Many people have been celebrating the best athletes in the world for the past 2 weeks, but the Olympic Games come to a close on Sunday. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about 'the best' do you want to hear?

Ya Tseen, the newest project from the multi-disciplinary Indigenous artist Nicholas Galanin, joins The Current to play songs from their debut record Indian Yard. Galanin and his longtime collaborator OCnotes discuss the making of the record, their spaceship recording studio in Sitka, Alaska, and the importance of not getting precious about your work in collaborations.

After a year spent in lockdown, Them Coulee Boys re-emerge with a new album, 'Namesake.' Listen to all the tracks on the new release.

Adia Victoria, Sufjan Stevens, Ty Segall and Minnesota artist Thomas Abban have hot-off-the-press music to share. We also discover tracks from emerging artists Valley and Ethel Cain.

With today being MCA of the Beastie Boy's birthday, shining a spotlight on New York Hip Hop only seems fitting. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what classic New York Hip Hop do you want to hear?

In 'Why Marianne Faithfull Matters,' Tanya Pearson argues that the iconic singer-songwriter must be understood on her own terms - not tied up into the kind of neat package she was never trying to fit into.

We had two local debuts on the chart this week, including the Duluth duo Low, and Bad Bad Hats with their latest single, "Detroit Basketball".

This week, Mary Lucia talks about a 2014 documentary, 'No No: A Dockumentary,' about Major League Baseball pitcher Dock Ellis. 'He was a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates who struggled his entire life with drugs and alcohol,' Mary explains, 'but performed while under the influence and then most famously pitched a no-hitter while tripping on LSD.'

Confessional songs are all over the pop charts, from Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour. What do musicians who blend fact and fiction owe their real life subjects?

Today in 1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album which has been recognized as a formative psychedelic rock album. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what psychedelic rock do you want to hear?