It’s almost uncannily fitting that Trish Keenan only exists now in memory, because Keenan was never too firmly tethered to the present. The British singer-songwriter was at a ’60s-themed psychedelic club, after all, when she met musician James Cargill in the mid-’90s, and for the next 20 years she’d excavate cultural and spiritual references of yore into the indietronica band they formed together. Broadcast were a singular group from the start, and it took them a while to find their niche: Their big break came shortly after their formation when their non-album song “The Book Lovers” was featured in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, a film that often dragged ’60s aesthetics and British humor into sheer mockery. Broadcast’s girl-group harmonies and tinny synths suited Mike Myers’ free-love, technicolored escapades, but Keenan never set out for mere nostalgia bait. She wanted her art to feel it existed outside of typical time and space. In that endeavor, she succeeded, right up until she died of pneumonia in 2011 at only 42 years old.

Last week, Morrissey was one of the headlining performers at CityFolk festival in Ottawa, Canada. A couple days ago, Ottawa Citizen reported that there was an alleged threat made against the artist. Although the show went on despite the scare, 26-year-old Noah Castellano was arrested for the incident. Court documents allege that Castellano posted the threat via Bluesky on Sept. 4.

Chelsea Hodson is a literary icon, known for 2018 essay collection Tonight I’m Someone Else and her independent press Rose Books, which published Geoff Rickly’s gnarly book Someone Who Isn’t Me. Now, she’s making a foray into music with her debut song “Belong To Nobody.”

The Who’s Pete Townsend released the twitchy, hooky synth-rock solo single “Let My Love Open The Door” in 1980. In America, that song became a top-10 hit — a feat that Towsend almost never accomplished with the Who. (Only one Who single, “I Can See For Miles,” made the top 10 over here.) “Let My Love Open The Door” has been a radio-rock staple for my entire life, even though it’s closer to new wave than almost anything Townsend made with the Who. Now, reluctant indie cult overlord Mistki offers up her own take on “Let My Love Open The Door.”

“We are proud to welcome @clairo to the Atlantic Records family.” So reads a new post from the label, a prominent arm of Warner Music Group.

Over 400 artists and labels are coming together for No Music For Genocide, a new cultural boycott initiative asking artists and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Some acts involved include Massive Attack, Rina Sawayama, Fontaines D.C., MIKE, Primal Scream, Faye Webster, and Japanese Breakfast.

In 2019, Oslo-based artist Sunniva Lindgård rebooted Sassy 009 as her solo creative endeavor, releasing her KILL SASSY 009 EP, working with artists like Clairo, and creating her own variations of pop classics like Usher’s “Yeah” and Charli XCX’s “Girl, So Confusing.” In 2022, she released her mixtape Heart Ego, but that wasn’t her proper debut. Today, she’s announced her long-awaited first album Dreamer+ that’s out next January. The new conceptual album has been in the works for four years and features Blood Orange, Yunè Pinku, and BEA1991. She’s shared the lead single “Butterflies” with an accompanying visual.

Since 2013, Jenny Hollingsworth has been one half of the adventurous, emotive UK duo Let’s Eat Grandma, along with her childhood friend Rosa Walton. The most recent Let’s Eat Grandma album was the excellent Two Ribbons, which came out in 2022. The duo also scored the Netflix series The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself in 2022, and they covered Nick Drake’s “From The Morning” on a 2023 tribute album. Now, Hollingsworth has released her first-ever solo single under the name Jenny On Holiday.

In April, Samia released Bloodless and it received our Album Of The Week honor. Now the NYC singer-songwriter is unveiling a new Leonard Cohen-indebted track titled “Cinder Block.”

David Byrne has already had a very eventful year. On top of preparing for his marriage to Mala Gaonkar, he’s done a lot of fun things to promote Who Is The Sky?, his first solo album in seven years, including performing a bunch of songs on Fallon and chatting with Stereogum’s buildings and food correspondent Rachel Brown for our first-ever video edition We’ve Got A File On You interview series. Last night, he kicked off the album’s supporting tour with a performance at Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. Byrne celebrated his vast iconic catalogue, performing songs from the new album for the first time along with Talking Heads’ classics and a Paramore cover.