Courtesy: Brantley Gutierrez From the redwoods on Northern California’s coast to fields of daisies in Crested Butte, Colorado, folky pop band Magic Giant returns with  In The Wind, an album as musically diverse as the locales in which it was recorded. Magic Giant, Armors 9 p.m., Friday Popscene at…

Joe Goddard created a solo album to express everything he couldn’t with Hot Chip. Every emotion, every risk and every last drop of musical talent in Goddard’s bones has been poured into this album and the finished product is nothing short of incredible. With Electric Lines, Goddard creates a…

Looking for your next favorite dance band? Nashville’s COIN shows with How Will You Know If You Never Try that it’s a force to be reckoned with; a band whose infectious party anthems will be uttered in the same breath as those by bands like Grouplove, Passion Pit or…

“Everywhere” singer Michelle Branch has returned with Hopeless Romantic, her first album in 14 years. During that time, the singer-songwriter was married, had a child and her  marriage ended in divorce 10 years later, in 2015. That’s when she decided to return to making music, and if the new album is…

K. Flay, “Every Where Is Some Where.” Stanford alumna and former San Francisco denizen Kristine Flaherty’s genre-defying new album, Every Where is Some Where, leaves listeners waiting on the edge of their seats. Every Where is Some Where K.Flay April 7 The Illinois native and L.A.-based musician, who goes…

Nelly Furtado, “The Ride.” Nelly Furtado’s new release, The Ride, offers a window into the emotional growth and maturity the singer has developed in the five years since her last release—she’s come a long way since her Promiscuous and Maneater days. The Ride Nelly Furtado March 31 With the new record, the British Columbia native has…