Shout Out Louds, 'Work' (Merge)

Nü-romantics go for even gloomier jangle.

After honing their Cure impression on 2007's breakout Our Ill Wills, these heart-on-sleeve Swedes team up with indie crossover producer Phil Ek (the Shins, Modest Mouse, Fleet Foxes) for a third album of ably crafted sincerity.

Lindstrøm & Christabelle, 'Real Life Is No Cool' (Smalltown Supersound)

Moroder? They hardly know her!

For Norwegian cosmic-disco pioneer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, space really is the place: He took listeners on an epic odyssey with the 29-minute (!) title track to 2008's Where You Go I Go Too, and this collaboration with chanteuse Christabelle soars into equally trippy realms.

The Very Best, 'Warm Heart of Africa' (Green Owl)

Exotic dance-pop clique lives up to name -- mostly.

On last year’s mix tape Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit Are the Very Best, London-via-Malawi singer Mwamwaya lent his exuberant vocals to the British production duo’s party-ready remixes of such sonically disparate artists as Michael Jackson, M.I.A., and Vampire Weekend.

The Antlers, 'Hospice' (Frenchkiss)

Making indie kids cry, one diagnosis at a time.

With a heavy focus on hospital imagery and morose lyrics—“I’d happily take all those bullets inside you / And put them inside of myself” -- this promising Brooklyn trio exist in an openhearted world that’s far removed from their borough’s often too-cool posturing.

Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Led Zep Members Record New Album

The rock titans' release has "beats and sounds like you’ve never heard before," says Josh Homme's wife, Spinnerette frontwoman Brody Dalle.
Dave Grohl / Josh Homme / John Paul Jones

It's a rock'n'roll obsessive's wet dream: Foo Fighters frontman / ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age bandleader Josh Homme are working on a new album -- together!

Watch: Bloc Party's Haunted House

The Brit band's new song is dance floor-ready. But in its music video the lads stay at home -- and summon ghosts with a Ouija board!
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke

With a pulsing piano melody and skittering, rave-style beats, Bloc Party's new song "One More Chance" is the perfect soundtrack for a night on the dance floor. But in the tune's just-released music video, the lads have something else in mind -- an evening at home with the world's creepiest family!

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