First Listen: Cool Uncle, 'Cool Uncle'
What happens when sexagenarian, Quiet-Storm crooner Bobby Caldwell and thirtysomething hit producer Jack Splash get together? Smooth fireworks!
Music & Culture
Indian Folk Music Brought To Trinidad Looks For Fans Outside The Caribbean
We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, with rhythms from calypso and soca. And it's players are aiming for an audience beyond the Caribbean.
Destroyer On World Cafe
After 10 albums, Dan Bejar's ambitious solo project makes its World Cafe debut.
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.