alt-J are back on top with a song off their sophomore record This Is All Yours; Courtney Barnett, JD McPherson and Bjork make debuts.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're thinking about the just-announced lineup for the Eaux Claires Music Festival, scheduled for July 17 and 18. It's a massive lineup, so we're wondering: Which of these artists would you like to hear this morning?

This week Dara spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley and Steve Seel about the new trend of distilleries opening cocktail rooms.

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The Beatles record 14 tracks in 10 hours; Prince wins a couple Brit Awards in London; Paula Abdul notches her first 'straight-up' hit single; and a record by the Monkees climbs more than 120 spots in the album charts Today in Music History.

It’s obvious that fans have already embraced the concept of Justin Vernon’s new Eaux Claires Festival, coming to Eau Claire, Wis., on July 17 and 18, 2015. The festival, which Vernon is curating along with help from the National’s Aaron Dessner, quickly sold out of presale tickets before a single performer was revealed, and a unique rollout of…

Rolling Stone digs into Bob Dylan‘s long speech accepting his MusiCares Person of the Year award, but even they can’t understand why, after thanking many artists, Dylan chose to dis Merle Haggard by saying “Merle Haggard didn’t think much of my songs…I love Merle but he’s no Buck [Owens].” The remark seems inexplicable, since Dylan and Haggard…

Fitness: Witness Some Wisconsin and University of Minnesota alumni have put their garage-rock tunes into their very cohesive debut Witness. Fitness recorded their album in under three weeks in the basement of a university library while hanging out over Christmas break. That gives you a sense of the band’s aesthetic, but their sound isn’t hidden under a pile…

Going into its sixth year as a music festival in Winona, Mid West Music Fest (MWMF) promises three days of live performances, along with educational presentations and family friendly activities from April 23-25. This year’s festival will feature headliner Charlie Parr—who has performed every year at MWMF since 2011—as well as DJ Abilities, Chastity Brown, Communist Daughter,…

If our machines are actually listening to us, what songs do you think they'd like to hear? For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're asking for songs that reference technology.