In July 2009, guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker exited Las Vegas' Panic! at the Disco due to "musical differences" -- and now, eight months later, we know exactly what they meant.

More than a week before its release date, Volume 2 -- the second album from actress Zooey Deschanel and singer-songwriter M.Ward's low-key pop outfit, She & Him -- is streaming in its entirety via NPR. Listen below!

More than a year after touring with Modest Mouse, Portland, OR, folk outfit Mimicking Birds released their self-titled debut Tuesday via MM frontman Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Records -- and SPIN.com has an exclusive download of one of the album's best tracks below!

Consisting of guitarist-singer Daniel Davies (the son of Kinks guitarist Dave Davies), bassist Richie Mullins, and Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves, City of Angels trio Year Long Disaster blasts raunchy Sunset Strip boogie -- with a touch of Zeppelinesque bombast -- all over their new Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed.

With an ear to retro soul, Amy Winehouse transformed herself into a chart-topping, Grammy-winning diva. Now another Brit, Yorkshire-born Findlay Brown, is pushing old sounds into new territory with his unique twist on early-1960s Brill Building pop.

His debut album isn't set for release until late May, but Canadian MC -- and SPIN's 2009 Rapper of the Year -- Drake is already lamenting the spoils of stardom. That's the lyrical vibe on "Over," the first official single from the ex-Degrassi star's forthcoming Thank Me Later. Listen here: