Nashville-based Americana/roots-rock band Sidecar has released a new single, “Fine,” now available on streaming platforms. The band describes the track as an expansion into more stylized, acoustic-leaning territory while retaining the storytelling and full-band sound of their earlier work.

Formed in 2025, Sidecar features Gabe Gowen on lead vocals, Anders Hansson on lead guitar, Ben Jones on bass, Jeff Ward on keys and Dylan Duffy on drums, all veterans of Nashville’s music scene. The band cites influences spanning Americana, classic rock and indie roots music.

Sidecar has been touring throughout the year in support of the new music, with dates including a September 18 stop in New York and a run through South Carolina in October, including shows in Charleston, Bluffton and Hilton Head.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Nashville-based alternative-pop artist Sophia Lynn has released a new single, “Colors,” available now on all platforms.

The song follows previous releases “Bittersweet” and a featured credit on “2 Young.” According to the announcement, Lynn draws inspiration from artists including Lizzy McAlpine, Mazzy Star and Olivia Rodrigo, blending bedroom-pop textures with cinematic storytelling. She is also known for her connection to Dirty Heads frontman Duddy B, though the release emphasizes her work as distinct from that association.

The single arrives as Lynn graduates high school and continues building her catalog with new music and collaborations.

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Charlie Puth has canceled his planned 2026 arena tour dates across Australia and New Zealand. No explanation for the cancellation has been given.

Further details on refunds or any rescheduling have not been released. Additional information is expected as promoters and venues respond.

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Michigan-based artist Alex Hirsch has released “Does Anybody Care?,” a piano-and-saxophone track written by longtime collaborator Carl Paradise that draws on Cold War-era “duck and cover” drills and references the Doomsday Clock to connect that history with present-day anxieties, according to the announcement.

The song follows the pair’s recent single “Memory Lane” and marks a shift in tone for the collaboration, according to the announcement, with the arrangement moving toward a Steely Dan-influenced sound that Hirsch has drawn on since discovering the band as a child in Reseda, California. Hirsch takes lead vocals, backed by Tripp Sprague on saxophone and horns, Jen Gomes on harmony vocals, and Paradise contributing harmony vocals, keyboards, horns and percussion. Mark Hattersley plays piano, keyboards, drums and percussion, with Dave Buerger on bass.

Hirsch, Paradise and Hattersley produced, arranged and mixed the track together. Hirsch has been playing guitar and piano since 1976 and cites the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Steely Dan among his formative influences.

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

THE ELEM, the transatlantic rock project led by songwriter and producer M.L. Leichter, has released a new single titled “Who’s There?” The song follows the project’s previous release, “Could It Be Me?,” and is written from the perspective of a grandchild reflecting on a late grandfather, drawing on Leichter’s own experience growing up secular alongside a devoutly religious grandparent.

According to the announcement, the track moves through several musical sections, including an ambient string-and-guitar intro, taiko drums, distortion guitar, march drums and brass, before closing with a chant that builds into a full choir arrangement. Mike Fraser mixed the track at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, with mastering by Billy Joe Bowers at Casa de Amor in Tucson, Arizona, and artwork by James Marsh.

THE ELEM was founded in Portugal in 2025 as a remote collaborative project centered on Leichter, with music spanning rock, alternative, indie and pop. “Who’s There?” will appear on the project’s debut EP, “Perhaps, It’s Me,” set for release on November 16.

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