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November 25, 2024

Need holiday gift ideas for your favorite music fans? Check out this guide to releases you can find at your favorite independent record stores.

15 vinyl exclusives to grab on Record Store Day Black Friday 2024

15 vinyl exclusives to grab on Record Store Day Black Friday 2024

Erik Thompson • Nov 25, 2024

Need holiday gift ideas for your favorite music fans? Check out this guide to releases you can find at your favorite independent record stores.

Kendrick Lamar's rules for rap's new administration

Kendrick Lamar's rules for rap's new administration

Sheldon Pearce • Nov 25, 2024

Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.

Coffee Break: Traditions

Coffee Break: Traditions

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Nov 25, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs or bands that could be traditions would you like to hear?

Ike Reilly looks ahead to annual First Avenue show, reflects on new documentary

Ike Reilly looks ahead to annual First Avenue show, reflects on new documentary

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Nov 25, 2024

Reilly, part of a 20-plus-year, night-before-Thanksgiving tradition at First Avenue, talks about his ties to Minneapolis while also sharing thoughts on Don’t Turn Your Back on Friday Night, a new documentary about his life.

Kendrick Lamar releases new album, 'GNX,' capping a year of wins

Kendrick Lamar releases new album, 'GNX,' capping a year of wins

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento • Nov 22, 2024

The Compton, Calif. rapper has been in the spotlight all year, first for his beef with Drake, which led to a pop hit and Grammy nominations, all without releasing an album ... until today.

Coffee Break: Lights

Coffee Break: Lights

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Nov 22, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs relating to lights would you like to hear?

Classic Americana: Gordon Lightfoot

Classic Americana: Gordon Lightfoot

Mike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Nov 22, 2024

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we shine the spotlight on Gordon Lightfoot, a singer-songwriter who fellow Canadian Robbie Robertson called “a national treasure.”

The Chart Show: JD McPherson enjoys a "Sunshine Getaway" in the Chart Show Hall of Fame

The Chart Show: JD McPherson enjoys a "Sunshine Getaway" in the Chart Show Hall of Fame

Nov 21, 2024

McPherson enjoys his third entry in the Hall of Fame while Cloud Cult also pick up another Chart Show Hall of Fame nod, and The Cure rise to No. 1.

Coffee Break: To the Max!

Coffee Break: To the Max!

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Nov 21, 2024

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs by musicians with a history of philanthropy would you like to hear?

MF DOOM's music was his legend. The man himself was the myth

MF DOOM's music was his legend. The man himself was the myth

Sheldon Pearce • Nov 21, 2024

The late rapper's 2004 album MM..FOOD may never have the classic status of its sister release, Madvillainy. But 20 years later, it's the one to play if you want to hear the essence of his artistry.

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