June 3, 2022

Sons Of Kemet to split after final shows

• Today’s Headlines

• Synth legend Dave Smith has died aged 72

• Brandi Carlile is a queer icon — and she’s making the music business better, too

• Lil Nas X aired his grievances after being snubbed by BET Awards

• Kurt Cobain tried to get Dinosaur JR.’s J. Mascis to join Nirvana twice

• Cost inflation means nearly half of UK night time businesses are ‘unsure’ whether they will last next 12 months

• Self Esteem writes essay on artists being pressured by labels to create TikTok content

• Haçienda co-founder says club was nearly founded in a Castlefield warehouse

• Run-DMC legend DMC says it’s time for young rappers to speak up about addiction & mental health issues

• This new photo exhibit is a love letter to Toronto’s hip-hop community

• Spiritbox: “No matter how quickly you ascend to something, you still have to earn it”

• Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro on his battle with ‘Long COVID’: I have ‘been sick since December’

• Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes feels sorry for young artists: “Most labels want you to do skits for TikTok”

• Watch: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea plays a bounty hunter in new Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Best New Music Playlist for 5/30/2022: Alex G, Orbital, Sad Boys Club, Wilco, The Crowleys, and more!

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Wilco, Your Old Droog, and Dehd

• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

• Artists to Watch in 2022

• Notable album releases for 2022

• Festival & Live Music Updates

• The Strokes cancel Primavera Sound set due to Covid case in band

• Watch IDLES’ episode of Nigel Godrich’s From the Basement series

• Primavera Sound Barcelona announces last-minute changes to 2022 line-up

• Lollapalooza 2022 Aftershows announced (Porno for Pyros, Turnstile, Wet Leg, IDLES, more)

• Nine Inch Nails treat Boston Calling to second headlining set of deep cuts

• Watch Wilco’s Nels Cline shred with Japanese Breakfast at Solid Sound Festival

• Def Leppard rips out Hysteria, Pyromania classics on Kimmel: Watch

• Watch Prince’s ‘Little Red Corvette’ restored from 1985 Syracuse concert

• New Tracks

• George Clinton and Benny the Butcher join Blk Odyssy for new song: Listen

• Glaswegian singer-songwriter Alex Amor releases a delicate and glowing track, ‘Colour Me.’

• Orielles’ guitarist Henry Carlyle conjures up a low-lit anthem for the lost with his second solo single: ‘A Bigger Splash.’

• Mal releases a vulnerable, lo-fi track from their upcoming EP, Continuous Short Feature Film.

• Midnight Pool Party return to their classic disco sound with ‘DON’T KILL MY VIBE’

• Muse attempt to summon the ‘Will of the People’ with new single: Stream

• Viagra Boys – ‘Punk Rock Loser’

• Phoenix return with first new song in two years ‘Alpha Zulu’

• United Kingdom multi-instrumentalist, George Gretton has released his first single of 2022, ‘Morning (feat. theMind)’

• Pharrell announces Tyler, The Creator & 21 Savage collaboration

• Will Butler shares two new songs following split with Arcade Fire

• London four-piece, Sad Boys Club release their new single, ‘Ignorance Is Bliss (Haven’t You Heard)’

• Liverpool singer/songwriter, Evie Moran releases her third single, ‘Disconnected’

• Calvin Harris delivers new Dua Lipa and Young Thug collaboration ‘Potion’

• Australian artist and producer, Lemonade Baby has released his third single of 2022, ‘Alien’

• The Crowleys release their third single, ‘Sewer Drain’ ahead of their debut album set for July

• Orbital’s 1990 classic ‘Belfast’ remixed by Votto: Listen

• Daphni returns with ‘Cherry’

• 44 Ardent is back with his third single of 2022 — A glorious six-minute lo-fi house track begging to be played

• Golden Vessel has returned today with ‘spinning,’ the latest addition to his upcoming album, eee, due in June

• Tour Updates

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor add 2022 and 2023 tour dates

• Lil Durk announces Fall 2022 US tour

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs played 4 new songs at first show in 3 years (video, setlist, pics)

• Melvins announce 43-date US fall tour

• The National return and perform three new tracks

• Snoop Dogg postpones 2022 Australia tour

• New Albums

• The Mountain Goats announce new album Bleed Out, share ‘Training Montage’: Stream

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce first album in 9 years, share video for new song: Watch

• Radiohead – Reflecting on the 25th Anniversary of “OK Computer”

• Buh Records curates Síntomas de techno (Symptoms of techno): Underground electronic waves from Peru (1985-1991), an ode to the originators of Peruvian electronic music

• The 1975 confirm fifth album, announce live return

• Caroline Polachek reveals she’s been working on a new album with Danny L Harle

• Panic! at the Disco announce new album Viva Las Vengeance, tour with MARINA, Beach Bunny

• Buzzcocks announce new album Sonics In The Soul

• Beth Orton announces first album in six years with title-track Weather Alive

• The Game announces release date for Drillmatic album excutive produced by Hot-Boy

• Neil Young to release long-buried Crazy Horse album Toast

• Elvis Costello reunites with first band Rusty, announces debut album

• Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 & Too $hort’s Mt. Westmore album release date announced

• Snoop Dogg gives Kendrick Lamar his flowers & praises Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

• Legendary producer Mike Dean executive producing Pigeons & Planes compilation album

• Neil Young to release lost Album Toast

• Armin Van Buuren announces new album trilogy, shares single: Listen

• EP: Your Old Droog Yod Stewart

• Amsterdam-based producer, Three Colored Squares, has created his first full-length LP, a downtempo/house album After Rain

• Tourist – Inside Out (LP)

• Beastie Boys to reissue rare out-of-print vinyl edition of Check Your Head

• Elvis soundtrack features new music from Eminem, Tame Impala, Jack White, Stevie Nicks, & more

• Front 242 announces Rewind 4-track Bandcamp exclusive with 2 bonus tracks

• Glassio releases See You Shine, a thrilling, synth-heavy second album that is strong, melodic, and original

• In the crowded London music scene, Puppy has released Pure Evil, an album that is both original and captivating

• Southern California indie duo, Loud Forest have released its fourth LP, Family Tree