Music News for September 18, 2025

Cal in Red releases atmospheric new single ‘Cut The Line’ from upcoming EP The Days

• Today’s Headlines

• Massive Attack leave Spotify, join 100s of artists in “No Music For Genocide” campaign

• Calvin Harris accuses financial advisor of stealing $22.5 million for real estate project

• Ed Sheeran talks about his new album Play

• At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle

• Pussy Riot members sentenced to 13 years in prison over Putin anti-war protests

• Soundgarden unlikely to release final album before Rock Hall induction, drummer says

• Mark David Chapman, man who killed John Lennon, denied parole for 14th time

• Perry Farrell says Dave Navarro has “unclean hands” in response to Jane’s Addiction lawsuit

• Spotify adds lossless audio for premium users

• Fontaines DC, CMAT, Sam Fender, Wolf Alice and more shortlisted for the 2025 Mercury Prize

• Miles Davis’ catalog acquired by Reservoir Media

• Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO’s defense investments

• Maruja discuss 5 of their favorite rap albums

• The Mountain Goats announce “full-on musical” album ft Tommy Stinson & Lin-Manuel Miranda (hear a track)

• Supertramp Singer/Songwriter Rick Davies dead at 81

• Mitski announces the theatrical release of new concert film. Mitski: The Land

• Bruce Loose, singer-bassist for influential punk band Fliipper, dead at 66

• Dame Dash files for bankruptcy

• Police determine Brent Hinds was at fault in fatal accident

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• New Albums and EPs

• Miley Cyrus dropping deluxe edition of Something Beautiful featuring two new songs with rock legends

• Madonna announces new dance album coming in 2026

• The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton are releasing an album together (hear the first single)

• Picture Parlour invite us in to debut album The Parlour

• Maruja channels raw emotion and urgency on debut album Pain to Power

• snuggle deliver lush and melancholic debut album Goodbyehouse

• Gorillaz announce new album The Mountain, shares ‘The Happy Dictator’: Stream

• HEALTH announce new LP CONFLICT DLC (exclusive vinyl & new single)

• Armand Hammer & The Alchemist announce new collaborative album, Mercy

• Ed Sheeran has another new album ready to go

• Tortoise announce first album in nine years, share video for new song: Watch

• Antidepressants captures the fire of Suede live

• New Tracks

• Of Mice & Men drop new single ‘Troubled Water’: “Pure sci-fi nightmare energy”

• bar italia have dropped their new single and video ‘rooster’

• pyncher release ‘Steely Dan’ and announce debut EP ‘Every Town Needs A Stranger’

• Midnight Pool Party release new single ‘NEVER GONNA GIVE UP’

• Pool Girl drops intoxicating new single ‘Something to Say’ ahead of her anticipated EP Ultramarine

• Sleaford Mods share rallying cry new single ‘Megaton’ in aid of War Child: “No war, no death”

• Thundercat returns with double single ‘I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time’ and ‘Children of the Baked Potato’

• Lawn debut ‘Barroom Wonder’ from highly anticipated album ‘God Made The Highway’

• Moon Panda reveal new single ‘Penny’ from their third album ‘Dumb Luck’

• Alice Phoebe Lou explores love’s illusions on ‘Darling’

• Cautious Clay prepares ‘The Hours: Night’ with intimate single ‘Art Museum (2am)’

• Frog release final single ‘Sax-A-Ma-Phone Var XII’ ahead of new album ‘The Count’

• Emma Harner returns with haunting new single ‘The Lake’ Featuring Henry Jamison

• Ivan Nicolas prepares debut album with soaring single ‘All Your Wonder’

• Tiberius shares new single ‘Moab’ ahead of debut album ‘Troubadour’

• Cork band the drive. unleash blistering new single ‘nothing crossed.’

• Great Lake Swimmers share new single ‘Youth Not Wasted’ from upcoming album Caught Light

• The Smashing Pumpkins release new song ‘Chrome Jets’

• Stereolab share new 7″ (listen); North American tour starts this weekend

• Mobb Deep share first song since Prodigy’s death, from new album ‘Infinite’

• Izza Gara joins forces with Miso Extra on futuristic single ‘3000’

• HARLEY GIRL delivers playful new single ‘The Music’

• Mallory Hawk shares debut single ‘Felicity’ ahead of 2026 solo album

• Mayday Parade shares ‘One Day At A Time’ ahead of ‘Sad’ album release

• Drake unleashed ‘Dog House’ single featuring Year & Julia Wolf

• Kali Uchis joins forces with Ravyn Lenae on new single, ‘Cry About It!’

• Skullcrusher – ‘Dragon’

• Australian producer 44 Ardent drops energetic new track ‘Wake Up’

• ‘Daisy’ marks a collaboration between Melody’s Echo Chamber and El Michels Affair

• chest. releases ‘Entertainment,’ a biting look at modern distraction

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• The music that influenced Alexei Shishkin’s Good Times

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Baxter Dury, Ho99o9, and WILDES

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 9/15/2025: Joy Orbinson, Gorillaz, Skullcrusher, Rauw Alejandro, Whitney, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• CBGB Music Festival announces set times

• Coachella 2026 lineup (Sabrina Carpenter, NIN/Boys Noize, Turnstile, The Strokes, The xx, more

• Calvin Harris has been confirmed as the first headliner for Creamfields 2026, marking 20 years at Daresbury

• Tomorrowland Winter 2026 details announced

• Two people die after falling ill at Belfast’s Emerge Festival, investigations launched

• Self Esteem brings tightly choreographed, NSFW headline show to End of the Road

• Lollapalooza 2026 South America lineups (Tyler the Creator, Chappell Roan, Deftones, Turnstile, more)

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Iron Maiden announce first 2026 tour dates

• Foo Fighters’ new drummer Ilan Rubin makes live debut: Photos

• Watch Clipse make history as first rappers to perform at the Vatican

• Tool’s Adam Jones and Danny Carey perform at Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match in Las Vegas: Watch

• Nick Cave announces exclusive “homecoming” show in Brighton

• Foo Fighters play first show in over a year, unveil new drummer Ilan Rubin: Video + setlist

• The Who announces final concert of North American farewell tour

• Watch Mac DeMarco perform ‘Shining’ on Colbert

• Clipse and Pharrell to play free ‘rare’ Vatican City concert

• Turnstile: Tiny Desk Concert

• System of a Down announces summer 2026 European stadium tour with Queens of the Stone Age and Acid Bath

• Watch Gorillaz’s London performance reviving their debut album

• Tame Impala announce fall US tour

• PinkPantheress: Tiny Desk Concert