Strand of Oaks scrapes the heavens and Illuminati Hotties gets to do one more.

Leigh Nash turns the tide and Josh Ritter lets out an exclamation.

Fleetwood Mac can’t stop, won’t stop.

Sleigh Bells ring, and Big Thief wrestles with “Certainty.”

Toad the Wet Sprocket changes while staying the same, and Larkin Poe has us covered.

Big Red Machine readies us for autumn, and a novelist leads us into the wild within.

The Killers dial down the sound and up the pressure.

Foxing lassos the moon, and poet Maggie Smith keeps humming.

Yola stands up for herself and Torres perpetuates her own thirst.

Leon Bridges makes that “Gold-Diggers Sound” and one of our great soul singers honors Nina Simone.