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The Colombian party band, Bomba Estereo, is out with their latest album, Amanecer. NPR reviewer Banning Eyre, senior editor at afropop.org, says it offers a friendly entrée into the realm of electronic dance music with folk roots.

Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low talk with NPR's Lee Hale about their newest album HEY WHAT and how they're still finding their sound.

Film critic JOHN POWERS reviews director Bernardo Bertolucci''s latest film. "Stealing Beauty" stars Liv Tyler and Jeremy Irons.INT. 2: Singer MEL TORME. For more than 50 years, Torme has been one of most accomplished and versatile pop and jazz singers. Known for years as "The Velvet Fog," Torme, who grew up in show business, first made his reputation in the Big Band era as a songwriter, arranger, drummer and singer. He later sang in MGM musicals. Described by Ethel Waters as "the only white man who sings with the soul of a black man," Torme is one of the few white performers to share the spotlight with jazz greats like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald. "The Mel Torme Collection: 1944-1985," a four CD box set, has just been released. (Rhino) (REBROADCAST FROM 10

Ken Tucker reviews the seventh studio album from Wilco. It's a mature and confident work, but it also has a playfully affectionate side.

Patrick Watson and his band The Wooden Arms defy easy categorization. The group from Montreal takes inspiration from contemporary indie rock, cartoon music from the 1940s and impressionist composers. Depending on the song, you'll hear pots and pans or bottles and barrels.

Infected Mushroom resides at the forefront of an emerging musical genre called psy-trance — complex electronic music with the sophistication of rock or jazz. The group expanded from a voice-and-keyboard duo to a quintet in an effort to make electronic dance music more interesting.

The Portland-based rock band is known for its anachronistic indie-pop songs featuring "chimbly sweeps" and "barrow boys." Their newest album, The Hazards of Love, is a 1970s-style concept album that some might call a rock opera.

The artist and DJ performs a set that hits like a series of quietly arresting lullabies in a Nashville warehouse with a full band, featuring Jordan Rakei and Hundred Waters' Nicole Miglis.

Dreams in Splattered Lines refines the long-running noise band's approach to cinematic horror: still gross and grueling, but painted in thicker strokes of neon gloom.

The famed musician was one of the most prolific recording artists in jazz and performed with such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones in a career that spanned decades.