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August 10, 2020

Happy Duran Duran appreciation day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have repetition in the name, like Duran Duran?

Coffee Break: Seeing double

Coffee Break: Seeing double

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 10, 2020

Happy Duran Duran appreciation day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what bands do you want to hear that have repetition in the name, like Duran Duran?

Today in Music History: Remembering Isaac Hayes

Today in Music History: Remembering Isaac Hayes

Aug 10, 2020

A 13-year-old Stevie Wonder started a three-week run at the top of the charts; John Denver was at the top of the album charts; Brian Adams had his first U.S. No. 1 album; Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran was plucked from the ocean; and the great Isaac Hayes entered the pantheon of music legends, Today in Music History.

Album of the Week: Glass Animals, 'Dreamland'

Album of the Week: Glass Animals, 'Dreamland'

Jade • Aug 10, 2020

This round of songs still shimmer and poppily slide along for summertime listening - but the lyrics hit home. 'Dreamland' is an apt title for the album - a hazy forest of sounds that sharpen and fade thru stories of former friends, regrets, and snippets of memories that are gone before you can fully grasp them.

Live Virtual Session: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes

Live Virtual Session: Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes

Mac Wilson and Iman Jafri • Aug 7, 2020

In a virtual interview and live session with The Current's Mac Wilson, Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith talked about how their music, whether it's their 2016 album We're All Gonna Die or their upcoming seventh studio album Good Luck With Whatever, has unintentionally ended up being very suited to the current moment.

All Request Coffee Break

All Request Coffee Break

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 7, 2020

As we are getting ready to head into Radio Free All Request Weekend, let's get the party started early with an all request morning. What songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Behind the Scenes: Double Grave’s “Whatever”

Behind the Scenes: Double Grave’s “Whatever”

Maddie Schwappach • Aug 7, 2020

Double Grave is a band I, along with many others, became acquainted with in a way that feels completely natural to the Minneapolis music scene. Sometime in 2017, I descended some rickety stairs into an unfinished basement where a packed room of music fans nodded along to Double Grave’s distorted, shoegaze-influenced breed of punk. That…

Music News: TikTok ban or sale? What's at stake for the music world

Music News: TikTok ban or sale? What's at stake for the music world

Jay Gabler • Aug 6, 2020

President Trump has threatened to ban TikTok, the China-owned video app that now has an enormous role in driving music discovery. Whether you're a TikTok addict or have absolutely no idea what it is, Jade and Jay break down the reasons why TikTok turmoil has the attention of everyone in the music world right now.

Coffee Break: Respect your idols

Coffee Break: Respect your idols

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Aug 6, 2020

Bon Iver have released a new song titled "AUATC" which features Bruce Springsteen among others. It got us thinking about artists that enlist their idols to be featured on their new works. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from artists or bands that feature their idols?

Today in Music History: Remembering Elliott Smith

Today in Music History: Remembering Elliott Smith

Aug 6, 2020

Whitney Houston signed a huge deal with Arista records; Chubby Checker taught America to do 'The Twist' on national television; the Beatles released 'Help!'; ABBA met anything but their Waterloo on the U.S. charts; Stevie Nicks released her first solo album; and Elliott Smith was born in Omaha, Neb., in 1969, Today in Music History.

The Chart Show: Where to Start?

The Chart Show: Where to Start?

Aug 6, 2020

Bully asks "Where to Start" and the Chart Show voters gave an answer: #13, where they debuted this week.

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