The 34th Twin Cities Marathon happens this Sunday, Oct. 4. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention 'run,' 'running' or 'feet'? Send us your requests.

A battle of the bands for people of color has been announced for December at the Cedar Cultural Center, and submissions for entrants are now open. So far, Sonic Rain and Ashley DuBose have been confirmed as a co-emcee and Tall Paul and Maria Isa have been announced as judges, with more to come. ROCK4LOVE: POC Battle…

It’s Friday! It’s fall! Pumpkin Spice Lattes for everyone! Doomtree With their inaugural Doomtree Zoo coming up tomorrow—a Blowout-style full crew throwdown at CHS Field that will also feature acts like Aesop Rock, Open Mic Eagle, and Aby Wolf—Doomtree dropped their latest in a long string of videos from their most recent album, All Hands. The…

“I’ll be with you in a minute,” said John Kass as I entered Go Johnny Go—his small, crowded White Bear Lake record store. “I have go give these people the bad news.” Kass stepped outside and spoke to a couple who had just brought a batch of records in for him to appraise. “I can give…

It sounds like fiction—like a murder mystery in a worn paperback novel. A wealthy woman is murdered in her bed, smothered with a pillow in the landmark lakeside mansion built by her parents. Her nurse is also killed, bludgeoned with a candlestick. Investigators quickly identify two suspects with a classic motive: struggling financially, the suspects…

The Jesus and Mary Chain, who haven’t released an album since the Clinton Administration, are working on a new album. The band reunited in 2007 after breaking up in the 90s and are now on tour; vocalist Jim Reid has just confirmed that a follow-up to 1998’s Munki is in the works. (Billboard) Guess who else is back? Will Smith.…

As we've been playing tracks from Live Current Volume 11, it's reminded us of other great live recordings. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what tracks from live albums do you want to hear? Send us your requests.

Big Star’s third album has always existed ambiguously, down to its very title. Differing variations of the album have floated around since the band’s attempt at recording a third studio album in 1974. There has never even been a concrete, canonical track listing, despite numerous well-intended attempts. Depending on who you ask, the record is…

Following the release of his 1989 cover album, Ryan Adams sat down for a chat with host Jade.

Despite what you may have heard, Carlos Santana “is alive and well,” his representative has confirmed. The only thing the legendary guitarist, 68, has fallen victim to is an Internet hoax that led to widely circulated rumors of his death. (Billboard) After 13 years, Moog Music is ceasing production of its Minimoog Voyager synth—just 600 more…