The Uncluded -- one part Kimya Dawson, one part Aesop Rock -- have put together an incredible sonic array in their new collaboration "Hokey Fright." Stream the album, the latest on the Rhymesayers Entertainment roster, in its entirety before it's released on May 7th.

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.

Houses - The Beauty Surrounds, from the new album "A Quiet Darkness."

When last we checked in on Iron and Wine, Sam Beam was demonstrating just how far he'd come from his early lo-fi days with 'Kiss Each Other Clean,' a record that I described at the time as Beam's grown-up answer to Brian Wilson's desire to sculpt "teenage symphonies to God." Beam's follow-up brings that process full circle and turn the tricks back around in the service of "the song" -- and I'm pretty much ready to proclaim 'Ghost On Ghost' one of the best records of the year

Playful, soft, sunnily melancholy and springlike, Zooey Deschanel's songs with M. Ward once again subsist on the strength of their own agreeability. Timelessness has long been key to the duo's charm, and indeed, Volume 3 seems to be floating through AM speakers at all times.

  Local record label Totally Gross National Product has had a long history of releasing of the Twin Cities’ most experimental and complex records, with more than a handful gathering extensive praise throughout the years. In 2012, the label went on a hiatus to prepare for an eventual relaunch, and that time is now upon…

Tuesday, April 30 marks Willie Nelson's 80th birthday, and to celebrate, we're giving away a copy of Willie Nelson and Family's just-released Let's Face the Music and Dance. Enter for your chance to win!

This week on New Hot, read about a frontman who counts David Bowie among his collaborators, a California local band gone big-time and the newest electronic buzz act from New York. These are our three recommended releases for Tuesday, April 30.

It's time for us to welcome On An On to the Minnesota music community. But they aren't total strangers: Nate Eiesland and Alissa Ricci both grew up in the state before joining forces with Ryne Estwing and several others in the popular Chicago band Scattered Trees. After the act suddenly disbanded, Eiesland, Ricci and Estwing started On An On, changed their musical direction and partly uprooted themselves back to Minneapolis.

Singer songwriters Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin perform together on Radio Heartland.