Lots of people seem to be interested in what’s happening on Jimmy Kimmel Live! these days. Weird, right? Earlier this week, Kimmel and his show returned from a Disney-mandated suspension after the host incurred the wrath of both Donald Trump and FCC head Brendan Carr. On Tuesday night, Kimmel made his return. His musical guest on that show was Sarah McLachlan, who canceled her performance at the premiere for Disney’s new Lilith Fair documentary over the weekend in solidarity. After McLachlan, Kimmel’s next musical guest was Alex G. He was on last night.

We all know Syd for her time in Odd Future and the Internet, and her solo music demands attention, too. A few weeks ago, Syd released the slinky, flirty single “Die For This,” her first solo music since the release of her 2022 album Broken Hearts Club. Today, she follows “Die For This” with the new song “GFMU.”

OK. Wow. Lot going on here. Young Thug is one of this century’s most important rappers, but he’s been going through some things lately. Last year, Thug was freed from jail after an extremely long RICO trial that had tons of consequences. After the longest trial in Georgia history, Thug accepted a plea deal that’ll keep him on probation for 15 years, mostly barred from his Atlanta hometown during that time. Thug didn’t release much music after he was freed, though he announced plans for a new album called UY Scuti, named for a red supergiant that maybe the largest star in the known universe. That album is out today, but its release is a complicated affair.

We last heard from Colter Wall in 2023 with the release of his latest album Little Songs. Now the Saskatchewan-raised country artist is announcing its followup Memories And Empties, arriving this fall.

Is Joni Mitchell a jazz artist? Short answer: No. Long answer: No, but…

Juana Molina has been pretty quiet since releasing her last studio album Halo back in 2017. Today the Argentine musician returns with “Siestas ahí,” the lead single to DOGA, her first new LP in eight years.

Last week, hundreds of artists launched the No Music For Genocide boycott, a cultural boycott of the state of Israel while it carries out its horrific genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza. Artists like Massive Attack, Fontaines D.C., and Rina Sawayama have pulled their music from all streaming services in Israel, and they’re urging major labels and fellow artists to do the same. Today, a major figure joins their ranks. Paramore leader Hayley Williams has joined No Music For Genocide, which means Paramore’s music is geo-blocked in Israel, as is Williams’ solo stuff.

These days, it’s harder and harder to get booked on American late-night shows. Those opportunities seem to be getting scarcer every week. So it’s cool that the swaggering Stockholm post-punkers Viagra Boys got a chance to hit our TV screens on Wednesday night. The Daily Show doesn’t book musical guests all that often, but they got Viagra Boys.

The young Maryland rapper/producer redveil has never reminded me of Chance The Rapper until this moment. Today, redveil follows “square one,” the impressive single that he released earlier this year, with “brown sugar,” a cutesy, flirty new track with a singsong chorus that definitely has a lot of Coloring Book-era Chance in its DNA. It’s even got a video where redveil dresses up all nice and a verse from Chicago/St. Louis great Smino, a frequent Chance collaborator from back in the day. (Smino is even on Chance’s new album Star Line.)

Kai Slater is keeping the music flowing this year, and doing it for some of the greatest record labels in underground rock history. After reissuing last year’s Sharp Pins album Radio DDR on K Records in March, Slater shifted gears from indie-pop to put out his post-punk band Lifeguard’s first album for Matador, Ripped And Torn, in June. He’s got another Sharp Pins LP called Balloon Balloon Balloon coming in November, and today he’s following up lead single “I Wanna Be Your Girl” with another new tune.