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In 1967, the Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steelband caught the ear of one of the most popular entertainers of the day: Liberace. The flamboyant pianist was so taken by this new, luminous sound that he took the renamed Trinidad Tripoli Steelband on tour with him for two years.

The music has analog roots, recorded by the famous singer-songwriter on a demo tape. Now it's being revived by futuristic technology for release later this year, Paul McCartney said.

Talking Heads' 1980 song pays homage to early rap techniques and The Velvet Underground.

The musicians said they were performing in Kyiv at the invitation of Ukraine's president. They played acoustic versions of U2 hits and also shared the "stage" with the Ukrainian band Antytila.

With a woozy hook that's as dissonant as it is catchy, the Philadelphia band's new song mixes the pretty with the messy.

Through travelogues, story-songs and a literary quality that's been honed to a cutting edge, Taylor Goldsmith and his band have crafted their most ambitious record to date.

Poignant and bittersweet, the Scottish pop band's 10th album captures the way things slip away — and are clutched tighter as a result.

The Montreal-based band really wanted to write celebratory songs for its sixth album. But they quickly realized it's not the time for dancing.

The duo takes a few steps toward modernity on Fantasy Empire, which finds Lightning Bolt moving away from congested, low-fidelity sounds in the pursuit of studio clarity.

In the early 1990s, Pavement was especially rough around the edges. A new collection of unreleased recordings from the era captures the band's absurd charm.