Music News for September 24, 2025

Funeral Lakes confront western myths on new EP Mountains Turned to Dust

• Today’s Headlines

• The Black Crowes, REM, and Hootie & the Blowfish members launch rock supergroup Howl Owl Howl

• New Rolling Stones podcast launched – first episode includes Andrew Loog Oldham interview

• Foxing to go on hiatus after final 2025 shows

• Yungblud’s authenticity, success + connection with rock legends – Interview

• One dead, two injured in fatal stabbing outside Phish concert

• Kneecap banned from Canada

• Portishead reunite in studio for performance of ‘Roads’ shown at Together for Palestine Benefit

• Morrissey cancels shows after ‘credible’ death threat emerges

• Bad Bunny skipped touring the states. Will other performers follow suit?

• 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

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• New Albums and EPs

• Robyn’s first new album in seven years appears imminent

• Portugal. The Man announce new album SHISH, share 2 new songs

• Jay Electronica floods fans with four new projects

• Wednesday’s Bleeds might be the rock album of the year

• KennyHoopla – conditions of an orphan// EP

• Hot Chip – Joy In Repetition (Domino)

• Black Veil Brides’ new album is ‘done’: ‘It’s fully mixed’ and ‘it’s going into mastering’

• Total Wife find new depths on their album Come Back Down

• Lawn showcase chemistry on new album God Made The Highway

• Scarlet Rae balances vulnerability and strength on No Heavy Goodbyes

• Nine Inch Nails share TRON: Ares soundtrack in full

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

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

• New Tracks

• Oasis release thrilling ‘Morning Glory (Unplugged)’ ahead of 30th anniversary deluxe edition of sophomore album

• Indigo De Souza teams up with tour mate Mothé for new single ‘Serious’

• runo plum shares new single ‘Halfway Up The Lawn’ ahead of debut album patching

• Home Counties share love letter to flat roof pubs on new single ‘Meet Me In The Flat Roof’

• Alice Costelloe delivers aching new single ‘If I Could Reach You’

• The Wytches share title-track ‘Talking Machine’ ahead of new album

• ashnymph share dark and psychedelic new single ‘Mr Invisible’

• Agnostic Front shares new song ‘Way Of War’ from upcoming Echoes In Eternity album

• ‘candytrip’ showcases bbreathrr’s lush dreampop textures

• St. Panther announces Strange World EP and releases title track featuring Rae Khalil

• Sub Focus links with IRAH and Fireboy DML on new single ‘Original Don’

• Lewis Capaldi unveils soul-stirring new single ‘Something In The Heavens’

• Lucy Kruger and The Lost Boys unveil new single ‘Anchor’ and announce sixth album Pale Bloom

• Pretty Inside return with fiery new single ‘The Person That I Hate’

• Raye has shared her new single ‘Where Is My Husband!’ and announced a 2026 headline tour that includes multiple nights at The O2

• The Streets share new track, ‘Utopia’

• John-Robert highlights personal growth on ‘Set It Off’ from Cross Stitch

• Howling Bells deliver soaring comeback single ‘Unbroken’

• Country Girl previews Patience EP with single ‘Getting Started’

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

• 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”

• 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: Nine Inch Nails, Kieran Hebden & William Tyler, and Frog

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 9/22/2025: Gorillaz, bar italia, Pool Girl, Sleaford Mods, Thundercat, Samia, The Streets, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• The Cure announce new festival show for next summer

• Watch: Slayer performs at 2025 Louder Than Life festival

• 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

• Ghost cancel show last-minute due to Tobias Forge having food poisoning

• Health announce 2026 tour with Carpenter Brut & Desire

• My Chemical Romance announce 2026 Black Parade tour w/ Iggy Pop, Modest Mouse, Mars Volta, more

• Barry Manilow announces farewell performances in 9 U.S. states

• Watch Dua Lipa play Chic’s ‘Le Freak’ with Nile Rodgers in Madison Square Garden

• D4vd cancels tour after investigators identify body in Tesla registered to him as missing teenage girl

• 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