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In this edition of All Songs Considered, we get a preview of new music from the elvish band from Iceland, Sigur Ros. Also the music of Sparks, Dandy Warhols and Wolf Parade and more.

On this week's show, hear music from Rupa and the April Fishes, New Orleans pianist Henry Butler, and Rachel Taylor Brown, another great unknown from our Second Stage series.

Every generation has its own soundtrack. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at the defining music of those generations and ask what the soundtrack is for the current generation.

A lot has changed in Bonham's life since the release of her last full-length album. Reflecting her newfound optimism and stronger sense of identity, the singer's latest record, Masts of Manhatta, finds her sounding revitalized.

The singer was once known as the first crossover Christian indie-rock musician. His band Pedro the Lion sold hundreds of thousands of records. But then Bazan began questioning the God he grew up with and sang about — and alienated many of his fans in the process.

On a new album of covers, the songwriter and Broadway composer demonstrates how to look back without succumbing to nostalgia.

Dreamy and haunting, Worm Ouroboro's set at Le Poisson Rouge felt like a processional. Led by two vocalists, the band's quiet, almost medieval melodies led down a path leading to heavy doom metal.

The Salem, Ore., band fuses symphonic grandeur with the homespun intimacy of indie rock.

The country legend died on New Year's Day in 1953, leaving behind a vast trove of unfinished songs in a ratty old suitcase. Nearly six decades later, with the help of Bob Dylan, Norah Jones and other songwriters, some of those songs are finally seeing the light of day.

In "Even If I Don't," the velvet-voiced singer crafts a tune that's as bittersweet as it is buoyant.