The Music Tapes

What? The occasionally off-kilter underground project the Music Tapes is the brainchild of Julian Koster, most notably of seminal indie rockers Neutral Milk Hotel. Koster's third Tapes LP, Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes, out now on Merge, guides listeners on a magical mystery tour of sorts.

Toadies

What? It was all Discmans, FM radio, and the tail-end of the flannel era when Toadies frontman Vaden Todd Lewis offered to take us "behind the boathouse" to show his "dark secret" on the band's 1994 crossover hit "Possum Kingdom."

Matthew Sweet

What? Matthew Sweet is known for writing immaculate power-pop. He is also known for having his hit song, early ‘90s stonecold classic "Girlfriend," on Rock Band II. For which he is more renowned largely depends (sadly) on age.

Human Highway

What? If you've ever taken any sort of dreamy downer drug -- recommended Benedryl dosage included -- we can safely assume you're familiar with the warm-blood-surge, numbed-spine, ocular zoom-out beauty that can softly sweep through your veins.

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David Vandervelde

Waiting for the Sunrise
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Savvy glam-pop up-and-comer drifts into a soft-rock sinkhole.
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Blitzen Trapper

"Furr"
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Download the wide-eyed, alt-country sextet's werewolf ballad "Furr," the title track off the band's fourth full-length, out Sept. 23.
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Wilco

Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco to Open for First and Second Tour Legs, Respectively
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Get ready, St. Paul! You've died and gone to rock'n'roll heaven.
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