The writer Adam Brent Houghtaling's new book, "This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist's Guide to Music," explores the appeal of sad music, from English composer John Dowland's Elizabethan-era weepers to American songwriter Elliott Smith's 1990s confessionals. Houghtaling joins us to turn on the waterworks. Later, musicologist David Huron of Ohio State University talks about the human physical response to sad music.

Bonus: Listen to a Spotify playlist compiled by Adam for "This Will End in Tears." Hanky alert!

The Brooklyn experimental rock band Callers arrived in Kings County by way of New Orleans, and you can hear it in their sound -- as woozy jazz and southern soul collide with a more frenetic and unpredictable New York pace. The band’s third album is called Reviver, and it's out in October. They give us a preview live in our studio.

The Brooklyn by-way-of New Orleans experimental rock band Callers recently performed songs from their forthcoming album, Reviver, live in the studio. Afterwards, we asked band members Ryan Seaton and Sara Lucas a few pressing questions. Read on to find out their favorite crying song, which subway stop is best for insipiration, and what's going to be playing in the van on their tour this fall with Wye Oak.

Vocalist, and songwriter Julia Holter makes a kind of art-pop music that’s hard to pin down. Her latest release is called "Ekstasis,"—and like her first album, it’s basically a solo affair recorded in her bedroom. The result is a bewitching blend of straight-up pop and more challenging song-craft.