Andrea Swensson

Five critics join forces on this week's All Songs Considered to unpack the some of the highlights of Turning The Tables.

Chastity Brown approaches music with a troubadour's spirit, never content to rest in one place or on one style for too long.

Forget tissues, ice cream and self-pity; breaking up with Haley Bonar requires a shield and some fire-resistant body armor.

Poliça's slinky, otherworldly style of electro-pop mixes Channy Leaneagh's angelic voice with distorted, occasionally disturbing sound manipulations and harrowing dual drums. The Minneapolis band's second album pushes its sound forward in exciting, provocative ways.

Low's Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and Steve Garrington recently put on a special show for their fellow Minnesotans at St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. Watch them perform "Plastic Cup" and "So Blue."

Lydia Hoglund sings with the ache of an old soul — even though, at 17, she's just beginning her senior year of high school. Here, she and her band perform a sultry version of "Howl At That Moon."

This soulful songwriter has been gigging around the Twin Cities for a couple of years. Her new album shows why she deserves a national audience. Watch Brown perform the uplifting "After You" live.