Pandora and Spotify aren’t making artists rich, writes Galaxie 500’s Damon Krukowski. For 7,800 plays on Pandora, the band’s song “Tugboat” earned them 21 cents in royalties—which is why Krukowski is streaming all his bands’ music for free elsewhere.

When Robert James Campbell died in a homeless shelter in 2001, few knew of his past life documenting the jazz scene of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Now the City of Burlington, which owns his photos of Count Basie, Wayne Shorter, and others, is fundraising to preserve his work.

NPR offers a “first listen” to the new album by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (guitar) and Jozef Van Wissem (lute). The Mystery of Heaven is “gritty but not in-your-face; it’s pretty, but there’s nothing delicate about it. It’s a rich, appropriately cinematic sound.”

“This is an exhibition as Gesamkunstwerk,” writes Andrea Kirsh of the Philadelphia Museum’s Philippe Parreno–designed show Dancing Around the Bride, which explores the interconnected lives of Duchamp, Cunningham, Cage, and others.

The two members of Pussy Riot who remain imprisoned in Russia face Soviet-era prison conditions, according to freed member Yekaterina Samutsevich. With no medicine or hot water, “they can die,” she says.

Laurie Anderson’s genius, writes Mark Swed, “is to find the music and theater to capture that space between the real and the unreal, which she says has become increasingly unclear.” She brings her work Dirtday! to the Walker Nov. 2–4.

Minneapolis rapper P.O.S.—who performed with Doomtree at Rock the Garden 2012—canceled his tour this week, announcing that his “kidneys are garbage.” On dialysis for a month, he’s seeking a new kidney. A fund has been set up to help pay medical bills.

Pianist Vijay Iyer took home a whopping five prizes from Downbeat critics this spring, yet the prizewinning CD hasn’t, like most jazz releases, racked up many sales. Are efforts like Iyer’s at audience-expanding “outreach” on the right track?

Joy Division’s iconic album cover for Unknown Pleasures has become ubiquitous. But what exactly is it? Designer Peter Saville explains the design’s origin as an image of a pulsar found in a science textbook brought to him by the band.