In May, Foo Fighters fired their drummer Josh Freese. Shortly after, they released a Minor Threat cover and an original song called “Today’s Song.” They hired Nine Inch Nails’ Ilan Rubin and then did a bunch of surprise shows at small venues in September. In October, they joined Bandcamp with a live EP of performances from those gigs, with proceeds going to charity. Now, they’re sharing a new track called “Asking For A Friend” and announcing a North American stadium tour with Queens Of The Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy, and Gouge Away (who were featured on the mixtapes Foos had at the pop-up shows).

Indie fixture Father/Daughter Records is celebrating 15 years of existence with the F/D Fifteen series, in which artists from the label are covering songs by other artists in the catalog. The latest installment comes from mui zyu, who delivered a haunting take on “Astral Plane” from Shamir’s 2017 F/D debut Revelations. What began as an indie-pop/reggae hybrid has been transformed into a shapeless, dreamy ballad that floats along a cloud, pierced partway through by searing electric guitar.

Earlier this year, SASAMI released her third album Blood On The Silver Screen. Today, she’s released a new version of “Just Be Friends” with Soccer Mommy.

Artist To Watch Mei Simones is embracing the momentum. The genre-hopping musician released her debut album Animaru this past May, which was then followed by the one-off single “Itsumo.” Today, she’s back with two more singles “Kurayami” and “Get Used To It.”

Jeff Tweedy released his solo triple album Twilight Override last month, and last night he stopped by The Late Show to perform a couple of tracks as the musical guest. The Wilco frontman performed album highlights “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” and “Enough” with his sons Spencer and Sammy Tweedy backing him on drums and vocals, respectively.

You know Alex Ebert. You know him even if you don’t know that you know him. Ebert is best-known to most of us as Edward Sharpe, and his band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes were the progenitors of the stomp-clap folk movement that you know and love. Earlier this year, there was a whole lot of online chatter about whether their 2010 hit “Home” is the “worst song ever made.” In the wake of all that, our own Chris DeVille had a long, fascinating conversation with Ebert, which also touched on his time in the pre-Edward Sharpe dance-punk band Ima Robot. Now, a lost Ima Robot album is about to get an official release.

Lizzo has another lawsuit on her hands, and it somehow relates to the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle controversy.

As bush doof enthusiasts already know, Tame Impala just released the generally fairly underwhelming album Deadbeat last week. Kevin Parker’s efforts to promote the record have revolved around DJ gigs more than actual live performances. But Tame Impala have an arena tour coming up, and so Parker has to remind everyone that he can still put on a show. Last week, Tame Impala performed the singles “Loser” and “Dracula” for the first time at their Tiny Desk Concert. Now, they’ve taken part in A24’s brand-new live performance series Sound Check At Cherry Lane Theatre, and they’ve taken the opportunity to play the album track “My Old Ways” live for the first time.

During the Irish War Of Independence in 1920, IRA fighters ambushed British soldiers in Cork, wounding some of them and killing one. In response, British forces burned and looted hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses, as well as City Hall and Carnegie Library. The soldiers beat and robbed civilians indiscriminately. They threatened off the firefighters who responded. The British government initially denied that the soldiers had anything to do with the blaze, and even after they were proven wrong, none of the soldiers was ever held responsible. Sound familiar? It should. That’s what they do. This particular example is what the new Cardinals song is about.