Stephen Thompson

The darkness that seeps into the duo's new songs is leavened, as always, by the sun-dappled beauty of two voices, perfectly paired.

For Saintseneca, fatalistic gloom blends seamlessly with a kind of playful sprightliness. Hear "Frostbiter," the first single from a forthcoming album called Pillar of Na.

In exchange for giving Wednesday's forecast on a Denver TV station, the singer-songwriter recorded a new original song, which... fair warning, isn't the best thing Adams has ever written.

Dawes returns once again to its greatest specialty: smooth and ingratiating California folk-rock that never bothers to hide its big, beating, bleeding heart.

It's called Marauder, it's out August 24, and the first single is called "The Rover." But if you need to know more, there's also an elaborate media event, available for live-streaming.

Hear four songs by Big Red Machine, which blends Vernon's oblique and poetic words with a busy collage of sounds. Then get lost in a rabbit hole of never-before-heard music.

"The Assassin" and "Whisper" are from a deluxe reissue of Isbell's 2007 solo debut, Sirens of the Ditch, due out July 13.

A quarter-century into Case's career, her words still feel intensely personal and utterly oblique, as if she's whispering her darkest secrets in Sanskrit.

With the 2017-18 season of Saturday Night Live now a wrap, we consider all 21 musical guests from this year — from worst to best. Apologies in advance to Sam Smith.

LaMontagne's new song conjures images of soothing singer-songwriters like Nick Drake and Sam Beam, but it also takes unexpected turns along the way.

Nominees for the organization's 17th annual show, held in September, tilt heavily toward three of the genre's biggest contemporary stars. Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and Margo Price lead the pack.

The first single from Old Rockhounds Never Die is a brisk and unpredictable murder ballad that builds to a dizzying, rampaging climax.

The artist disappeared Tuesday night, setting off a police search and a groundswell of support from fans and peers.

"Plastic Skeletons" takes the singer's gift for evocative, concisely crafted, seemingly free-associated wordcraft and sets it against a swirling and forceful psych-rock arrangement.

In three songs from Reservoir, Gordi keeps her voice both unadorned and centered within warm, cool arrangements that include piano, guitar, pedal steel, a harmonium named Barbara, and more.

"Hunger," from Florence Welch's forthcoming High As Hope, lets the singer cut loose in a soaring, searching anthem about loneliness and desire.

Singularity plays out like a night's wordless narrator, so it seemed fitting to let Jon Hopkins walk us through it, moment by moment, in his own words.

Watch the singers perform an eight-minute medley of Bridgers' "Killer" and Gundersen's "The Sound," with help from Gundersen's sister Abby.

Tanya Donelly's beloved alt-rock band is back after 23 years.

As news swirls about culpability for Prince's death, his estate has released a major find: a long-lost 1984 recording of his classic composition, along with rare video footage from his rehearsals.