Consequence Of Sound — It sounds like A Perfect Circle, Tool, and Puscifer will all be working on new music. Maynard James Keenan: “I’ve Got Three Bands That Need to Write Songs” Jon Hadusek more info

Stereogum — If I told you that “Drown” is the best song that the Smashing Pumpkins ever released, would that be a hot take? Or is it conventional wisdom? I don’t really know how most people think about “Drown,” but I still cannot believe how good that fucking song is. It’s the Pumpkins’ contribution to the hugely important soundtrack of the 1992 film Singles, and even though it never became a single, it’s probably one of the reasons that the band blew up the way they did. When that guitar riff chimes in, I feel like I’m blissfully floating in an endless expanse of pink foam. more info

New York Post — Dickey Betts, a singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday in Osprey, Florida. He was 80. In an Instagram post, his family said, “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024)... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Nature can now be credited as an artist, with royalties going to environmental causes. Brian Eno Remixes David Bowie’s “Get Real” with Nature Sounds: Stream Eddie Fu more info

DJmag — The upcoming live shows will be “raw, punky, and vibrant” and “a tribute to music and connection” more info

Stereogum — Dickey Betts — guitarist, singer-songwriter, and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band — has died. His Instagram account shared the following message: more info

Consequence Of Sound — The Allman Brothers Band guitarist passed away Thursday from cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dicky Betts, Allman Brothers Co-Founder, Dead at 80 Alex Young more info

Stereogum — This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s third album, Vitalogy — aka the most significant release in the grunge survivors’ long discography. And that’s not just because it remains the only Pearl Jam album where you’ll find an accordion lullaby about insects butting up against psychedelic mantras and freeform sound collages. While it was initially received as an anti-pop reaction to the hypestorm engulfing the band’s blockbuster 1991 debut Ten and its equally earthshaking 1993 follow-up Vs., in hindsight, Vitalogy was less a Kid A-style gateway into some new avant-garde phase than a stress-relieving exorcism of all tensions weighing on the band from within and without: the death of Kurt Cobain, the mounting legal battle against Ticketmaster, the imminent dismissal of drummer of Dave Abbruzesse for being too much of a bro. more info