Brandi Carlile bounces back; Wilco, Jason Isbell and Cage the Elephant make debuts; Hippo Campus go out on top; and Bad Bad Hats are inducted to the Hall of Fame for the first time.

Emily Raffesberger, one of The Current's college contributors, shares her top albums and songs of 2015.

Michael Jackson‘s epochal album Thriller has become the first album ever to sell 30 million copies in the United States. The landmark inspired Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid to declare Jackson the “biggest artist of all time.” (Rolling Stone) The album is claimed to have sold 100 million copies worldwide, twice the amount of its nearest competitor, AC/DC‘s Back in Black. Another…

Today's 9:30 Coffee Break is in celebration of everyone's favorite zeitgeist tradition - ugly holiday sweaters. Give us your best suggestions for sweater songs.

Back when I was just getting into following the local music scene and realizing that there are musicians here in my own city that I could go out and see, and who I could buy CDs from directly out of suitcases at their merch tables, I came across Dan Israel’s breakout album, Dan Who? After…

Heavy Table Editor James Norton joins Sean McPherson to talk about holiday gift ideas for the foodies in your life.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released their first single; Mick Taylor revealed that he was departing The Rolling Stones; Mott The Hoople called it quits; and MTV aired Nirvana's "Unplugged" session for the first time.

Ahead of their tenth studio album's release, Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear of Animal Collective sat down for a chat with The Current's David Safar about Painting With, the logistics of cross-country collaborating and their Baltimore airport stunt.

Lil Bub has a hit album: Science & Magic: A Guide to the Universe is at number two on Billboard’s dance/electronic albums chart. As Billboard notes, Bub isn’t the first cat to chart: the Jingle Cats had two Billboard 200 albums in the ’90s, and of course MC Skat Kat (voiced by The Current’s own Derrick “Delite” Stevens) had…

With just under 200 nations recently committing to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, we want to dedicate today's break to cooling down the Earth. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that feature the word "cool" in the title or lyrics.