Last week's crop of debuts are thriving with voters, but Sylvan Esso dominates the #1 spot once again!

Have you ever done anything for 24 hours straight other than binge-watch 'Game of Thrones'? The Icelandic artist Asegir will record stripped-down versions of his songs (and some covers) directly to 7" vinyl.

Chance The Rapper, fresh from a 23,000-strong, sold-out show the night before, brought a thoughtful and fresh take to his Tiny Desk concert. Watch video of the performance.

Duane Tudahl, who literally wrote the book on the 'Purple Rain' sessions, takes a deep dive into the outtakes collected in the new deluxe edition.

This morning for today's Vinyl Tap, Sean brought in an album called 'Back in Time' by the band Back in Time featuring the song "Back in Time". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have the same song, band and album name?

Andrew Flory's new book 'I Hear a Symphony' tells the story of Motown in a way that spotlights its social and musical context, arguing that Berry Gordy helped lead the charge for demolishing the walls between black and white music in mid-century America.

Janet Jackson was at No. 1; Cub Koda passed away; Johnny Cash made his last ever live performance; Huey Lewis and Marc Cohn was born, and Lilith Fair began, Today in Music History.

Today's top music news stories include the death of drummer John Blackwell Jr., a first look at an unauthorized Morrissey biopic, and sales of Warren Zevon's library and Daft Punk's drum machine.

Not everybody is at work today because it's the Fourth of July. It's kind of a skeletal crew, so Mary thought, 'What would be the right thing to do? Who would I like to bring in to work with me?' Naturally, Lefty and Crash came to mind. Watch video of these friendly pugs in the studio.

This week, most programs are on break for the Fourth of July holiday and are airing reruns, but those encore broadcasts include performances by Fleet Foxes, Spoon, Gary Clark Jr., Father John Misty, Dead Man Winter and others.