Haley Bonar and the Shins have debuts; Japandroids, Hippo Campus and Old 97's make big moves; and Bon Iver remains at No. 1 as Eaux Claires teases the Eaux Claires lineup.

Today's top music news stories include the launch of a new vinyl subscription service, the confirmation of a Prince tribute at the Grammys, and an in-depth look at music history among the houses of North Minneapolis.

This week, Mary Lucia shares her thoughts about a couple powerful documentaries she's seen recently. 'I had a conversation with someone I respect creatively about forced inspiration,' Mary writes. ' We tried offering each other ideas to jump-start our respective juices. I immediately thought of recommending to him a few documentaries I've recently consumed that lit a fire under me.' Have a closer look at Mary's documentary recommendations.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 2002. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

This week on What's New on The Current, Jade shares new protest music from Depeche Mode, a blued-eyed soul remix from Thundercat and a duet from John Legend and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes.

In what’s shaping up to be the biggest weekend in Prince news since his untimely passing, CNN’s HLN network has announced it will air a new documentary, Prince: The End, this Friday night to coincide with a big Prince tribute planned at Sunday night’s Grammys and Prince’s catalog reportedly hitting multiple major streaming services. According…

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuuuuuup! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, we're looking for songs that would be great as an alarm clock wake up song.

'Universal Harvester,' the new novel by Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle, has an uber-creepy premise - but the book's shocks turn out to be more emotional than physical.

Today in Music History: 'TCB' by The Supremes with Temptations went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart, Keith Knudsen, drummer for The Doobie Brothers died of chronic pneumonia, Queen released "Killer Queen", and R.E.M. held their first recording sessions.

The official announcement of the 2017 Eaux Claires festival lineup won’t be made until tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 9) at noon, but early ticketholders are starting to received mailed pamphlets that tease a lineup including Paul Simon, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, and…not Bon Iver performing a regular set, but “presenting” a set by John Prine. A…