Glasgow's CHVRCHES (which, yes, is pronounced "churches") are one of the acts that emerged from this year's South by Southwest with an aura of buzz, and it's not hard to see why: their yearning, epic electro-pop anthems pack an awesome emotional and melodic wallop, thanks in no small part to singer Lauren Mayberry's captivating voice.

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon leads a loose, Tom Petty-esque blues-rock trio with an ear for beauty. But this isn't the stuff of mystery or misery; it's the work of a guy who loves playing music and saw an opportunity to have a blast on the side with friends he's joined on stage whenever possible.

To celebrate Public Radio Music Month, we're having a daily vote for the best in-studio tracks from The Current's performance archive. Today's vote: The Head and the Heart, the Hold Steady or Vampire Weekend.

A fussy, reclusive enigma, Otis still performs occasionally, but most of his work has remained unreleased and subject to endless tinkering. That's about to change with a deluxe reissue of Otis' 1974 cult classic Inspiration Information, which includes a generous assortment of unreleased material.

So to celebrate Public Radio Music Month, we're having a daily vote for the best in-studio tracks from The Current's performance archive. Today's vote: Liz Phair, The Big Pink, or Booker T. Jones.

To celebrate Public Radio Music Month, we're having a daily vote for the best in-studio tracks from The Current's performance archive. We've gone through and picked some of the most beloved performances by the staff and by our audience. We'll play the winner during the Live Current track of the day the following day.

Sam Beam has slowly and subtly built his sound into something lavish and even orchestral in scope, but he still finds a way to wrap his agreeably soft voice around thematically weighty material.

A rewarding new listen from the unassailable Oklahoma on their new studio album, 'The Terror'.

This week on New Hot, read about an English musician whose debut reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, the next release from a Swedish brother-sister duo breaking a hiatus and another album from the Philly indie rock scene. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, April 9.

What songs have lyrics so beautiful you'd call them poetry? Teenage Kicks on April 6, 2013 is exploring the poetry of modern rock in honor of National Poetry Month.