Scott Morrow 
Need a dose of new tunes? Click onward to hear four excellent upcoming albums.
Man or Astro-Man?: Defcon 5…4…3…2…1…
NK: Nothing to Be Gained Here
Les Rhinocéros: II
Scout Niblett: It’s Up to Emma
The National: Trouble Will Find Me
After a buzz-building set at Coachella last month, How to Destroy Angels brought its visually stimulating stage show to Chicago and other select cities. Lost in Concert photographer Brendan Shanley was on hand to document the color-saturated performance.
Each with boundary-pushing credits a mile long, wife-and-husband tag-team Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi are one of those consummate couples — the kind of musical pairing that belongs together.
It’s been six years since the last Queens of the Stone Age album, and Josh Homme and co. are making up for lost time with the no-filler …Like Clockwork on June 4.
Obsessed with vinyl and the female form? Visit the unabashedly titled fuckyeahgirlswithvinylrecords.tumblr.com to get your fix.
With a few seasons of Portlandia in the books, sketch master and former Trenchmouth drummer Fred Armisen has helped spawn a renewed interest in the The City of Roses (aided, of course, by the talents of ex-Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein).
Going somewhere? Anywhere? Put on these tunes during your aimless getaway.
In a video documentation of its new album, hardcore-punk outfit Retox (along with friends Buzz Osborne, Nick Zinner, and Trevor Dunn) ruminates about endless touring, pouring out emotions on stage, and the magic of music.
Though sometimes overshadowed by Pacific Northwest neighbors Seattle and Vancouver, Oregon’s cultural capital holds many distinctions of its own — including nicknames of “Brewtopia” and “Pornland” for its prevalence of coffee, beer, and strip clubs.
For some, plastering a band name on a bottle of booze is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Others, like Maynard James Keenan, pour everything into their creations. However you define the following, here are a few band-name beverages to request at your next show.
NK: Nothing to Be Gained Here (Triple Crown, 5/21/13)
As music lovers, we await those rare projects that combine familiar and new elements in unique, indescribable ways. Comprised of singer/guitarist Ryan Hunter (Envy on the Coast), bassist Michael Sadis (The Rivalry), and drummer Billy Rymer (The Dillinger Escape Plan), NK is one of those projects.