Lars Gotrich

Fantasy novels, Depeche Mode, introspection — Bryan Funck and Andy Gibbs tell us it all mixes into the Baton Rouge metal band's four upcoming records, including a very surprising acoustic EP.

Filmed in the band's Philly hometown and various locations around Japan, The Wonder Years' big-hearted pop-punk blast reminds us that we're all closer than we think.

The Apples in Stereo frontman's new band releases a fun video game made with his son. Stream Air-Sea Dolphin's new split 7" with Sloshy, featuring creators of Homestar Runner.

Finnish musician Marja Ahti combines her own Japanese field recordings with whistling synths and cut-up electronics for some music most tranquil.

Björk doesn't so much perform on a stage — she inhabits a space.

The only antidote for the hell-in-a-handbasket blues is the stankiest of funks, and no one makes it stankier than George Clinton. Hear the first Parliament album in 38 years now.

It turns out the 45-degree tilt seen in the "Smooth Criminal" video is a mix of illusion, science and some serious athleticism.

The Japanese band's brilliantly colored math-rock is meticulously painted in a video by director Yasuyuki Yamaguchi.

Inspired by his work on Twin Peaks: The Return, Jewel offers a foggy synth-jazz soundtrack to a show that doesn't exist.

After completely destroying the original pressing, it looks like Chromatics is ready to release the fabled follow-up to Kill for Love.

On its first album in six years, Now, Now perfectly captures pop music's ability to transmute desire and despair into easily hummable enlightenment.

Super Furry Animals frontman's Babelsberg is lousy with lush and playful orchestral arrangements. Here, he channels a world-weary anxiety into a buoyant, surrealistic pop song.

The Brooklyn-via-Nashville trio make intoxicating French-pop music for the dark corners of the dance hall.

When you just need to drift into nothingness from the aches of daily life, Sigur Rós is here for you.

The mesmerizing noise-rock trio forages through a dark and dreamy landscape.

Accompanied by cicadas and organ drone, Bachman's guitar responds to the tide of emotion. Hear the 13-minute track from The Morning Star.

The L.A. psych-rock band channels the fanciful baroque-pop of The Left Banke on its new EP.

Jimmy Eat World has been around for 25 years, and has survived by bringing its fans along for the ride.

But here it is anyway: "Ashes," from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack, and guess what? It kind of slaps! You know, if a Céline Dion ballad could slap.

The Nashville singer-songwriter offers empathy through her own struggle with identity.