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Patrick Watson and his band The Wooden Arms defy easy categorization. The group from Montreal takes inspiration from contemporary indie rock, cartoon music from the 1940s and impressionist composers. Depending on the song, you'll hear pots and pans or bottles and barrels.

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the fourth studio album by French rock band Phoenix, has appeared on many critics' best of the year lists, thanks to its infectious pop hooks and '70s disco grooves. The group has been called "Rock's Great French Hope" by Rolling Stone magazine. Thomas Mars and Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix talk about their music and the album's title, which Brancowitz says his mother apparently didn't like.

Infected Mushroom resides at the forefront of an emerging musical genre called psy-trance — complex electronic music with the sophistication of rock or jazz. The group expanded from a voice-and-keyboard duo to a quintet in an effort to make electronic dance music more interesting.

Brooks officially retired in 2001 to raise his three daughters. That retirement ends Friday night in Las Vegas, courtesy of a new business deal with Steve Wynn's Encore Hotel. Brooks' extended run is the first of any kind for a country musician in Las Vegas.

On Nellie McKay's fourth album, she's still surprising fans — this time with a Doris Day tribute, Normal As Blueberry Pie.

In Rainbows, Radiohead's first album since 2005, will appear online Oct. 10, with a specially-boxed CD/LP set to follow in December. The band is working without a label and the album will debut on the Radiohead Web site.

A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

Looking forward to his next album, songwriter Pete Yorn envisioned a series of male-female duets inspired by late-1960s recordings of Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. For Yorn, finding today's Brigitte Bardot was easy; he called actress Scarlett Johansson to see if she would collaborate — and she said yes.

The plan is to develop a baseline to monitor the river as Shell opens a large industrial complex this summer to make plastics.

Pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions for medications used for abortion could be violating civil rights law. The meds are also used to treat miscarriages, arthritis and ulcers.