Baby Snakes & The Electric Co., the project of Dallas producer and Modern Electric Sound Recorders founder Jeff Saenz, has released a new single, “Diamonds on the Chorus,” along with a music video directed by Max Poscente. The track is the third single from the band’s debut album, Ouroboros, due October 23 via Spaceflight Records.

The video, inspired by the visual style of Miami Vice, follows Saenz driving through downtown Dallas. According to the announcement, the clip intentionally shows Saenz performing everyday tasks such as putting on his boots and driving, referencing his recovery from a 2021 accident that resulted in the amputation of both his hands.

Ouroboros contains 12 tracks, with the album described as one song written per month over the course of a year. The band will host a listening party at shyboy hifi in Dallas on October 22, featuring a DJ set by electrophunck, ahead of the album’s release.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Vic Borlando.

The Hails have released “Pack It Up,” the latest single from their upcoming sophomore album Duckpond, due October 23 via ONErpm. The song follows previous album tracks “Corruptor,” “Fool” and “Story of You and Me.”

Lead singer Robbie Kingsley said the track’s melodic sensibility recalls Julian Casablancas, joking that he worried the band was ripping off the Strokes frontman’s work, though he noted the song’s outro departs from that influence. Duckpond was produced by Brandon Shoop, who has worked with Role Model, Dijon and Junior Varsity. The band, based across Miami, Washington D.C. and Brooklyn, recorded the album after renting a house together in South Florida to write in person.

The album’s music videos, including the one accompanying “Pack It Up,” depict the band as 1930s bowling-alley pinsetters, a profession eliminated by automation, which the band uses as a metaphor for the precarity of being a working musician in 2026. The Hails will support Ax and the Hatchetmen on select dates before launching a headline tour next month, with stops including Brooklyn’s Elsewhere on Oct. 29, the Echoplex in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, and shows in Miami and Tampa in November.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Madi Florence.

Country artist Jet Jurgensmeyer will release his new single “Sane to My Crazy” on September 25. The song, co-written with David Seger and Ericca Latza, was inspired by a story Seger shared about his wife, according to the announcement. It was recorded at Farmland Studio and produced by Jurgensmeyer and Dan Frizsell.

The track follows Jurgensmeyer’s duet “Drink Alone” with The Voice alum Kayleigh Clark, which the announcement says is nearing 700,000 streams, and his radio single “Nothing On You.” Earlier this year he released “RED,” which the announcement says has surpassed one million streams worldwide.

Jurgensmeyer, who also has acting credits including a recurring role on Fox’s Last Man Standing and voice work on Disney’s TOTS, released his sophomore album THE RIDE: phase 2 in 2024.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Christy Walker-Watkins, 3on.e2ma.net.

Traditional country artist Dave Wilbert released his six-song EP, “The Good News,” on September 18 via Willbilly Records and Symphonic. The project draws on themes of love, faith, farm life and second chances, continuing the 1990s-style country sound Wilbert has built his reputation on.

The EP includes Wilbert’s recent singles “All Summer Long,” co-written with Troy Clampitt, and “The Corn,” a farming-themed song co-written with Kevin Barton whose lyric video premiered on RFD-TV. According to the announcement, “All Summer Long” was featured on Amazon Music’s “Break Through Country” and Apple Music’s “New In Country” playlists, and the EP was named one of Saving Country Music’s most anticipated albums of 2026.

Recorded at The Freeway Studio, the EP was co-produced by Wilbert along with Nashville producers Lonnie Wilson and Julian King, as well as the late Eddie Blount, Wilbert’s former manager and friend who died in 2025. Wilbert said he is dedicating the release to Blount. The track list also includes songs written by Patrick Jason Matthews, Roxie Dean, Kerry Kurt Phillips, Ron Williams, Ryan Bizarri, Dee Briggs, Jeff Stevens, Jerry Kilgore and Steve Bogard, along with an acoustic version of “If You Ever Feel Like Loving Me Again,” originally from Wilbert’s debut album.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jason W. Ashcraft / JWA Media, jwamedia.com.

Epiphone has released the Joan Jett Olympic Special, a signature guitar developed with the rock musician, available worldwide through authorized dealers, Gibson Garage locations and Epiphone.com. The model is a reissue of Jett’s original Epiphone Olympic, now offered in a Vintage Sunburst finish the company says was inspired by her original Gibson Melody Maker.

The guitar features a lightweight mahogany body and neck, a rosewood fretboard with pearloid dot inlays, die-cast tuners and a Graph Tech nut. Its electronics are limited to a single PowerHammer ProBucker pickup, one volume knob and an on/off toggle switch functioning as a kill switch, a stripped-down control layout the brand ties to Jett’s minimalist approach. A reproduction of Jett’s signature appears on the headstock, and the instrument ships with a gig bag and artist sticker set.

The release adds to Epiphone’s signature-artist lineup as the brand continues marketing itself around touring and emerging musicians alike.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Libby Coffey, primeprgroup.com.

Toronto-based producer and DJ Ladji Mouflet has released “Hatuey,” a new single named after the 16th-century Taino chief who led resistance against Spanish colonizers. According to the announcement, Mouflet has Taino heritage through his mother’s lineage, and the track’s cover art incorporates Taino imagery along with tribal tattoos worn by Mouflet and his brother.

The song is built around Afro percussion and electronic production that the announcement describes as characteristic of Mouflet’s style, drawing on influences from Latin America, West Africa, the Caribbean and New York. Mouflet was raised between Harlem, the South Bronx and the Lower East Side; his mother is from the Dominican Republic and danced salsa alongside Tito Puente and Celia Cruz, while his father, of Senegalese and Martinican descent, founded a dance and music school where the family lived.

“Hatuey” is the first single from Mouflet’s upcoming album “The Pilgrimage,” which the announcement describes as an exploration of his family heritage. Mouflet’s earlier singles “Baiana 2022” and “French Bossa Nova” have surpassed 35 million and 44 million streams respectively, according to the announcement, which also states he draws 1.5 to 2.2 million monthly Spotify listeners and releases music independently through his own label, Alkebulan Records.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.

A Christie’s auction of guitars and memorabilia from Johnny Marr’s personal collection totalled £3,649,280, more than three times the pre-sale estimate, according to the auction house. The 111-lot sale, titled Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection, drew registered bidders from 34 countries, with Christie’s saying 81% were new to the auction house, and ran more than five hours.

The top lot was Marr’s 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo, associated with his work in The Smiths, which sold for £358,400 against an estimate of £60,000-£80,000. A 1960 Gibson ES-355 that Sire Records founder Seymour Stein bought for Marr in 1984 fetched £204,800, matching the price paid for a 1984 Cherry Gibson Les Paul Standard. A Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar used on the ‘No Time to Die’ soundtrack sold for £46,080.

Hammer proceeds from 31 of the lots, covering ten guitars, 1980s concert posters and award trophies, will be split between the UK charities Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the National Autistic Society. Marr’s new album, ‘The Age of Everything,’ is due October 2 via BMG, ahead of tour dates in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile in late November.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Hannah Schweiger, christies.com.