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First Listen: Piñata Protest, 'El Valiente'

5.13.13 at 12:15am by Felix Contreras

The band embraces the century-old traditions of Mexican music its members encountered while growing up in south Texas. But it also freshens classic sounds with an ear toward punk energy and reckless, intense power.

First Listen: G&D, 'The Lighthouse'

5.13.13 at 12:15am by Stephen Thompson

On The Lighthouse, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins engineer an overstuffed, idea-packed collision of funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, psychedelic space-rock, spoken-word poetry, protest music and more. Along the way, they examine innumerable intersections of love, politics, spirituality, healthy living, parenthood and world citizenship.

An Evening With Nico Muhly, 'Two Boys' And Other Works

5.9.13 at 4:00pm by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Watch an intimate concert inspired by Muhly's exciting, intrigue-filled opera Two Boys, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Muhly is joined by close friends including singers Sam Amidon, Paul Appleby and Jennifer Zetlan, violist Nadia Sirota and violinists Angela and Jennifer Chun.

Ólafur Arnalds, Live In Concert

5.7.13 at 11:00am by Bob Boilen

How can music be happy and sad at the same time? Listen to Arnalds' work and you'll hear it. This performance at New York City's (Le) Poisson Rouge re-imagines the Icelandic musician's magnificent work with a small orchestra: 28 musicians known as Ensemble LPR, along with guest singer Arnor Dan.

First Listen: Classixx, 'Hanging Gardens'

5.5.13 at 11:45pm by Otis Hart

All at once, Hanging Gardens feels vibrant and vintage, unmistakably young and inexplicably nostalgic. Classixx's Michael David and Tyler Blake may be known as DJs, but they're pop stars at heart, with melody reigning over rhythm and simple chord progressions carrying the day.

First Listen: Eluvium, 'Nightmare Ending'

5.5.13 at 11:45pm by Robin Hilton

Often amorphous and mostly instrumental, Matthew Cooper's songs suggest a sea of emotions: joy, sorrow, fear, love, awe. Nightmare Ending is a double album of hymns celebrating the majesty and wonder of life.

First Listen: Glenn Jones, 'My Garden State'

5.5.13 at 11:45pm by Lars Gotrich

The American Primitive-style guitarist wrote My Garden State while caring for his mother in New Jersey. A bittersweet record, it reminds us that our roots are stronger than we remember — and that wherever you end up, it's about the home you make.

First Listen: She & Him, 'Volume 3'

5.2.13 at 11:50am by Stephen Thompson

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.

First Listen: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film 'The Great Gatsby'

5.2.13 at 10:45am by Ann Powers

The soundtrack to The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's latest high-end refurbishing of a lived-in classic, doesn't try to re-imagine Jazz Age tunes in a modern context. Instead, it attempts to transplant the sensibility of the 1920s to the hip-hop era, with genre-busting collaborations overseen by Jay-Z.

First Listen: Mikal Cronin, 'MCII'

4.28.13 at 11:15pm by Stephen Thompson

On his second album, the perfectionist and multi-instrumentalist applies a beachy sparkle to 37 minutes of fresh, fun rock 'n' roll. The result feels like the work of a young artist who's both newly grown-up and still growing.

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