Soundcheck Staff

Dirty Dozen Brass Band merges traditional New Orleans marching band music with funk and jazz. Download the track "Tomorrow." The band plays at The Capitol Theatre on Friday night.

TV on the Radio guitarist and singer Kyp Malone performs as Rain Machine. Download the track "Give Blood." Rain Machine plays the Knitting Factory on Thursday night.

Songwriting duo Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink are Azure Ray. Download their dark new track, "Scattered Like Leaves." Azure Ray plays at City Winery on Wednesday night.

British soul-pop newcomer Lianne La Havas plays live at the Bowery Ballroom Tuesday night. Download the song "Is Your Love Big Enough?"

Brooklyn based guitarist and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate performs as Noveller. Download the atmospheric song "Before The After." Noveller plays at Le Poisson Rouge Monday night.

Syrian singer Omar Souleyman performs at The Well on Friday night Download a taste of his Arab New Wave on the track "Weli Weli."

Australian singer and songwriter Karlie Bruce performs at La Sala Thursday night. Download her new song "Paperback Lover."

Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche performs at the Bowery Ballroom Wednesday night. Download the song "John, Let Me Go."

Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez and his trio perform at the Jazz Standard Tuesday night. Download the track "Qbafrica."

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leslie Sisson performs at Cameo Gallery Monday night. Download the track "Waiting."

Vocalist, and songwriter Julia Holter makes a kind of art-pop music that’s hard to pin down. Her latest release is called "Ekstasis,"—and like her first album, it’s basically a solo a...

Western swing group The Quebe Sisters Band brings its vintage-sounding harmonies and fiddle playing to The Triad on Thursday night. Download the song "Shame On You."

Moody Australian duo Dead Can Dance plays The Beacon Theatre on Wednesday night. Download the track "Amnesia" from the band's first new release in sixteen years.

Underground System Afrobeat puts a New York spin on a classic West African pop sound. The band plays Brooklyn Bowl Tuesday night. Download the track "B.O.B."

New York-based painter, poet and songwriter Joseph Arthur plays City Winery on Monday night. Download the track "Travel as Equals."

New Orleans band Hurray for the Riff Raff brings its bluesy, gothic Americana to the Mercury Lounge on Sunday Night. Download the track "Look Out Mama."

Nite Jewel is the name of the electro-lounge project from Los Angeles artist and musician Ramona Gonzalez. Recently, it sounds like she’s been listening to the German pop avant garde...

Indie rock pioneers Sebadoh play the Bowery Ballroom tonight. Download the track "Keep the Boy Alive" from the group's brand new EP.

New Orleans-bred New York-based pianist Jon Batiste performs at Rockwood Music Hall on Tuesday night. Download the song "You and I."

Electro-pop duo Teengirl Fantasy plays Summerstage at East River Park Monday night. Download the track "Cheaters."