Grandaddy On World Cafe
The band's first album following a 10-year hiatus features everything that made it great — the meeting of fuzzed-out indie rock and the lo-fi psychedelia of video games.
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Latin Roots: La Tribu De Abrante
From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, hear a live set blending traditional bomba and plena with salsa, Latin jazz and lots of percussion.
Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'
"It wasn't like I had to go looking for the drugs and the sex," Anthony DeCurtis says. "Lou wrote about it ... so I felt it was fair game." DeCurtis' new book is Lou Reed: A Life.
Songs We Love: Johanna Warren, 'Here To Tell'
On the new track from the Portland folk musician's forthcoming album Gemini II, an inter-dimensional being visits a young man in his sleep.
Dan Wilson On Mountain Stage
The songwriter and producer performs some of his famous collaborations, including Adele's "Someone Like You" and The Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice."
Bee Bee Sea Flings A 'Sonic Boomerang' Of Psychedelic Punk
Sonic Boomerang. Is that, like, Sonic the Hedgehog's new weapon? Nope — it's revved-up garage-punk from Northern Italy.
Who Brings Puppies To A Food Fight? Harry Styles, Of Course
There are children dressed as rock stars, cupcakes and puppies in this video for "Kiwi" — a tri-force of cuteness that will not be stopped.
Songs We Love: Kal Marks, 'Adventure'
For its new album, Universal Care, Kal Marks decided to get uncomfortable by reeling the noise in — and they hit a sweet spot in the process.
Shocking Omissions: Cesária Évora's 'Cesária'
Évora, known as the "barefoot diva," helped bring morna beyond Cape Verde and into the international world of music. With her 1995 album, Cesária, Évora placed her definitive stamp on the style.
Songs We Love: Poliça And stargaze, 'How Is This Happening'
Music For The Long Emergency comes from a year-and-a-half long collaboration between the electro-pop band and the classically-trained stargaze collective.