In October, Tim “Herb” Alexander abruptly quit Primus, saying he “lost his passion for playing.” He did a lengthy interview elaborating what happened, and then the band held auditions for a new drummer. John Hoffman was announced as the replacement in February, and now Primus have announced a tour.

In 1999, Napster launched as peer-to-peer MP3 trading software. The company got sued by the RIAA (and, famously, Metallica) for widespread copyright infringement in 2020, and went bankrupt in 2022. Now, the brand has been bought by Metaverse company Infinite Reality for $207 million with plans to make it “a social and interactive music platform.”

Colin Miller is back with another one. The Asheville musician is gearing up for the release of his sophomore effort Losin’ after sharing “Cadillac” last month, and today he’s unveiling “Porchlight.”

“Do you even know the difference/ Between a swamp and an ancient bog?” Sebastian Murphy roars on the newest Viagra Boys single “The Bog Body.” I personally do not, but for some reason that line goes hard as hell. The audacious banger is the third from the upcoming album Viagr Aboys, following “Man Made Of Meat” and “Uno II.”

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often dubbed “the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll” for her use of pioneering guitar technique, bridging the gap between gospel and secular music in the process. Her life and legendary career have been the subject of a 2011 documentary and served as inspiration for the 2016 off-Broadway play Marie And Rosetta. Now, Amazon MGM Studios is currently developing a biopic about the musician, and Deadline reports that they’ve tapped Lizzo as its lead.

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

It’s been a little over two years since Miley Cyrus shared her last studio album Endless Summer Vacation. She’s kept herself plenty busy in the meantime, sharing a handful of singles, dusting off an old hit with a living legend, and finally winning some Grammys. Late last year, she confirmed she was working on her ninth album, saying it’d be called Something Beautiful and that it was inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall — the album but also its accompanying rock-opera movie. Today, the official album announcement has arrived.

Last month, Goose multi-instrumentalist Jeff Arevalo “stepped away” from touring with the jam band to focus on “mental health and personal issues.” Now the remaining members of the jam band — once again, not to be confused with Geese — have permanently severed ties with Arevalo due to “behavior in [his] personal life.”

KISS played what was billed as their final in-makeup live show in December 2023 at Madison Square Garden. During that concert, the band members — Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer — revealed the digital hologram avatars they said they would start using in 2027 to keep them “forever young and forever iconic.” As far as we know, the holograms are still on. But now KISS are planning some activity before then.

The Houston rapper Sauce Walka was one of two people shot outside a hotel near the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee Saturday afternoon, TMZ reports. Sauce, born Albert Walker Mondane, sustained injuries to his leg and is currently in the hospital, expected to make a full recovery. The gunmen approached him while he was outside a car with a friend, who was killed in the shooting. His name has not been released.