alt-J grab the top spot only beating Belle and Sebastian by the narrowest of margins; six brand new songs debut by artists including Father John Misty, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Robert DeLong and more.

In separate incidents, two of pop music’s most infamous one-hit wonders have been put behind bars. “Ice Ice Baby” rapper Vanilla Ice was taken into custody in Lantana, Florida after allegedly swiping stuff from a home next door to a house he’s renovating for his HGTV show. The allegedly burglarized house was foreclosed and empty of people—but still…

S. Carey: Supermoon S. Carey of Bon Iver released his Supermoon EP Tuesday. The six-track EP—consisting of reimagined songs he’s previously released—is an introspective look into S. Carey’s life, family, and spirituality. Carey talks about his time spent in nature and the relationship he has with the Earth in an introduction to the album. You can…

Pharrell Williams has signed an agreement to write a series of children's books, but it turns out he's not the first musician to venture into authorship for kids. So for today's Coffee Break, we're asking: What songs would you like to hear by musicians who have written books for children?

Trying to define such concepts as 'fair trade', 'living wages' and 'sustainability' is always an interesting conversation in the context of local food. Heavy Table Editor James Norton joins Jill Riley to talk about the relaunched Atlas of of Ethical Eating and Drinking, a resource that starts the discussion about the values that businesses and consumers care about.

Ray Charles and Brian Wilson each recorded songs that would become big hits; Neil Young earned a Gold Record; Yoko Ono and Dr. Dre celebrate birthdays; and we remember the Replacements' founding guitarist Bob Stinson, who passed away Today in Music History.

On Saturday, Hamline University is hosting their second annual Winter WonderJam concert, after long preparations. Although for some it may just be a concert, for those involved in the planning, it is a labor of love. Last February marked the first-ever Winter WonderJam, at which both Konstant Movement and Brother Ali performed. What became the biggest campus concert…

Stephin Merritt, the brilliant and eccentric musician best known as the creative force behind the Magnetic Fields, has announced a rare solo tour that will stop at the Cedar Cultural Center on May 15. The show has an unusual premise (albeit somewhat less unusual for a guy who’s made an entire album of songs starting with…

Today is Mardi Gras, a festival for which the city of New Orleans is nearly synonymous. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs having to do with Mardi Gras or with New Orleans do you want to hear?

Local musician Maria Isa, who is also an experienced actress, will be starring in a public reading of a new music-themed play by Idris Goodwin on March 2 and 3 at the Playwrights’ Center. The REALNESS: the second break beat play tells the story of Thomas, who leaves his suburban home to experience hip-hop culture in the city. When…