Last month, Oliver Tree tragically died at the age of 32 in a helicopter collision in Brazil. Tonight, the musician, known for eclecticism and absurdity, is being celebrated with memorial service in his hometown. There will be live music and guest speakers including some admittedly controversial figures: Logan Paul, Ethan Klein, and Diplo.

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Lucy Dacus has been in collab mode as of late, featuring on songs by her boygenius bandmate Phoebe Bridgers, Smidley, Madi Diaz, and more. Last night she played the Newport Folk Festival, and she wasn’t without guests.

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In April, Michael Stipe appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to debut a new song called “The Rest Of Ever” and reveal that he’s readying his debut solo album. Now, the former R.E.M. frontman is sharing another preview titled “Hum Desiderata.”

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This year’s Eaux Claires lineup included an interesting name: Bon Dylan. In April, we discovered it was Bon Iver doing a Bob Dylan covers set. That went down last night, which was the first day of the Wisconsin music festival at Carson Park.

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Kurt Vile and Czarface’s Esoteric have finally linked up. A few months ago, the Philly rocker (who is rarely seen without his DOOM hat lately) named Czarface and MF DOOM’s 2021 LP Super What? as his “Perfect 10” album for Pitchfork. Czarface commented on the Instagram post, “KV!! Let’s get some music done!” Last night the hip-hop group’s Esoteric, on his birthday and in his Boston hometown, joined the Violators to rap over “Bassackwards” from 2018’s Bottle It In.

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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 subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

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Last week, John R. Miller’s new alt-country LP The Great Unknowing (recorded at Leon Russell’s legendary Church Studio in Tulsa) came out digitally. The acclaimed Appalachian musician returned to the Grand Ole Opry last night and introduced a “monumentally influential practitioner of the guitar” as his surprise guest: J Mascis.

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Earlier this year, Caribou’s Dan Snaith released Butterfly, his latest album under his electronic moniker Daphni. But Snaith’s creative momentum hasn’t waned. After his latest album, he made the song “hav u a sec,” which he initially played during his live set at London’s Corsica Studios this past February. Now that single and two other unreleased songs, “Tally” and “Foward,” have arrived in the form of a surprise EP, hav u a sec.

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Earlier this week, Arca announced XXXXX, her first new album in almost five years. We won’t have to wait long to hear the record, which comes out next week. Arca didn’t share any singles with the announcement. Instead, she unveiled plans to debut new songs in a two-hour livestreamed performance. The set happened last night, and it wasn’t like most livestreamed performances.

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Sheffield’s Rat Cage picked the perfect band name, and they went on to make the exact kind of music that the name implies: Fast, raw, frantic, visceral, dirty hardcore punk. You can spot all kinds of early-’80s influences in Rat Cage’s guttural attack, but it never feels like pastiche because it’s too urgent.

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