In the band's latest video, for the song "Cover Me," enduring a broken heart is like a rudderless drift through the icy, airless emptiness of outer space.
This week's essential new music includes a piano ballad from Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, a powerful look at race relations in America from soul singer Mavis Staples and more.
The fast-rising young Nashville songwriter finds transcendence in soul's leavening and the grease of rock 'n' roll. Brent Cobb's sophomore record is out early 2018.
The decision follows a year-long lawsuit filed by a documentarian against music publishers and folk singers, including the late Pete Seeger, who copyrighted the civil rights anthem in the 1960s.
Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding will be in the recording studio for 77 hours, conjuring her next album out of thin air. We'll be watching closely — and so can you.