SMALL FACES

With a career renewal seemingly in process, Stone Temple Pilots are planning a late October or early November release of a compilation culled from their first four albums, plus two new songs. Meanwhile, singer Scott Weiland has been doing some production and guest work on Limp Bizkit’s upcoming album, and guitarist Robert DeLeo has been writing songs with Ozzy Osbourne. . . .

The Indigo Girls have also just recorded several new songs, with two to be included on a collection, “Radio Box: A Retrospective,” due Oct. 17. That same date will see reissues of the duo’s albums “Strange Fire,” “Indigo Girls,” “Nomads, Indians, Saints” and “Rights of Passage,” all with new packaging and liner notes, and bonus tracks. They play July 27 and 28 at the House of Blues. . . .

In his first public activity since the Cure’s farewell tour earlier this year, Robert Smith has collaborated with longtime David Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabrels on a new song, “Yesterday’s Gone,” that will be available only as an MP3 download at https://www.reevesgabrels.com. To get the tracks, though, visitors will be required to load either the Cure’s “Bloodflowers” album or Gabrels’ two previous solo albums on their CD-ROM. For details, see the Web site. . . .

A new Barenaked Ladies song, “Pinch Me,” set for the band’s “Maroon” album (due Sept. 12), will first be available Aug. 8 on the soundtrack album for the VH1 movie “At Any Cost,” which debuts on the channel Aug. 16. The Ladies will also be performing next Sunday at the Arrowhead Pond as part of a Volkswagen exhibition.