With albums like Charmer’s Downpour and First Day Back’s Forward, the emo scene is having a good year. Now it’s getting better with the announcement of Kerosene Heights’ new record Blame It On The Weather.

PinkPantheress shared Fancy That in May, and we named it one of the best albums of the year. Now the pop sensation is already back to officially put out an unreleased fan-favorite tune called “Close To You.”

Central Cee kicked off 2025 with Can’t Rush Greatness, our Album Of The Week. Now the UK drill rapper is teaming up with Sexyy Red for the unlikely collaboration “GUILT TRIPPIN.”

Fat Joe is facing a lawsuit from his former hypeman Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, accusing him of “coercive labor exploitation, financial fraud, sexual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion.” Dixon also claims that as the rapper (real name Joseph Antonio Cartagena) rose to fame he suppressed, silenced, and erased Dixon’s contributions to his success. He’s seeking $20 million in damages.

One of the best-loved songs on last year’s Cowboy Carter, the album that finally won Beyoncé her long-awaited Grammy for Album Of The Year, was the Miley Cyrus duet “II Most Wanted.” (Indie fans, take note: Adam Granduciel, who later contributed to Cyrus’ Something Beautiful, plays guitar on that track.) Now, more than a year after the album’s release, Beyoncé and Miley have performed the song together in concert.

Billie Marten is continuing her streak of gorgeous Dog Eared singles. The British singer-songwriter has shared “Crown,” “Feeling,” “Leap Year,” and “Swing,” and now she’s back with the meditative, slinky “Clover.”

Last month Wombo announced their new album Danger In Fives and unveiled the title track. Today the Louisville indie rock crew is back with the off-kilter, whimsical gem “Neon Bog.”

It’s been a week since Sabrina Carpenter announced the Short N’ Sweet follow-up Man’s Best Friend, whose spicy cover depicting the singer on her knees having her hair pulled sent the internet into a puritanical spiral (Brat Summer is over, folks). Now Carly Simon — who experienced a similar situation with her sultry Playing Possum cover in 1975 — is expressing support for the “Espresso” singer.

When this year’s inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame were announced, Carol Kaye’s name was among them. Kaye was the bassist for the Wrecking Crew, the legendary group of session musicians that served as the backing band on countless pop hits throughout the ’60s and ’70s. Along with Thom Bell and Nicky Hopkins, Kaye was supposed to receive the Award For Musical Excellence, which recognizes important supporting musicians. But in a new Facebook post, she says not only is she not going to the ceremony, she’s declining induction into the Rock Hall because it doesn’t not reflect the spirit of teamwork that went into her career as a session musician.