Earlier this week, the Who fired drummer Zak Starkey for “overplaying” at shows. Today, Pete Townshend announced that Starkey is back in the band after “some communication issues” were resolved.

At the first weekend of Coachella, A. G. Cook brought out Danny Brown during his set to rap on Rustie and Charli XCX tracks. On Friday (Apr. 18), the producer was joined by Kesha to perform his remix of her new T-Pain collab “Yippee-Ki-Yay.”

This week we talked to Molly Burch, Chime Oblivion, Rhiannon Giddens, Greet Death, aya, and quickly, quickly. Read those interviews and have a safe 4/20/Easter.

In his capacity as an actor, Keanu Reeves is many things. As John Wick, he’s a dog-loving assassin. As Neo, he’s a computer programmer turned messiah. As Johnny Utah, he’s an FBI agent turned bromancing surfer. His range is legendary. Throughout most of the ’90s, he also held down the role of aspiring rockstar as bassist for the band Dogstar, which originally broke up in 2002 but reunited in 2023. Now, his two worlds are colliding in an incredibly silly meta way — a perfect situation of art imitating life imitating art.

GoldLink has been relatively under the radar over the past several years. He released an album in 2021 called HARAM!, but it doesn’t seem to have had the same impact as 2017’s At What Cost or even 2019’s Diaspora. I can’t remember the last time cool new TV shows provided a boost for a song the way Insecure did for “Crew” featuring Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy. [**Long Nostalgic Sigh**]

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

Thursday night was a glorious occasion for fans of WU LYF. After announcing reunion shows and releasing their first new song in 13 years, the short-lived, long-dormant UK indie band played the first in a three-night run in their hometown of Manchester.

Last month, Wisp kicked off a new era with “Sword.” The shoegaze superstar played at Coachella last weekend, and now she’s sharing “Get Back To Me.”

At Coachella, Addison Rae joined Arca during her set and revealed the June 6 release date of her debut album on her underwear. Now, she’s back with the new trip-hop-inflected single “Headphones On.”

Last week, Lana Del Rey shared “Henry, Come On,” the lead single from her next album that was first titled Lasso and then The Right Person Will Stay. Since the release of that song, she revealed she’s changing the title again, as well as the release date. Now, she’s unveiling “Bluebird.”