Kit Sisters: From the Stockholm suburbs, First Aid Kit write songs that sound like hymns from the American hills (Playing Monday, 11th at The End)
The Math Behind Metric: America again considers Metric and the Canadian system of indie rock (Playing Wednesday, 13th at The Cannery Ballroom)
Good Vibrations: A new disc from the Nashville Symphony revisits Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango style
In The Spin: Next Big Nashville 2010: Yeasayer at The Cannery Ballroom, Wavves at Exit/In, JEFF the Brotherhood at Third Man Records and more
Plus Critics' Picks on everything from the dystopian Shooter Jennings to the arty Menomena, former Afghan Whig Greg Dulli (with former Shudder to Thinker Craig Wedren) to bluegrass staple Alecia Nugent, the farewell-touring Asylum Street Spankers to Crazy Heart songster Ryan Bingham.