With a special performance June 15 at West Hollywood's Key Club, high-energy Glasgow-based trio the Fratellis will open the second season of Spin's Ruby concert series, an event dedicated to showcasing the best in new indie music, launched in 2007 in partnership with adidas Originals and Citi Private Pass.

Donning pastel men's dress shirts and an array of knit caps, Ray-Bans, and leather boots and loafers, idiosyncratic-as-ever Dr. Dog strolled onstage last night (May 8) and immediately kicked the venue into jubilant spirits with samplings from their upcoming fifth full-length release, Fate (out July 22).

What? Emerging from a curious indie-rock-meets-new-age fog, located somewhere between Enya, Bright Eyes, and Air, the Republic Tigers debut this week with Keep Color (out May 6), an excellent collection of acoustic guitars, backing ooohhhs and aaahhhs, sailing keys, and frontman Kenn Jankowski's hushed vocals, all covered in a ethereal, smooth production.

The Inglish-Rocks team -- Cool Kids' Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll and Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed -- opened with a little fiscal advice on off-album track "Gettin' It," telling last night's (May 8) be-seen crowd "there's no pocket full of cash to be thrown in the air," before slathering clunky-ill beats over trademark odes to BMXs and Fruity Pebbles.

After a five-year absence, Brit trip-hopper Tricky will return Sept. 9 with Knowle West Boy, his eighth studio album to date and follow up to 2003's Vulnerable. Tricky's new record, named after the Brixton ghetto where he grew up, was recorded in London and Los Angeles, produced by Tricky, a.k.a.

Who? Chart-commanding, piano-driven Brit quartet Coldplay, led by free trade-squawker Chris Martin, and featuring guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion.

Who? Exploratory, Southern-tinged rockers My Morning Jacket, led by grizzled frontman Jim James, and featuring bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, multi-instrumentalist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster.

Like El Perro Del Mar's adventurous, boisterous kid sister, Lykke Li emerged from the shadows at the dimly lit, swanky Joe's Pub last night (May 7) in front of well-dressed revelers waiting for the mounting buzz to be justified.

What? Do you think the Shins' latest effort was too depressing? Do you wish Dr. Dog albums arrived with a glossier production?