Maxo Kream, the gifted Houston hip-hop storyteller, has a history of strong collaborations with Tyler, The Creator, including last year’s collab “Cracc Era.” They’re back together today on the similarly titled “Cracc At 15.” Over top of Tyler’s pulsing, clattering beat, Maxo touts his lengthy resume when it comes to selling drugs. “Fake trappers turnin’ scammer, using COVID as a cheat code/ Toting hammers, weighing grams out, way before I caught the RICO,” he begins. Eventually he turns his playful drawl loose on references to Tha Carter 3 and Snapple to show just how long he’s been in the game. Listen below.

Edinburgh’s persistently underrated Idlewild have been making churning, majestic alt-rock anthems for decades, but they haven’t always done it quickly. Idlewild often take long stretches off in between albums, and they’re just now announcing the follow-up to their 2019 LP Interview Music. This fall, they’re coming back with a new one, and they’re going self-titled this time. When a band’s 10th album is its self-titled one, that’s a statement in itself.

At the end of this week, Mal Blum fans will finally be rewarded with the indie artist’s first album in six years, The Villain. As the countdown clock ticks down, they’ve shared one last advance single: the title track, which is slotted into the penultimate spot on the tracklist. It’s a breathy, understated pop tune with introspective lyrics and a lovely little guitar solo.

Most of us know the alternative R&B artist Syd, no longer known as Syd Tha Kid, for her time in Odd Future and the Internet. For years now, Syd has been maintaining a pretty great solo career. She released Broken Hearts Club, her most recent solo album, in 2022, and she appeared alongside Meshell Ndegeocello on Moses Sumney’s “Hey Girl(s)” earlier this year. Now, Syd is getting ready to head out on tour as Billie Eilish’s opening act, and she’s got a new solo single of her own.

Sabrina Carpenter likes to cover a lot of ’80s pop hits during her shows. During her second of two nights at BST Hyde Park tonight, she brought out the UK’s own Duran Duran for a rendition of their 1982 classic “Hungry Like The Wolf.” She pretty much let Simon Le Bon and John Taylor do their thing as she sang backup harmonies, and they all wrapped up the song with a wolfish howl.

Kevin Basko, the Philly singer-songwriter who used to be a touring member of Foxygen and has worked with artists like John Andrews & The Yawns, the Lemon Twigs, and Thank You, Thank You, releases a lot of music of his own under the moniker Rubber Band Gun. Back in April he released his latest LP Haters And Lovers, and today — which also happens to be Basko’s birthday — he’s already announced its follow-up. It’s called Record Deal With God, which is a great title. It doesn’t look like he’s shared the release date or full tracklist yet, but he’s previewing the record with today’s lead single “Thunder Is A Knock.” It’s a nice bit of chilled-out psychedelic folk featuring drums by Jem Seidel and piano by Cole Berggren. Check it out below.

Assuming no ill-timed spontaneous deaths mess up the schedule, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is set to arrive in theaters on September 12. The sequel to the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap will reunite stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, along with director Rob Reiner. After studio Bleecker Street shared a teaser for Spinal Tap II earlier this year, they shared a clip of it during a screening of the newly-remastered original film on Saturday.

Doechii’s a rapper, but she’s worked in some rock elements to some her live performances before — particularly on “Catfish,” which she amped up for her awesome Tiny Desk and Grammys appearances. Since then, she’s gone viral for her March single “Anxiety,” which prominently samples Gotye’s 2011 hit “Somebody That I Used To Know.” For her show at Poland’s Open’er Festival on Saturday, Doechii also plugged in the amps for “Anxiety,” its backing track complete with some electric guitars. Check it out below.

Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” just turned 25 years old a couple of weeks ago. The 2000 pop-rock hit has been covered many, many times in that timespan, including by Ed Sheeran, who says he used to perform the song with his old band when he was 12 years old. But surprisingly, pop-star Sheeran had never performed the song in concert until Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, where he got Wheatus’ own Brendan B. Brown to sing it with him. “One of my fav moments ever on stage,” Sheeran wrote on Instagram.

Black Sabbath weren’t the only iconic group bidding farewell tonight.