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January 28, 2015

ELEL - 40 Watt

ELEL - 40 Watt

ELEL - 40 Watt

Jan 28, 2015

ELEL - 40 Watt

L7 original lineup announces reunion, after 14 years

L7 original lineup announces reunion, after 14 years

Jay Gabler • Jan 27, 2015

A month after suggesting they might reunite, the original lineup of L7 have made it official: they’re getting the band back together after 14 years apart. In a Facebook post, the band enthusiastically announced their reunion for two European festival dates and a fan-funded documentary. Just hours after the announcement, nearly $20,000 has been pledged…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Denied Politicians

Jan 27, 2015

What songs do you want to hear from artists that have told politicians to stop using their music?

Drone Not Drones: Your complete guide to our 28-hour broadcast

Drone Not Drones: Your complete guide to our 28-hour broadcast

Anna Segner • Jan 27, 2015

Things are about to get droney on our Local Current stream. Beginning tonight at midnight and ending at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, Local Current will be streaming the full 28 hours of last year’s Drone Not Drones charity concert. The concert took place Feb. 7-8 of last year, raising money and awareness for Doctors Without Borders. The second…

The Throbbing Hive with Wits' John Moe: Microsoft's Hologram Life

The Throbbing Hive with Wits' John Moe: Microsoft's Hologram Life

Jan 27, 2015

Today John Moe chatted with The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about Microsoft building a hologram world, and we check out some football related bad lip reading.

Today in Music History: Elvis Released "Heartbreak Hotel"

Today in Music History: Elvis Released "Heartbreak Hotel"

Jan 27, 2015

David Bowie arrived in the US, Frank Sinatra sang for a friend, and Elvis released his first single that would go Gold Today in Music History.

Doomtree, Grammar, Author, Sarah Lou Richards: This week’s Minnesota record releases

Doomtree, Grammar, Author, Sarah Lou Richards: This week’s Minnesota record releases

Aaron Bolton • Jan 27, 2015

Doomtree: All Hands The hometown hip-hop collective known as Doomtree are dropping their fourth studio album. To celebrate the release of All Hands, Doomtree will be appearing at various businesses around town, pausing for a 2 p.m. “ask-me-anything” Reddit chat. They will be ending the day at the new Surely taproom to share some beers with their…

Today’s Music News: Sam Smith says Tom Petty similarities were a ‘complete coincidence’

Today’s Music News: Sam Smith says Tom Petty similarities were a ‘complete coincidence’

Staff • Jan 27, 2015

As we reported earlier, Sam Smith and the co-writers of Smith’s hit “Stay With Me” have agreed to share songwriting royalties with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne due to strong similarities between “Stay With Me” and Petty’s 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down.” Smith’s rep has elaborated on the settlement, telling Rolling Stone that the similarities between the…

Tom DeLonge uses Tron Guy to say he never left Blink-182

Tom DeLonge uses Tron Guy to say he never left Blink-182

Jay Gabler • Jan 26, 2015

Is founding guitarist Tom DeLonge still in the band Blink-182? The band says no: as Billboard reports, Blink-182 released a statement saying that “a week before we were scheduled to go in to the studio we got an email from his manager explaining that he didn’t want to participate in any Blink-182 projects indefinitely, but…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Musical Plagiarism

Jan 26, 2015

What songs that have been in a plagiarism lawsuit should we play for today's Coffee Break?

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