Now Streaming: Hear New CDs from Dave Grohl & Friends, Son Volt, They Might Be Giants, & More

Dave Grohl's new album of songs for the "Sound City" soundtrack is one of the albums headlining the crop of new albums streaming online this week. He's playing South by Southwest and other selected dates with his new supergroup, called"Sound City Players."



Other interesting new albums streaming this week is  along with a new album from No Depression alt-country pioneers Son Volt. And if you like Nine Inch Nails or the soundtrack work Trent Reznor has done with Atticus Ross, you'll want to check out "Welcome Oblivion" by How to Destroy Angels, the new group featuring Reznor, his wife, and Ross, among others.

Also streaming this week: Brooklyn duo They Might Be Giants are back with a new album (as hard as it is to believe, they've now been around for 30 years). And KCRW is featuring an album by the brother-and-sister duo known as Wild Belle.

NPR First Listen:
"Sound City: Real To Reel" by Dave Grohl & Friends
"Mala" by Devendra Banhart
"Muchacho" by Phosphorescent

KCRW Album Preview: 
"Isles" by Wild Belle

Spinner.com's Listening Party:
"Welcome Oblivion" by How to Destroy Angels
"Nanobots" by They Might Be Giants
"Honky Tonk" by Son Volt
"Hands" by Superhuman Happiness
"Bloody Amateur" by Bloody Amateur
"Lines We Trace" by Hey Marseilles
"Swords" by Lovers and Reflections
"The Wilderness" by k.s. Rhoads
"Eden" by Bow Thayer
"Varsity" by Christina Courtin

Concert Notes: Tickets for Garbage, Iron & Wine, Son Volt, & More on Sale Friday

There are plenty of good shows going on sale Friday, including Garbage booking a second appearance in the NYC area at Monclair's Wellmont Theatre, Robyn Hitchock playing Webster Hall (with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck opening), Iron & Wine performing at the Beacon, and Son Volt returning for two shows, one at Bowery Ballroom and one in Williamsburg.

Garbage returns to the NYC area with a show at the Wellmont.

And one of the first outdoor concerts of the summer appears, with tickets for July's Celebrate Brooklyn show with Belle & Sebastian and Yo La Tengo going on sale tomorrow.

* Garbage at the Wellmont Theatre (Montclair, NJ), Wed., March 20th. On sale Friday at 12 Noon

* Marnie Stern at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Thurs., April 11th. On sale Friday at 12 Noon

* Born Ruffians at Bowery Ballroom, Tues., April 16th (on sale Friday at 12 Noon) and at Maxwell's, Thurs., April 18th (on sale now).

* Aimee Mann at Union County Performing Arts Center (Rahway, NJ), Tues., April 23rd. On sale Friday at 11 a.m.

* Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 at Webster Hall, Fri., April 26th, with Peter Buck opening. On sale Friday at 12 Noon
Tedeschi Trucks Band at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark), Sat., April 27th. On sale Friday at 10 a.m.

* Volbeat at the Wellmont Theatre, Thurs., May 2nd, with All That Remains and Eye Empire. On sale Friday at 12 Noon

* Iron and Wine at the Beacon Theatre, with the Secret Sisters, Tues., May 14th. On sale Friday at 11 a.m.

* Son Volt at Bowery Ballroom, Fri., June 14th, and at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Sat., June 15th. On sale Friday at 12 Noon

* Belle & Sebastian with Yo La Tengo at Celebrate Brooklyn, Thurs., July 11th. On sale Friday at 12 Noon