Stereogum — Loretta Lynn could write. It takes a rare and difficult-to-quantify set of skills to write a great country song. You need to be able to tell a rich, emotionally resonant story — maybe saccharine, maybe not — in as few words as possible. Those words need to make musical sense, and they need to be written for someone who can inhabit those words. Nashville supports an entire industry of people whose job it is to crank out country songs, and the writers often aren’t the ones singing the songs. That industry has existed for nearly a century, and in that time, there haven’t been many writers sharper than Loretta Lynn. more info

Stereogum — Mötley Crüe have been embroiled in a nasty legal battle with their former guitarist Mick Mars, who retired from touring due to an arthritic condition known as ankylosing spondylitis, then sued his bandmates for kicking him out of the band altogether. Mars (real name Robert Alan Deal) was intending to keep recording with the Crüe and doing limited performances, but he’s been replaced by John 5, best known for his work with Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. more info

Metal Injection — A new EP is due out this June. more info

Stereogum — Last night, before headlining this weekend’s second edition of the Las Vegas festival Sick New World, Slipknot played a warmup gig at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA. In doing so, they debuted their new full-time drummer. He was of course wearing a mask, but any Maggot will tell you it’s Eloy Casagrande, who left the long-running Brazilian band Sepultura last month. Casagrande announced his departure from Sepultura in an Instagram post, writing that “decisions needed to be made thinking about new cycles that will come.” By joining Slipknot, Casagrande has finished a weird story about three metal bands basically pulling off a three-team trade. more info

Stereogum — Today, the reliably hedonistic French blog-house duo Justice return with Hyperdrama, their first new album in eight years. When Justice officially announced the album in January, they led it off with the silky, disco-adjacent track “One Night/All Night,” their first collaboration with Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker. (They also shared the early singles “Generator,” “Incognito,” and the Miguel collab “Saturnine.”) Now that Hyperdrama is finally out, we get to hear the other track that Justice made with Tame Impala. more info

JamBase — Tickets on sale today include Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, Maren Morris, Pitbull and many more. more info

Consequence Of Sound —  Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | More Platforms This year’s Coachella will be remembered for many things: Blur’s final show (apparently), Grimes’ “technical difficulties,”  Billie Eilish joining Lana Del Rey, Kid Cudi’s broken foot. But more than anything, Coachella 2024 will go down in the history books as Skachella. On this bonus episode of In Defense of Ska, […] How Coachella 2024 Became Skachella: Podcast Ben Kaye more info

Consequence Of Sound — Featuring re-recorded tracks from Young and Crazy Horse’s 1990 album, Ragged Glory. Neil Young + Crazy Horse Unveil New Album FU##IN’ UP: Stream Jo Vito more info