Music News for April 2, 2023

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• Today’s Headlines

• Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died

• Robert Smith says The Cure have canceled 7,000 scalped tickets to their upcoming tour

• Severe Storm Collapses Roof at Morbid Angel Show in Illinois, Killing One and Injuring Dozens

• Kendrick Lamar asks these 5 questions before he decides to work with an artist

• Merle Haggard to be honored with bronze statue in Muskogee, Oklahoma

• Bring Me The Horizon launch YouTube series, tease new song snippets

• What is the greatest grunge band of all time? | Rockers react

• Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier discusses the influences behind the band’s new LP Miracle-Level

• See boygenius: the film, directed by Kristen Stewart

• Watch Alvvays’ Molly Rankin demonstrate Scottish stepdancing for Nardwuar

• Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid has passed away, aged 76

• Madlib & MF DOOM’s long-delayed Madvillainy sequel is still on the way

• Jay-Z turned down request to be on Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’

• Glorilla teases new Tommy Jeans collab

• Tom Morello talks Rage Against the Machine’s reunion tour, band’s future, and ticket prices

• Underoath have parted ways with longtime guitarist James Smith

• New compilation collects rare ’90s UK electronic music

• Former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley suffers heart attack

• Robert Trujillo contributes vocals to a Metallica Recording for first time on 72 Seasons

• Neil Young rails against Ticketmaster fees, says, ‘Concert tours are no longer fun’

• Watch 100 drummers join ‘My Hero’ tribute to Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins

• SEC charges Lil Yachty, Lindsay Lohan, Soulja Boy, and more over cryptocurrency promotion scheme

• Wet Leg leads nominations for 2023 Libera Awards

• Pussy Riot to receive the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Watch Joni Mitchell perform ‘Summertime’ at Gershwin Prize concert

• Watch Weyes Blood’s haunting, spectral Colbert performance

• The Cult share new video and announce tour dates

• Obituary to perform All of Dying Of Everything as part of a two-night streaming event

• Skrillex announces 5-hour headline set at Red Rocks

• The Cult announces June/July 2023 European tour

• Social Distortion announce summer 2023 North American tour

• Kid Koala announces North American tour with Lealani

• Run The Jewels announce 10th anniversary tour, playing all four albums in full

• Rina Sawayama announces 2023 North American tour dates

• Boygenius announce North America tour

• Peter Murphy postpones upcoming Bowie tribute tour

• Watch Lil Uzi Vert bring ‘Just Wanna Rock’ to The Tonight Show stage

• Odesza announce 2023 tour

• Christine and the Queens announces UK and European 2023 tour

• Karol G And Jonas Brothers booked as SNL musical guests

• New Tracks

• Royce Da 5’9” trades bars with lyrical hero Redman on ‘Royce & Reggie’

• Tyler, The Creator & A$AP Rocky team up in ‘Wharf Talk’ video: Watch

• Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding release church version of latest single, ‘Miracle’ [WATCH]

• Love You Later shares new single ‘Are You Gonna Care When I Die?’

• Quavo drops latest solo track ‘Honey Bun’

• Paris Texas return with ‘PANIC!!!’

• Khalid ‘Softest Touch’

• Metallica have just released 72 Seasons’ awesome title-track

• Jenny Lewis reveals new track ‘Psychos’

• Nati Dreddd releases new single ‘Older’

• Spill Tab shares new single ‘Window’

• Downtown Kayoto announces new 6 track EP Learning In Public / Releases new single ‘Changed It’

• JVLY shares ‘tacit (feat. Una Mey)’

• Cosmo Sheldrake announces Wild Wet World EP / Releases lead single ‘Bathed In Sound’

• Alex Anwandter releases ‘Precipicio’

• The Boo Radleys release ‘Now That’s What I Call Obscene’

• 44 Ardent releases ‘far gone’

• Tobias Arbo releases new single ‘Carousel’

• Four Tet remixes Everything But the Girl’s ‘Nothing Left to Lose’: Listen

• Sofie Winterson announces Benny Sings-produced new album Southern Skies / Releases ‘Jump’

• Caroline Romano shares her new single ‘Guts’

• Jack Kane returns with ‘Tell Me What I Need To Do’

• Johanna Samuels announces new album Bystander / Releases lead single ‘Ugly On The Inside’

• Paris Paloma shares her latest single ‘Labour’

• The Accident Group release debut single ‘The Myth of Sisyphus.’

• Holy Reptile share ‘The Land.’

• London Topaz shares new track ‘Promises’ Featuring Zoe A’dore

• Josienne Clarke releases ‘Words Were Never The Answer’

• MAUVEY shares ‘I Dare You To Break’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Interview: SOMOH discusses her creative process, how she came to work with Joel Johnston (Far Caspian), and the sonic inspiration behind her debut EP

• The music that influenced 1tbsp’s It’s Very Loud EP

• Track By Track: Maruja break down their debut EP Knocknarea

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in March 2023

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 3/27/2023: JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, The New Division, The National, Hit-Boy and Nas, Late Night Therapy, and more!

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The New Division, Lana Del Rey, and Depeche Mode

• Notable album releases for 2023

• New Albums and EPs

• Pet Shop Boys announce SMASH singles collection

• Jenny Lewis announces new LP Joy’All, shares ‘Psychos’

• Madlib says he’s ‘finishing up’ estate-approved Mac Miller album

• billy woods & Kenny Segal announce new album Maps and tour

• NBA YoungBoy announces new album Don’t Try This At Home

• 파란노을 (Parannoul) drops live album After the Night: Stream

• Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir to release new solo album this year

• Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro reveal new three-track project RR

• Hit-Boy trades bars with Nas m Curren$y & more on new album Surf or Drown: Stream

• Luke Combs talks new album Gettin’ Old

• Harry Nathan shares with us his ‘Cosmic Perspective’ EP

• The Smile are seven weeks into recording their new album

• Harry Nathan releases his Cosmic Perspective EP

• 1tbsp releases It’s Very Loud EP

• Dutch Uncles release their sixth studio album True Entertainment

• England’s Amber Run delve into the depths on their fourth studio album, How To Be Human

• Festival Updates

• BeachLife 2023: Top 5 acts to see

• Ms. Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion to headline 2023 Essence Festival

• AC/DC, Ozzy, Maiden and more are teasing a massive festival, Power Trip

• The new festival Bleached has stellar debut lineup featuring PinkPantheress, Joji, Omar Apollo, more

• Life is Beautiful to celebrate 10 years with the Killers, the 1975, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and more

• Metallica, Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne are rumored headliners of this year’s Power Trip Festival

• Birds of Paradise Festival in Utrecht, where the artists are in control

• Bamboozle announces 2023 lineup by day, single day tickets

• Paris festival Peacock Society releases tenth anniversary lineup

• New festival Misery Loves Company launches with 50 per cent line-up diversity

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Aphex Twin and Siouxsie lead new names for MEO Kalorama Festival 2023

• Idles, Slowthai, Arca and more join Cala Mijas Festival line-up

• Ice Spice added to Governors Ball 2023 lineup

• Lil Durk, Jessie Reyez, Glorilla To Perform at Quebec City’s Festival D’éte de Québec