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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Joe Talbot, lead singer for the British rock band Idles about their new album Ultra Mono.

Lawyers for Newport News Public Schools had tried to block the lawsuit, arguing that Abby Zwerner was eligible only for workers' compensation for the injuries caused by the classroom shooting.

Help Us Stranger marks the first Raconteurs album recorded at White's studio in Nashville.

The Ohio folk-rock band matches fatalistic, ruminative rambles to arrangements that sparkle and surprise.

Best known as a rock band, the Foo Fighters are going disco. Their new album Hail Satin will feature covers of four songs by the Bee Gees — including "Night Fever."

The singer, best known as the voice of the alt-bluegrass band Crooked Still, is releasing her solo debut. It's full of songs from and inspired by the Irish folk tradition she grew up with.

The composer of Faust also wrote music fit for a pope. Wednesday, before the introduction of Pope Francis, a marching band played opera composer Charles Gounod's Pontifical March. Hear the stately, serene Vatican anthem.

Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. Miles Hoffman explains how an instrument designed for military bands became inextricably linked to jazz.

The New York band's sound veers from girl-group pop to sunbaked psychedelia. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, whose entwined vocals are what make the group stand out.

KCRW’s DJ Travis Holcombe joins us regularly to play some of the music that’s been catching his ear. This time he is listening to indie music from bands like Franz Ferdinand and Big Black Delta.