The new song from Spoon first appeared as unidentified instrumental music between segments on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and during boarding on American Airlines planes. 'Can I Sit Next to You' is from Spoon's forthcoming album, 'Hot Thoughts,' due out March 17.

Watch Hippo Campus play their debut full-length album 'landmark' at an intimate concert venue in Minneapolis.

Bill DeVille says he can't get enough of the 'desert blues' sound of Saharan musicians Tinariwen. For his DJ Pick of the Week, DeVille chose 'Sastanaqqam' from the band's new album, 'Elwan.' DeVille says he can't get enough of Tinariwen's 'swirling guitars and hypnotic rhythms.'

Before their big gig at the State Theatre, Taylor Goldsmith, Wylie Gelber and Lee Pardini of Dawes stopped by The Current to curate a playlist and take over our airwaves with a Theft of the Dial.

In her new work, the Carolina Chocolate Drops vocalist speaks for the truly silenced: slaves; those murdered during the civil rights movement; young men felled by police bullets in city streets today. Before its Feb. 24 release date, listen to Rhiannon Giddens' 'Freedom Highway' in its entirety.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1972. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

This week on What's New on The Current, Jade gives you a dose of drugs in musical form including psych rock from Temples and the Black Angels and stoner rock from Mac DeMarco.

Son Volt have always deserved more attention than they've received, and the band's eighth album provides a lean and sturdy showcase for Jay Farrar's eternally weary but undiminished voice. Stream 'Notes of Blue' in its entirety prior to its Feb. 17 release date.

Having grown up in Los Angeles and in Virginia, Angelica Garcia's personal history has informed her musical style, blending urban street smarts with eerie Southern storytelling. This bewitching mix is in evidence on Garcia's single, 'Orange Flower,' and it's Jade's DJ Pick of the Week.

Billie Holiday was a true original. Her voice welded the improvisation of jazz and the soul-searching expressiveness of the blues, and her delivery was distinguished by unique phrasing and an idiosyncratic sense of rhythm.