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Some days at SXSW, everything aligns. The annual music festival can be a slog, but there are discoveries and epiphanies to be had in unexpected places.

Wild combinations yield wild results. This week's playlist includes Los Pirañas' squiggly psych-cumbia, Jessica Pavone's stirring string drone and noisy Afghan jams.

On a sophomore album that packs 10 songs into less than 22 minutes, the Welsh band showcases its considerable gift for balancing sweetness and chaos.

Packed with music references and enough science to keep its time travel premise plausible, Every Anxious Wave "rings with a uniqueness that transcends the tropes of time travel and indie romance."

Saxophonist Gabe Baltazar is one of the last living links to an era when Asian-Americans began to make a name for themselves in jazz. Now, at the age of 83, he's sharing his story in an autobiography.

Watch all seven performances from this year's festival celebrating the new sounds of Latin alternative music.

The duo of a veteran producer and a former physics professor, the children's band was inspired to make its debut album by the nonsense songs sung in the members' own households.

British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.

The Trump administration is seeking to reinstate a ban on travel to the U.S. from six majority-Muslim countries. The ban's challengers will have until June 12 to respond to the government's petition.

Media ethicist Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute has been named NPR's public editor, an in-house advocate for listeners and newsroom watchdog.