Rock Music
Read This Week's Poll: Vote For The Albums Everyone Can Love
July 10, 2012 – More nominees in our search for the albums everyone can love. Tell us your picks in our latest poll.
Listen Dinosaur Jr. Returns, Metal From Baroness, Son Lux And More
July 10, 2012 – Hear a premiere from Taken By Trees, new music from Dinosaur Jr. and a few surprises.
Read Song Premiere: Taken By Trees, 'Dreams'
July 10, 2012 – Download a song from Taken By Trees, the solo project of Swedish singer Victoria Bergsman.
Watch How Doo-Wop Unlocks The New Album By Dirty Projectors
July 10, 2012 – A new album from a band that always delivers the unexpected has echoes of a familiar sound.
Listen Langhorne Slim In Concert WXPN
July 9, 2012 – Hear the singer-songwriter perform music from his new album, The Way We Move, live from WXPN. WXPN
Watch Next: Family Band WXPN
July 9, 2012 – Meet a Brooklyn couple who describe their gently dark indie-pop sound as "heavy mellow." WXPN
Listen Sharon Van Etten On World Cafe WXPN
July 9, 2012 – Hear the confessional folk-rock singer and rapidly rising star perform her songs in the studio. WXPN
Watch Aliens Have Landed: John Hodgman Reads From 'Year Zero'
July 9, 2012 – John Hodgman reads the first chapter of Year Zero, Rob Reid's sci-fi satire of the music industry.
Read Put Down The Camera And Watch The Show ... Really?
July 9, 2012 – What would you do if your favorite musician asked you to put away your cell phone during a concert?
Read First Listen: JEFF The Brotherhood, 'Hypnotic Nights'
July 8, 2012 – The band's heroically anthemic rock 'n' roll is as polished and sweetly hooky as it is hedonistic.
Listen First Listen: Fang Island, 'Major'
July 8, 2012 – You can sift through the band's music for epiphanies, or turn your brain off and dance in the heat.
Read First Listen: Baroness, 'Yellow And Green'
July 8, 2012 – The double-album is an embarrassment of riff-based riches and melodic surprises from the metal band.
Watch The Shredder Behind '100 Guitar Licks' Speaks
July 8, 2012 – Alex Chadwick explains how his rapid-fire rock history lesson, now a viral hit, came to be.
Watch 16 Musical Odes To Very Strange Animals
July 7, 2012 – The latest album from Brooklyn's Michael Hearst was inspired by the misfits of the natural world.
Read Name That Drum Fill
July 6, 2012 – Listen to a mix of drum fills and guess which artist and songs they're from.