Solar Year - Seeing The Same, from the new album "Waverly."

This week on New Hot, we're taking a look at the most recognizable man in gypsy punk, plus a guy from the south who helped create a new music genre with his debut. These are our three recommended releases for this week.

Infused with winning, strident energy, I Hate Music is the sound of a veteran band with its vitality intact, for which fun and fury are essential components of a life thoughtfully lived.

Jake Bugg is a breath of fresh air in this world full of manufactured pop music and television singing competitions, and he's often armed only with little more than a guitar and a song.

Thanks for the idea, Bob. So, now we throw it to you, what "stop" songs should we play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about the Canadian take over for the Twins with Morneau and Albers both having a great week, the Wolves draft pick Shabazz Muhammad getting into trouble, and the possible controversy over who will be the Vikings quarterback.

The Tennessee singer-songwriter feels a deep connection — if not responsibility — to the great musical traditions of Memphis. She describes this and more during her in-studio chat with The Current's Mac Wilson.

Holter has always had a flair for not only drama, but also the dramatic. On Loud City Song, she looks to the 1958 musical film Gigi for her third album in as many years. A collection of high-concept chamber-pop, it examines resonant themes like loneliness while retaining its mystery.

The arty L.A. noise-rock duo's fourth album seethes stubbornly when it could have far more easily opened up at full blast and stayed there. A compact but searching 30 minutes of music, An Object hammers and wanders while upsetting and upending expectations.

Barwick takes small vocal phrases and bits of instrumentation, samples them and loops them impeccably to create a sound that tentatively recalls the impossible lushness of Enya when it's not fanning out into sounds that can be experimental, spare, artful and alluring.