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On Tuesday, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 election results.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Isolation Drills the new release by the band Guided by Voices.

The Korean-American band from California got a big boost from Honda after the musicians recorded a music video ... in their Hondas.

Diamond Rugs is a new group formed by members of other bands, including John McCauley and Robbie Crowell of Deer Tick, Steve Berlin from Los Lobos and Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate. Rock critic Ken Tucker says their new collaboration is positively timeless.

Pink Martini's debut album, Sympathique, has been selling steadily, racking up a respectable 600,000 sales in the five years since its release. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the pressures on the band and its charismatic leader Thomas Lauderdale to avoid the sophomore curse of a second release that doesn't live up to the first.

The band Animal Collective performs a transfixing, unpredictable concert at MASS MoCA.

One of the most recognizable guitar riffs in America belongs to Living Colour. The band's 1988 hit, "Cult of Personality," won the group Grammy Awards and fame. In the past two decades, that fame faded, but Living Colour is back — and members say they've gained wisdom.

The four members of the South African rock band BLK JKS (pronounced "Black Jacks") grew up in different parts of the country, speaking different tribal languages. And they listened to a great range of music — everything from local rhythms to Sonic Youth to Duke Ellington. Those influences converge in a totally original sound on the group's full-length debut, After Robots.

Driven by fiddle, guitar, upright bass and a homemade drum kit, the band Daisy Mayhem is back with a new CD. Big Old Life features joyful tunes drawn from hardship; it's the group's first release since lead singer Rani Arbo's bout with breast cancer.

The band's new album, Distortion, was influenced heavily by the feedback-laden guitars of The Jesus and Mary Chain. Songwriter Stephin Merritt and his band set typically glum lyrics to loud, fast, and fuzzy instrumentals.