Islands - Becoming The Gunship, from the new album "Ski Mask."

Almost 10 years after 'Take Me Out' helped the band break through commercially, win a Mercury Prize and craft a zeitgeist-defining sound -- and two years after a rumored breakup -- the Glaswegian dance-rock outfit returns with its first new album since 2009.

If Justin Vernon never releases another record under the name Bon Iver -- and he's publicly suggested that that might be the case -- more albums like Repave would render the issue largely irrelevant. His second album with Volcano Choir is just that good.

This week on New Hot, we'll take a look at a duo who revitalized the L.A. punk scene, and a band whose members signed some of the most popular indie rock groups of the '90s. These are our three recommended releases for this week.

Though it’s not something that we often think about when we’re out at a show, a lot of factors to into making a good concert experience. Of course, the band has to be solid, but what about all of those non-musical things that are unfolding before our eyes? Maybe it’s as simple as a little…

  Monday, August 19 Aby Wolf, Grant Cutler, and Zoo Animal Loring Park, Minneapolis 7 p.m., free, all ages For the final installment of the Walker’s Music & Movies series in Loring, producer Grant Cutler will team up with two inventive songwriters and vocalists to present a showcase of their latest collaborations. The 70-minute show…

A few different sources have been debating what the "Song of the Summer" really was. We thought we'd let you have a voice in the matter. What was the "Song of the Summer" for you?

Today Michael Rand chatted with The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about bench-clearing brawls in baseball, a guide for avoiding fantasy football conversations, and bowling.

Ahead of her first US tour date in support of Once I Was an Eagle at the Women's Club in Minneapolis, Laura Marling stopped by to play songs off her latest album in Minnesota Public Radio's UBS Forum. Between songs, Marling talked to Steve Seel of The Current's Morning Show about Patty Smith, Greek mythology, and playing with an orchestra at the BBC Proms.

Superchunk - Me & You & Jackie Mittoo, from the new album "I Hate Music."