Music News for January 25, 2026

Alberta Cross return with driving new single ‘Toy Soldiers’

• Today’s Headlines

• Suicidal Tendencies announce new drummer Xavier Ware

• Steven Drozd explains his departure from The Flaming Lips

• The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ joins the billions club on Spotify

• Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dead at 70

• Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Kenny Morris dead at 68

• Flea is going solo, and he’s bringing his jazz roots with him

• San Francisco will remember Bob Weir with special ‘Homecoming’ event

• Sleater-Kinney & Fred Armisen start Ramones cover band

• Kurupt hospitalized with “serious” health issues, Daz Dillinger asks fans for support

• Bandcamp has banned all music made with AI

• Rare The Haçienda and Factory Records memorabilia goes up for auction on eBay

• Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Dead at 78

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• New Albums and EPs

• James Blake announces new LP Trying Times, shares ‘Death of Love’

• RAYE announces new album, This Music May Contain Hope

• Delaney Bailey shapes an immersive emotional world on Concave

• The New Pornographers detail new album, share video

• BTS reveal new album title ARIRANG

• Skrillex surprise-releases Kora EP

• Mitski announces new LP Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, shares ‘Where’s My Phone’

• They Might Be Giants release Eyeball EP, announce 2026 spring tour

• J. Cole announces The Fall-Off release date & drops new song ‘Disc 2 Track 2’

• Lamb of God announces Into Oblivion album, shares music video for title track

• Arlo Parks announces new album Ambiguous Desire

• Kim Gordon announces new album PLAY ME, shares ‘NOT TODAY’

• New Tracks

• Kid Sophie finds fragile resolve on new single ‘Love Again’

• Lal Tuna shares intimate new single ‘Don’t Forget Me’

• Barry Can’t Swim shares ‘Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)’ ahead of Late Night Tales Compilation

• Rob Zombie shares ‘(I’m A) Rock ‘N’ Roller’ single from upcoming The Great Satan album

• Harry Styles has released his new single ‘Aperture’

• Cowboy Hunters raise a glass on ferocious new single ‘Have A Pint’

• Aure shares intimate new single ‘A ti te tengo’ ahead of debut album

• Arky Waters pushes jungle and DnB limits on new single ‘UGETME?’

• 100%WET rework Grimes’ ‘Delete Forever’ with hypergaze intensity

• JVLY reimagines ‘LOCUM’ with Lemonade Baby on new remix release

• Arctic Monkeys share new song ‘Opening Night’ from indie all-star Help(2) War Child album

• SPELLLING taps Turnstile’s Brendan Yates for ‘Portrait of My Heart’

• Monster Rally and Sessa drift into psychedelia on ‘Rosella’

• The 4411 release their new single ‘Sweet July’

• Bucket push into chaos on new single ‘Nonsense’

• Horsepower return with the unraveling intensity of ‘Force Quit’

• Immaterialize unveil ‘Everything But Myself’ featuring Fire-Toolz ahead of debut album

• 2070 look through the glass on latest single ‘Windowpane’

• todd modern lets memory blur on ‘Overgrown’

• Arctic Monkeys to release first new song in four years

• Snail Mail returns with first new album in five years, shares lead single ‘Dead End’

• Bill Callahan – ‘Stepping Out For Air’

• Premiere: Ken Park wakes up on new single ‘Sleep Paralysis’

• ZHU returns to the dancefloor with new single ‘BLACK MIDAS’

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• New and notable album releases (2026)

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• Festival Updates

• EDC Thailand 2026 dates announced

• Tomorrowland 2026 line-up announced

• Footsteps Festival has revealed the first wave of 2026 artists, including Ratboys, Girl Scout and more

• Wolf Alice are going to headline Eden Sessions this year

• Duran Duran, The Offspring and James Taylor tapped as BeachLife Festival ’26 headliners

• Mosswood Meltdown 2026 has Iggy Pop, Bikini Kill, Fred Armisen & Sleater-Kinney’s Ramones cover band, more

• Inkcarceration Festival reveals a huge lineup including Limp Bizkit, Bad Omens, and many more

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Watch Geese make their SNL debut with ‘Au Pays du Cocaine’ and ‘Trinidad’

• Death Cab for Cutie announce 2026 summer tour, sign with ANTI- Records

• Watch members of Metallica, Tool, Green Day & more join Primus at the Bass Magazine Awards

• Martin Garrix announces Ushuaïa Ibiza 2026 residency

• Puscifer announces concert film Normal Isn’t: Puscifer Live At The Pacific Stock Exchange

• yeule: Tiny Desk Concert

• Sugar are going on their first tour in 30 years

• Oneohtrix Point Never unveils 2026 tour dates

• Peso Pluma announces 2026 DINASTÍA tour in US

• Watch MJ Lenderman cover Neil Young with J Mascis, collab with Waxahatchee & Yo La Tengo at Wilco’s fest

• Watch A$AP Rocky perform Don’t Be Dumb songs on Saturday Night Live