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Barenaked Ladies has a new album and a clever, new marketing ploy. They're letting their fans make the videos, design the concert T-shirts, even remix the songs.

Before she died of cancer in July, soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recorded several performances of an orchestral song cycle called Neruda Songs, composed by her husband, Peter Lieberson.

At first, Cold War Kids' music seems almost haphazard, but a closer listen reveals the intricacy that gives the California band its distinctive sound. The piano and guitars set each song's mood, ranging from mellow to reckless, and the bass jacks up the intensity at just the right moments.

Featuring the contrasting vocal talents of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard, the London band Hot Chip makes catchy, danceable indie-rock that runs the gamut from shimmering pop melodies to harder, techno-inspired electro-rock. Now, after the U.S. release of the group's second album, Hot Chip is capturing attention here, as well.

After changing its name and signing with the high-profile Merge label, The Broken West recorded its full-length debut, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, for release this week. Brimming with catchy hooks and sweet harmonies, the disc sounds like the stuff from which major breakthroughs are born.

A review of Never Hear the End of It, the new double album by Sloan, the quartet from Nova Scotia.

NPR station KEXP is an influential and innovative cultural force in Seattle and beyond. Kevin Cole — host of Afternoon Show, which highlights new releases, previews, vintage tracks, rarities, B-sides and in-studio performances — compiled this list of notable debuts.

It's hard not to keep returning to Newsom's "Emily," perhaps because nothing else released last year sounds quite like it. The song comes complete with distinct movements and dramatic, soundtrack-worthy string accents courtesy of Brian Wilson collaborator Van Dyke Parks, who knows a thing or two about making oddballs palatable.

At once spare and elegant, with an equal flair for whisper-quiet simplicity and orchestral bombast, Rice's music conveys emotional intensity and straightforward beauty at the same time. Rice performs a noon concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Justin Roelofs' esoteric new album, while showcasing remarkable instrumental prowess, also sounds largely experimental by tinkering with a wide range of sounds