Sleater-Kinney goes to hell and back, plus learning to live alongside our neighbor, the deer.

Getting strange with Kim Gordon and turning the pages of “Comedy Book.”

Reveling in the Deftones catalog, and taking a path straight to Stax Records soul.

Staying with The Hotelier, and making the best of it alongside Kay Ryan.

Hiss Golden Messenger is faithful to the holidays, and Giant Sand sounds desert transmissions.

Hotline TNT executes a near-perfect ‘Cartwheel’ and readers come as they are to Nirvana (again).

Going deep with Peter Gabriel and hopping the ‘Eastbound’ train in a 2023 novel.

Cat Power plays Dylan, and Josh Radnor bares his musical wisdom.

Boygenius make Saturday night their own, and Haruki Murakami introduces his ‘Sweetheart.’

The Mountain Goats call 867-5309, and Kafka’s off to look for ‘Amerika.’