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Singer/songwriter Neko Case possesses one of the most distinctive voices in modern music. Some writers are already predicting that her latest, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, will end up one of the year's best. In a recent interview, Neko Case sang, played her guitar and spoke about her music with music journalist Ashley Kahn.

Music critic Christian Hoard reviews Show Your Bones, the new album by the rock group the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the follow-up to their wildly successful debut, 2003's Fever to Tell.

Brothers Dave and Serge Bielanko of the band Marah talk about their music and its appeal to blue-collar listeners. The two formed the group in 1993 with a sound that's part country, part blues, part classic rock. They recently released their fifth studio album of original material, If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry.

A festival called Minimalist Jukebox, highlighting the musical form of Minimalism, is currently underway in Los Angeles. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was reviews the festival and says those who think of Minimalist music as formless, shallow and boring might be surprised.

The Bush administration wants a federal judge to force Internet search engine giant Google to provide records of what its users search for. Alex Chadwick talks to Day to Day tech contributor Xeni Jardin about the move and Google's response. It's believed the government's goal is to collect data to support a law the administration believes would block minors' access to online pornography.

Natalie Portman stars in the new movie V for Vendetta. She says the project interested her because of its subversive and provocative ideas questioning such modern-day labels as "terrorist."

Steven Soderbergh's Bubble is the source of much hand-wringing in Hollywood. But what has entertainment executives agitated isn't the film's story -- about a murderous love triangle at a doll factory -- but the way it's being released. Columnist Jonathan Bing writes for Variety magazine.

Nathan Glass is the hero of Paul Auster's new book The Brooklyn Follies. In a conversation from his own Brooklyn brownstone, Auster tells Jacki Lyden the novel has been brewing in his head for a long time.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson reviews the new -- and very unusual -- public service announcement from the American Red Cross promoting blood donation.

Tommy Lee Jones stars and makes his directorial debut in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The film was in theaters briefly in December to qualify for Oscar consideration. It didn't receive any nominations, but critic Bob Mondello says it's as deserving as the films that did.