issue of marriage equality. Also at the table with her? Rocker and legendary party animal Andrew WK, who’s serving as a co-host of…

Chet Faker (real name Nick Murphy) stopped in to The Current's studio for an interview with Mary Lucia and to play a few songs ahead of his show tonight in the First Avenue Mainroom.