Rock Music
Read True Widow Wants To Make Your Summer A Bummer
"Four Teeth" rattles like a heavier Neil Young bummer jam, complete with one-string guitar solos.
Watch Billy Bragg: Tiny Desk Concert
June 17, 2013 – One of the world's finest folksingers channels the spirit of Woody Guthrie at the NPR Music offices.
Listen First Listen: Smith Westerns, 'Soft Will'
June 16, 2013 – Soft Will unleashes a sparkly charm offensive that practically rolls down your car windows for you.
Watch The Beatles' Defining Moment (Hint: It's Not 'Sgt. Pepper')
June 16, 2013 – Author Colin Fleming says early BBC sessions provide a blueprint for who the band would become.
Read Heartbreak Takes John Vanderslice To 'Dagger Beach'
June 14, 2013 – Isolation led the avant-indie rock veteran to new songs and an album made outside the label system.
Watch The National: 'We've Earned Our Stripes'
June 12, 2013 – One of rock's perpetual underdogs has endured and survived the irony-laden swagger of the aughts.
Watch KCRW Presents: The Olms KCRW
June 11, 2013 – Watch Pete Yorn and J.D. King perform "Wanna Feel It" at a private show for KCRW listeners. KCRW
Watch The National: Tiny Desk Concert
June 10, 2013 – Watch the band perform acoustic arrangements of four songs from its new album, Trouble Will Find Me.
Read First Listen: Austra, 'Olympia'
June 9, 2013 – Austra's new album keeps one foot in the conservatory even as both are occupied on the dance floor.
Read First Listen: Lemuria, 'The Distance Is So Big'
June 9, 2013 – The punky pop band has made an art of interrupting itself, with songs that unfold like mini-suites.
Read Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
June 7, 2013 – Download new music from Pretty Lights, !!!, Quasimoto, The Shouting Matches, Lorde and many more.
Listen New Music: Superchunk, John Vanderslice, Lily & Madeleine, More
June 4, 2013 – Before the first half of the year gets away from us, we've still got tons of new music to share.
Listen Eleanor Friedberger Unashamed Of Her Favorite Sounds
June 2, 2013 – On her second solo release, the Fiery Furnaces singer proudly mines the music of her birth decade.
Watch Wild Nothing: Nuanced Pop At 8,500 Feet KCRW
May 31, 2013 – The band plays a stripped-down version of "This Chain Won't Break" on the side of Mount San Jacinto. KCRW
Watch Unknown Mortal Orchestra: NPR Front Row
May 29, 2013 – Watch the band perform "No Need for a Leader," a tremendous cocktail of riff-rock and psychedelia.