The indie-rock titans linked up with New Zealand band the Beths for their Minneapolis performance on Wednesday.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which 2010s-era hip-hop songs do you want to hear?

Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81. 

The 2012 film "Searching for Sugar Man" tells the bizarre story of what happened decades later when some fans went on a hunt for their idol. Revisit this feature from MPR News, republished in light of the passing of Rodriguez at age 81.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which 2000s-era hip-hop songs do you want to hear?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which 1990s-era hip-hop songs do you want to hear?

Derrick Stevens shares his firsthand experience as a witness to and participant in the birth of hip-hop and in its emergence in the Twin Cities.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which 1980s-era hip-hop songs do you want to hear?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which angst-ridden songs do you want to hear?

The Tennessee-based band performed Wednesday in St. Paul — their first Twin Cities show since 2018 — with Foals and the Linda Lindas.