This past weekend, someone pulled off some unbelievable Ocean’s Eleven shit in Las Vegas. On Saturday night, the EDM DJ Gryffin was playing a set in the XS Nighclub, part of the Wynn Las Vegas casino, when he was told that Justin Bieber wanted to join him onstage. Someone who sure looked like Justin Bieber was there, with an entourage. The guy came out onstage and sang Bieber’s hit “Sorry” to a rapturous crowd. Only after the performance did the giddy Gryffin come to find out that the Bieber was a fake, an impersonator. Naturally, Gryffin turned the story into a video and posted it on Instagram.

The Machine is active once again. In 2022, Florence Welch’s project Florence + The Machine released Dance Fever, their most recent album. Florence + The Machine have been plenty active since then, releasing stray tracks and making guest appearances on records from a couple of superstars. Now, after some teasing, Florence + The Machine have announced that Everybody Scream, their sixth album, is coming out on Halloween. Beyond the title and the cover art, we don’t know anything about the new LP. Welch posted the cover art and a pre-order link on Instagram this morning, but the album’s tracklist, singles, and collaborators remain mysterious.

Sorry, Amanda Seyfried: It sounds like Anya Taylor-Joy and Meryl Streep will play Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe’s biopic, according to The InSneider. Rumors say Taylor-Joy will star as the legendary singer-songwriter during her peak years in the ’60s and ’70s while Streep will portray present day Mitchell.

There’s a new Earl Sweatshirt album. Or: We think there’s a new Earl Sweatshirt album. It could be an elaborate prank, but pranks don’t usually get this elaborate. This new Earl Sweatshirt album is called Live Laugh Love, which is an extremely funny title for a prospective Earl Sweatshirt album. On Friday night, Earl held a listening party for the album in Los Angeles, but he wasn’t there in person. Instead, Earl pulled an MF DOOM and sent an obvious impostor out to perform his songs. On the other hand, the DJ at that listening party did play what appears to be an entire Earl Sweatshirt album. It doesn’t seem like he’s make a whole new album just for prank purposes, does it?

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.

Experimental rock fans who use Spotify have suffered yet another loss. Just a few weeks after Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu each announced their intent to remove their music from Spotify — citing Daniel Ek’s $700 million investment in a military AI startup — Godspeed You! Black Emperor have also ditched the streaming platform.

This November was supposed to mark the third iteration of Soulshine At Sea, a four-day concert cruise that goes from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico. Today, however, the fest’s organizer Sixthman announced that the sold-out cruise has been canceled. Their statement didn’t give a reason for the cancellation, but it looks like it has something to do with accusations of abusive behavior from the cruise’s scheduled headliner, Michael Franti, who has denied the allegations.

Merchandise have largely kept quiet since their last album, 2016’s A Corpse Wired For Sound. While touring that record, the Florida punks had to cancel a bunch of shows because frontman Carson Cox passed out backstage and fractured his jaw. Luckily, he made a full recovery, and spent the next few years intermittently releasing new music outside of Merchandise. Now, Merchandise are ready for a proper return.

In October, My Morning Jacket’s fourth studio album Z turns 20. Earlier this week, the band announced they’ll be celebrating the anniversary with a deluxe reissue. It includes previously unreleased material, demos, and rarities like the Elizabethtown soundtrack song “Where To Begin” which is now streaming for the first time.

Earlier this year, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) announced their first performance since 2016 when they were revealed as part of this year’s Best Friends Forever lineup. Now, the beloved emo revival band is going on a whole reunion tour.