Acopia’s last Blush Response single “Falter” has not lost its shine; it becomes more enthralling with each listen. But the Melbourne trio is already back with another dreamy preview called “Real Life.”

In 2018, Algernon Wallader returned with reissues of old records. A few years later, they began playing their first shows in a decade. Now, the emo revival heroes are finally announcing a new album called Trying Not To Have A Thought, and it’s their first since 2011’s Parrot Flies.

Last year, Chicago noise-rock legends the Jesus Lizard returned to action, releasing Rack, their first new album in 26 years. They’ve been on the road, playing convulsive live shows and releasing occasional non-album singles. The band had plans to tour across the world later this year. They were going to hit New Zealand, Australia, and Japan in October and then head back for a North American run in November. But they’ve been forced to cancel those plans because of what they call “a serious health incident involving one of the band members.”

Joan Shelley: When is she bad? Never, that’s when. The Kentucky folk artist has been making soft, bucolic, enormously comforting records for a decade and a half. She’s done a lot of work with a lot of different collaborators, but her fundamental approach never really changes, and neither does the level of quality. Last year, Shelley released her Mood Ring EP, and it was one of our favorites of the year. Next month, Shelley will release her new LP Real Warmth, and we have every reason to believe that this one will cast another spell.

Billy Strings had a fun weekend of performing with Dead & Company for the Grateful Dead’s 60th-anniversary party. The bluegrass star has just been revealed as part of the 14th season of King Of The Hill — which premiered today on Hulu — by doing the theme song.

Last week, 2hollis brought nonstop energy to his massive Lollapalooza set. Since the release of his phenomenal album star in April, the hyperpop rap sensation collaborated with friends, debuted unreleased songs at festivals, and was revealed as part of this year’s Día De Los Deftones lineup. Today he dropped a new song called “fly” on SoundCloud.

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.

Most of what we’ve heard about drummer Zak Starkey’s firing, re-hiring, and re-firing from the Who has come from Starkey himself. The son of Ringo Starr initially chalked up the drama to miscommunication between him and frontman Roger Daltrey, who’s still aboard the Who’s farewell tour despite his age and health threatening to get in the way. Guitarist Pete Townshend briefly chimed in on the ordeal, though it sounds like he’s just as confused as the rest of us. Now Daltrey has weighed in, but he’s a little less forgiving of Starkey.

An Oasis fan died on Saturday night after he fell during one of the band’s Wembley Stadium concerts. The AP reports that a man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining “injuries consistent with a fall” from an upper tier of the stadium at about 10:20 p.m., which is shortly after the time Oasis would have finished performing.

Last week Burial returned with two new songs called “Comafields” and “Imaginary Festival,” which are both quite good. Burial is a fan of samples, as is the Swedish musician Jens Lekman. Apparently one of those new Burial songs includes a sample of a Jens Lekman song.