Saying that Ghost Notes is the first Veruca Salt album in 18 years is misleading. While it is the first to feature the original lineup, Louise Post continued the band well into the 2000s, eventually calling it a day in 2012, six years after their final release, IV. All the while, co-founder Nina Gordon had been having her own success as a solo artist, most notably on her debut Tonight And The Rest Of My Life. So what would bring these two back together? The easy answer is time. The more difficult side of the coin involves burying some hatchets, rediscovering their groove and, maybe most importantly, a little music therapy in the age-old tradition of rock and roll.

Chuck Prophet’s album Night Surfer arrived late last year as yet another example of the singer/songwriter’s versatility both as a master lyricist and instrumentalist. Each album has more or less focused on a different style, though undeniably with Prophet at the helm telling stories of the darker side of America. His latest record excels at taking a heavy dose of sardonic humor and distilling it with sugary-sweet jangle-pop. We sat down with him during a recent tour stop in Louisville to chat about Twitter, a Cormac-McCarthy-inspired future, and the White Night Riots of San Francisco.

A soundtrack of U2's new album, Songs Of Innocence, and a few older favorites, serves as the undercurrent in this interview with The Edge and Adam Clayton talking with Kyle Meredith during their Innocence + Experience Tour.