Destroyer On World Cafe
After 10 albums, Dan Bejar's ambitious solo project makes its World Cafe debut.
Music & Culture
First Watch: Cavanaugh (Open Mike Eagle & Serengeti), 'Screen Play'
Watch the first clip from the rappers' new, high-concept project, Time And Materials.
Recommended Dose: October's Best Dance Tracks
Your monthly cliff notes to the best electronic music features new tunes from Ducky, Toxe, Len Leise and more.
Songs We Love: The Max Levine Ensemble, 'My Valerian'
Eight years between albums, the D.C. pop-punks return with a chunky rock anthem about chasing bliss. In the video, a doomsday device is implanted in singer David Combs' brain.
Hear 'Eliot St.' From A New Album By Quilt
Familiar, warm harmonies and nostalgia for a troubled time echo through the first song from Quilt's new album, Plaza, out on Feb. 26.
Music Destroys And Music Heals In 'Modern Girl'
Riot grrrl legend Carrie Brownstein's excellent new memoir takes readers from her difficult childhood to the rise and fall (and rise again) of her band Sleater-Kinney, which she says saved her life.
Watkins Family Hour On World Cafe
Nickel Creek's Sean and Sara Watkins stop by with some of their friends for today's session.
Viking's Choice: Total Abuse, 'DNA Evidence'
There's a relentless antagonism to Total Abuse that is so, so satisfying. The Texas band's new album Excluded is a mud-slop synthesis of sludgy noise, lunging rhythms and oddly catchy hooks.
PILL, 'Hot Glue'
How you feel about the video for NYC post-punk band PILL's dreamy and unnerving "Hot Glue" depends on how you feel about pointy press-on nails, NSFW produce and pills.
The Current Presents: Chvrches
The Scottish trio makes its third visit to The Current's studio to perform "Leave A Trace."