Lars Gotrich

For the annual Grumpy's Bash show Minneapolis, the original Seattle fuzz worshipers have a message for knuckle-dragging numbskulls everywhere.

The first single from Villains features a bouncing blues riff honkin' heavy on The Rolling Stones with Homme's unmistakable croon.

The Peacers' new album, Introducing The Crimsmen, gargles psychedelic music like purple milk. Watch a short film for the bleary-eyed folk song.

Worriers' Lauren Denitzio has signed to SideOneDummy for a new album due out this fall. Hear a fuzzy and forlorn new single from the punk band.

What if we all just lived at camp and the members of Charly Bliss were the camp directors? Can this be our new reality?

To call the saxophonist's new band "metal" isn't quite right. Ex Eye is heavy, maximalist music made compact.

The cult guitarist graces this dexterous workout of a classic California pop song with angelic grit.

SZA's CTRL is here, a resolutely confident and skillful R&B album that explores the notions of control and honesty. Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar and Isaiah Rashad guest.

Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema are back to steer rock 'n' roll towards chaos once more with Royal Trux's first album in 17 years.

If it's not already, TLC's "Way Back" should be on your summer playlists, a playful throwback to the R&B group's bopping beginnings.

The cross-continental duo of Jeff Burke (The Marked Men, Radioactivity) and Yusuke Okada (Suspicious Beasts) make hazy, flowery '60s psych with a bit of '80s jangle.

The 12-string guitarist Sarah Louise and fiddler Sally Anne Morgan braid the natural connection between traditional Appalachian folk music and modern composition.

In an album that looks to the heavily riffed indie-rock of the '90s, "Never Been Wrong" is the headbanger, with fists clenched tight and hearts wide open.

Where's this song been all night?

In her solo electro-pop project, SOFTSPOT's Sarah Kinlaw doesn't just want to play with your senses, she wants to illuminate them.

Derek Zanetti's anthemic rocker tells the story of a weird 11-year-old who discovers punk rock. It comes, naturally, with a shot-for-shot remake of the "Ironic" video.

The British synthpop duo's new song is a soaring six minutes of Kraftwerk-ian vocoder-pop, and a clever comment on how emojis have replaced everyday language.

What happens when you ask a hard-rock band to unplug its thunder? It draws power from a raw, desperate vulnerability.

Carly Rae Jepsen, the pop star of our hearts, voices a character in the animated film Leap! This song, originally intended for the E•MO•TION: Side B collection, appears on the soundtrack.

So what kind of emojis can you text your friends and family? Likenesses of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and drummer Murph, of course, but also notable characters from album artwork like Beefy The Bullfrog.