February 17, 2022

Snoop Dogg wants to make Death Row an NFT record label: “I want to be the first major in the metaverse”


• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022
• Artists to Watch in 2022
• Notable album releases for 2022
• 3 New Albums out this week you should listen to now: Big Thief, Spoon, and Shamir
• This week’s Best New Music Playlist features Burial, Four Tet, Father John Misty, Lucy Dacus, Pusha T and many more
• L.A.’s Slouch Online has released, ‘get it and go’
• Buh Records releases Messages from Water: New Sounds from Peru, Vol. 1
• What was the best ‘Verzuz’ battle of all time? Vote!
• Kid Cudi launches his new live music app encore after securing $9 million in funding
• Howard Grimes, Memphis soul drummer, dies at 80
• Kendrick Lamar will reportedly perform new music during an Italian festival
• NYC rappers meet with Eric Adams over “alarming” drill music
• U2, Pixies, Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift highlight Record Store Day 2022 releases
• Record Store Day 2022 rock + metal releases revealed
• Future Islands debut new song ‘King of Sweden’ on Colbert: Watch
• Phosphorescent – ‘I’m A Mess’ (Nick Lowe cover)
• Jon Spencer & The HITMakers – ‘Junk Man’
• Beach House – Once Twice Melody
• Rammstein’s new album reportedly delayed due to paper shortage
• Drowning Pool announce rescheduled 2022 tour dates, reveal new album title
• The National, Father John Misty, Brandi Carlile and more announced for first Sound on Sound Festival
• Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown Fest has Bikini Kill, Kim Gordon, John Waters, & more
• Watch Yves Tumor’s new video for ‘Secrecy Is Incredibly Important to the Both of Them’
• Turnstile share ‘UNDERWATER BOI’ Second Life video
• Watch Spoon play a kickass four-song mini-set on Kimmel