January 8, 2022

CD sales are Up in the U.S. for the first time since 2004

• The best albums of 2021 from The Daily Music Report
• The best songs of 2021 from The Daily Music Report
• This week’s Best New Music Playlist features The Alchemist, Tony Shhnow, IU, Grandaddy, and more
• 3 New Albums out this week you should listen to now: Claire Rousay, Tony Shhnow, and IU
• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis release their latest collaborative effort, the soundtrack to ‘La Panthère des Neiges’
• The Alchemist releases an engaging and exciting original soundtrack, CYCLES
• Chief Keef breaks his 3-year silence with an absolute banger of an album, 4NEM
• Roddy Ricch releases his second studio album, LIVE LIFE FAST
• Neil Young and Crazy Horse release their 14th album together, Barn
• Dead & Company cancel Mexican festival less than 24 hours out from kick-off
• Rina Sawayama says canceling 2022 European dates over COVID is ‘hugely disappointing,’ but promises new music
• John Legend sells catalog to BMG, KKR
• LL Cool J statue in Queens sustainably rocks the bells
• Cordae Freestyles over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘The Heart Part 4’ during a trip to Paris
• Broken Social Scene share 2010 b-side ‘Curse Your Fail’
• Yard Act share ‘Payday’ successor ‘Rich’
• Fontaines DC are teasing new music
• DJ Shadow remixes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘Black Hot Soup’: Listen
• David Guetta, MORTEN open 2022’s Future Rave floodgates with ‘Permanence’
• Elvis Costello & The Imposters – ‘Farewell, OK’
• The Kerrang! Chart: The best new music this week
• Stream Waxahatchee’s El Deafo Soundtrack
• Earl Sweatshirt reveals full track list for Sick! album
• Rico Nasty, SLOWTHAI, JPEGMAFIA, and more to feature on Denzel Curry’s new album
• ‘Licorice Pizza’ soundtrack: a guide to the 1973 music time capsule
• Roddy Ricch to make his ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut next week