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For more than 20 years, Gelb has experimented with a combination of Southwestern roots music and lo-fi country as the only constant of the band Giant Sand. proVISIONS is its latest.

The music of The Slip seems at first like straightforward rock, but its subtleties reveal themselves over time. The band's intense touring schedule has included appearances at Bonnaroo, South By Southwest and Bumbershoot.

Moren plays songs from his debut solo album, The Last Tycoon. Better known as one-third of the critically acclaimed trio Peter Bjorn and John, Moren favors a folksy approach over the meticulous pop of his main band.

Self-produced by The Helio Sequence, Keep Your Eyes Ahead attests to a four-year maturation. With a seamless track sequence, the band creates a euphoric mixture of Dylan-inspired indie-rock and electro power-ballads. It's a surreal dream of musical experimentation that proves that less can be more.

Los Campesinos! is a seven-piece Welsh indie-pop band with an exciting, multilayered debut called Hold on Now, Youngster. Already soaking up international buzz, Los Campesinos! visits World Cafe with host David Dye.

When you listen to a song by Tune-Yards, it can be like listening to a beautiful, but abstract painting. Hear a live performance of songs from the band's latest album.

The saxophonist, flautist and bandleader has been traveling to Cuba and performing its music for over 30 years.

The outer bands of Hurricane Isabel sweep along the coast of North Carolina and Virginia as the storm nears landfall. Tens of thousands of people have evacuated, and tens of thousands of homes are without power. Forecasters says the storm will bring heavy rain, damaging gusts and potential flooding to several mid-Atlantic states. Hear NPR's Adam Hochberg.

The decade-old band's latest disc, Puzzles Like You, sees Mojave 3 incorporating bouncier and poppier melodies after years spent infusing laid-back pop-rock with Americana and folk.

Spoon has enjoyed a remarkable run of excellent albums in recent years: This year's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga finds the Austin indie-rock band again dispensing near-perfect three-minute pop songs with brutal efficiency. Hear an interview and performance from WXPN.