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Alternative country band Son Volt has a new record out, their second release after a seven-year hiatus. Son Volt is a loose collective of musicians orbiting around Jay Farrar, a St. Louis-based singer/songwriter. Their latest CD is The Search.

Battles looks like a normal quartet, but it doesn't act like one. Band members play two or three instruments simultaneously and then digitally loop the sounds they've just made. So the group, in essence, becomes five, six or seven members at once.

Joe Grushecky has been delivering hard-driving, Pittsburgh-style rock' n' roll for three decades. On his latest CD, on which he's joined by songwriting partner Bruce Springsteen, the 50-something musician reflects on aging, family and other important things in life.

On the band's new album, old and new technologies come together in a sly but seemingly sincere way, with throwback results that keep the prospect of a party in mind.

The foot-stomping, folk-rock hit-makers behind "Ho Hey" premiere their first new music since 2012.

Veloso is consistently one of the most literate and beguiling forces in music. To see him in person is to see a sinuous, warm and joyous show in which his vocals are backed by a young and edgy band. His new album is titled Zii E Zie.

The rock group played the first of two tribute concerts for their late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in March at the age of 50.

The rocker has been on the national music scene since he was 12. Now, at 42, Malin is playing with a band called The St. Marks Social and has recorded Love It to Life, a new album partly inspired by J.D. Salinger. Malin says his focus with the album was on making music that would translate well to live performance.

International wanderlust has informed the band's music since its 2006 debut, the Balkan-brass-inflected Gulag Orkestar. But leader Zach Condon says all that travel has come with a price.

After Christopher Owens fled the cult he grew up in, he used his musical talent to launch a career. His band, Girls, was an arena-touring success. Now his first solo album, Lysandre, is a reflection on that experience.