Parlour Tricks, 'Broken Hearts/Bones'
Parlour Tricks draws romance and free expression out of the mundane aisles of a supermarket in the video for "Broken Hearts/Bones. "
Music
First Listen: Elliott Smith, 'Heaven Adores You'
The soundtrack to a new documentary inventories the periphery of the late singer's catalog: unheard early recordings, instrumentals, collaborations, live appearances and other illuminating footnotes.
First Listen: Dr. Dog, 'The Psychedelic Swamp'
The Philly psych-rock band revisits some of its earliest material, now fully fleshed out. Loopy, charming idiosyncrasy abounds.
First Listen: Lucinda Williams, 'The Ghosts Of Highway 20'
The singer-songwriter's new double-length set is a road album of a sort, as well as a remarkable distillation of Williams' writerly gifts.
First Listen: Sidestepper, 'Supernatural Love'
Richard Blair reassembles his innovative Afro-Colombian pop band, and the result never looks back. Instead, it shimmers and percolates while ignoring boundaries altogether.
First Listen: Junior Boys, 'Big Black Coat'
The long-running duo returns with another set of inventive, era-spanning, synth-driven techno-pop that sets Jeremy Greenspan's alternately husky and delicate voice against synthetic backgrounds.
First Listen: KING, 'We Are KING'
The R&B trio, whose 2011 debut EP broke the Internet, finally follows it with an album of dreamy, idiosyncratic, self-produced soul music.
Jaap van Zweden Named Next Music Director Of The New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic has appointed the 55-year-old Dutch conductor and violinist as its next music director. Does this mark a new artistic direction for the vaunted orchestra?
New Release By Numero Revisits Ork Records' Complete Catalog
Terry Ork was a mystery man who crashed the Warhol scene and founded his own record label. Rock historian Ed Ward traces the brief, tumultuous existence of Ork Records.
Viking's Choice: Sunwatchers, 'Herd Of Creeps'
The psychedelic New York freak-jazz band runs a James Brown rave-up through Hawkwind's space-rock machine.