Some new heat to keep you cool during these blazing months from Kamilla Love, KayCyy, Student 1, Finding Novyon, and more.

The quartet performs a soulful meditation on self-discovery augmented by an innovative combination of instruments.

This week, we bring you the latest from Tegan and Sara, Silversun Pickups, Sudan Archives and Minneapolis artist Mayyadda. We’ve also got a new collaboration between members of Animal Collective and Spacemen 3, and the mellow sounds of Los Angeles artist NoSo.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from French artists would you like to hear?

Sitting at the #1 spot this week is the latest single from the Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit.

Did you know that the City of Rochester has a whole Civic Music department in its local government? The department’s new boss explains how she got the job and what it’s all about.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what empowering and motivational songs would you like to hear?

After releasing ‘A Legacy of Rentals’ — his fifth solo album — in May of this year, Craig Finn kicked off a tour at the Turf Club in St. Paul on June 28, and on that day, Finn and his band The Uptown Controllers visited The Current studio for a session hosted by Ayisha Jaffer.

Hot albums and tracks from EHN JEY, Ondara, Awesome Snakes, and more.

To produce the iconic theme song, the late composer drew on a piece he had written for a proposed musical adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas."