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  • Already one of the biggest bands in the world, The Lumineers did something adventurous on the group's third album, 'III.'
  • The band talks about its trip to Joshua Tree and the new writing that it inspired.
  • Part alt-country, part southern rock and part punk, the Athens, Ga., band returns to Mountain Stage.
  • Belle and Sebastian was formed by Stuart Murdoch while he was a student at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. The band was supposed to be a side project, but it has become a decade-long success known for its easygoing, '60s-sounding music.
  • The Montreal-based indie-rockers in the band Stars have just released their third album, Set Yourself On Fire. The group blends horns and striking keyboard effects to produce songs that are imaginative and melodic.
  • After a 16-year hiatus from recording, The B-52s returned to the public eye, releasing the appropriately titled Funplex. Hear the band in an interview and performance.
  • Extra Golden blends rock and Kenyan benga style to create music that's steeped in personal strength through loss. The group's newest CD, Thank You Very Quickly, honors the memory of Extra Golden's former guitarist and celebrates the band's African and American roots.
  • After cultivating a strong local following, the Scottish band has burst into the indie scene with The Midnight Organ Fight. The album is packed with brash, emotional and heartbreaking songs that push until they explode in a cathartic wave of relief. They're painfully catchy and reflective at the same time.
  • Of all the modern acts influenced by '80s rock and new wave, few do it better than the Chicago band The Changes. Led by Darren Spitzer's appealing croon and songwriter David Rothblatt's music, the group combines elements of The Police, Steely Dan and R.E.M. with grooves that seem almost disco-friendly.
  • In 1989, the group found massive success on the strength of the hit "What I Am." Seventeen years later, Stranger Things finds it returning to its jam-band beginnings, while retaining the playful and distinct sound that made it successful in the first place.
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