According tp Paul Huttner, today is going to be the hottest day so far this summer. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear with 'hot' in the title or prominently in the lyrics? Send us your requests.

Tolliver: Rave Deep Jonathan Tolliver has moved to Los Angeles, but he’ll be back in Minneapolis this Friday night for a show at Icehouse celebrating Rave Deep, a solo EP he’s releasing as Tolliver. The EP features Tolliver’s falsetto flying over burbling electronic tracks, miles away both musically and thematically from the buoyant soul of…

On Monday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the computer giant announced a new streaming music service to be called, simply, Apple Music. The service will launch at the end of this month, at a price of $9.99 per month with the first three months being free. In addition to allowing you…

Nancy Sinatra sang, 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin', but there are a lot of songs that reference footwear. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that reference footwear? Send us your requests.

On Saturday, July 11, a unique fusion of cultures will take place at the Cedar Cultural Center, under the auspices of Ragamala Dance Company. The acclaimed Indian dance company and the Cedar have teamed up to bring DJ Rekha, “the Ambassador of Bhangra,” to the Twin Cities for the first time. It’s uncommon to find a…

There's nothing new in rock music, but it can always be done better. Django Django do it better on 'Born Under Saturn', creating a collection of songs that are catchy, inventive, danceable and psychedelic.

The music world has been buzzing over reported remarks by Paul Westerberg as the Replacements played the Primavera Porto music festival in Portugal. According to Pitchfork, “Westerberg announced that this would be the last time that the band plays together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel instead of coming in for sound check, he also…

The Internet is buzzing over a report by Pitchfork that Paul Westerberg has declared the Replacements have played their final show. During the band’s performance at Primavera Porto today, The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg announced that this would be the last time that the band plays together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel…

As plans are proposed to turn the I-35 corridor into a butterfly-friendly habitat in order to protect these vital pollinators, we're wondering: What songs do you want to hear that have "butterfly" or "butterflies" in the title or lyrics? Send us your requests.

As part of their ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, hip-hop label Rhymesayers has released a save-the-date for what promises to be an amazing night. The show will take place Friday, Dec. 4 at Target Center, though the lineup is TBA at the moment. In curating the lineup for the event, Rhymesayers will have no shortage of talent…