When we chatted with Billy Corgan, over a decade ago, the Smashing Pumpkins’ about the reissue of 1998’s Adore, he mentioned that he had started working on a reissue for Machina I and Machina II. “The record was written as a pseudo-rock-opera type deal, and when the band completely fell apart in the middle, the album never really got finished in the way I’d written it, so I view it as kind of an unfinished album,” he told Ryan Leas in 2014. Now, it seems Corgan stuck to his word and both reissues will see the light of day.

Last month, Award-winning actress and musician Teyana Taylor teased her new album Escape Room, which is also a short film that’s she’s releasing on Aug. 22. Today, she’s shared a new single “Bed Of Roses” that features an intro by actress-writer-producer Issa Rae and a steamy accompanying video.

Walter Scott Jr., a founding member of hit-making California R&B group the Whispers, has died. Scott, who sang on disco-funk hits like “And The Beat Goes On” and “Rock Steady,” had been battling brain cancer for six months. He was 81.

It’s hard to tell if it’s still fun deciding what 2025’s summer superlative is, or if it’s gotten boring. As Charli XCX declared during her Coachella set, this will be plenty of people’s summers. But where’s the creativity in Turnstile Summer or Lizzo Summer? Well, Nuyorican rapper Destiny Frasqueri aka Princess Nokia has a solution for that.

Lalo Schifrin, the composer best known for the Mission: Impossible theme song, has died. The Argentine musician passed away due to complications from pneumonia. He was 93.

Earlier this week Auckland indie rock crew the Beths returned with the new tune “No Joy,” and now Jasamine White-Gluz’s project No Joy is back with the latest Bugland single “Bits.” Hopefully that’s not too confusing.

The new Bleary Eyed album Easy is gonna be a good one. The Philly crew has shared lots of previews — like the eponymous EP whose four tracks will appear on the record, plus “Heaven Year” and “Susan” — and now they’re back with the wonderful title track.

50 Cent has a new acting gig. The rapper will star in the live-action Street Fighter movie alongside Orville Peck, Jason Momoa, and Noah Centineo, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Frank Ocean put out his debut album Channel Orange on July 10, 2012. Nearly 13 years later, the official vinyl release is finally here.

Blood Orange’s last release was 2022’s Four Songs, but Dev Hynes has stayed busy scoring the Broadway play JOB, joining Nathy Peluso’s Tonight Show performance, and collaborating with acts like Turnstile and Lorde. Now he’s finally back with a stunning new track called “The Field,” which has contributions from the Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek, and Daniel Caesar.