Jamie Lidell - What A Shame, from his new self-titled album.

  It’s been a slow couple of weeks in terms of local shows and local music news here in the Cities, but that lull isn’t going to last long. We have a couple high-profile album releases coming up this week—Aby Wolf and Grant Cutler’s Wolflords collaboration and STNNNG’s Steve Albini-produced Empire Inward—and it’s a mere…

Particularly in its first half, Optica plays like a marvelous '80s mixtape, albeit one with modern production values and a good deal of subtlety. In all their sweet and sunny glory, the Swedish pop band's songs invariably chime and shine.

Mount Moriah - Bright Light, from the new album "Miracle Temple."

Listen to Nick Cave's music as an ongoing narrative to fully appreciate what you might have dismissed as the "that goth rock."

Stick with me through this momentary confusion you might be experiencing: Wolf Lords was the name of a project launched last year that you heard a lot of on the station. It's a collaboration between Aby Wolf and Grant Cutler. However, now the project has been transitioned to Aby's name, and the album title has been made "Wolf Lords."

This week on New Hot, read about a band whose front-woman is the daughter of a famous puppeteer, an album from Will Oldham's alter-ego and the next breakout act from Australia. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, February 19.

Brothers Dan and Matt Wilson have been playing together since they were kids. Now they're taking over The Current to share their favorite songs with you.

Few in history could play a six-string like Jimi Hendrix. We picked seven of the nastiest guitar riffs from the mind of the master.

The solar system has been tossing the Earth a few shocks today. Check out the video of the meteor exploding below and then help us come up with a Coffee Break of songs for meteors and asteroids.