It’s been four years since the last Lorde summer, although the artist born Ella Yelich-O’Connor hasn’t been totally quiet since her Jack Antonoff-produced “weed album” Solar Power. She sang in te reo Māori on both a Solar Power companion EP and a Marlon Williams album; she covered Talking Heads, MUNA, Bananarama, the Strokes, Rosalía, and Britney Spears; and she broke the internet by joining Charli XCX on a remix of “Girl, so confusing.” Anticipation for LP4 has been growing since the New Zealand pop star previewed new music at a UK festival two years ago and now we finally have our first taste.

Last year, Fine Glindvad Jensen released her debut full-length Rocky Top Ballads under the moniker Fine. The Copenhagen-based songwriter and producer is back today with “I Could,” her first new material since then.

It’s been five years since Buscabulla’s debut full-length Regresa. Since then, they guested on Bad Bunny’s “Andrea” from his massive 2022 album Un Verano Sin Ti. Today, the Puerto Rican indie duo is announcing their sophomore album Se Amaba Así. The new single “El Camino” is out now.

Last month, Neil Husvar of ’90s Scranton hardcore group Option tragically passed away at the age of 52. Next month, a bunch of Northeast Pennsylvania hardcore bands are getting together for a benefit show to raise money for his final expenses as well as suicide prevention and support resources.

On Friday (Apr. 18) Kneecap performed at Coachella and received help from leftist social media personality Hasan Piker in broadcasting pro-Palestine messages on stage and on livestreams to bring awareness to the ongoing Israeli genocide. The Northern Irish rap trio is facing backlash from many people, including Sharon Osbourne and Fox News.

Earlier this month, Lorde teased new music with a snippet on TikTok, and later revealed a song titled “What Was That” is arriving on Apr. 25. Tonight she was probably going to debut it live at a surprise show in New York’s Washington Square Park, but the event was canceled minutes before it was supposed to start.

Roy Thomas Baker, the legendary rock producer best-known for his long working relationship with Queen, has died. According to a press release from his publicist, Baker passed away on April 12. No cause of death has been reported. Baker was 78.

Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” is one of the best pop songs in recent memory. You know it, I know it, and Coldplay know it. It’s why the galactic-scale pop-rock band welcomed the Blackpink alum to join them a few hours ago at Goyang Stadium in Goyang-si, South Korea. After Chris Martin sat at the piano and played a bit of “APT.” solo, the full band kicked in and Rosé burst onto the stage. She did her parts, and Martin filled in for Mars (as much as Chris Martin could be expected to fill in for Bruno Mars — very different flavors of cheese there). When the song was over, they ran it back a second time.

“You don’t know me, bitch.” Near the end of her new album Bloodless, on a minimal ballad called “Proof,” Samia Finnerty unfurls those words as defiantly as one can when singing in a trembling whisper. In the most intimate moment on an album full of indie-rock confessionals, this is her message, delivered firmly even at a volume that suggests she’s trying not to wake anybody up. It’s addressed to a fickle flirt, a guy who loves her “like a child’s toy or cigarette,” but it’s possible to hear that quiet diss as a takedown of listeners who think they’ve got Samia pegged.