March 14, 2022

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Ho99o9, Benny The Butcher, and Rex Orange County

• Eminem breaks RIAA record for most gold and platinum singles
• Kanye West’s DONDA goes platinum
• Why Guns N’ Roses put out both Use Your Illusion albums at once
• The Weeknd debunks “original” ‘Dawn FM’ tracklist featuring new collaborations
• Spotify suspends premium subscriptions in Russia in support of Ukraine
• Megan Thee Stallion highlights the ‘crazy double standards’ for women in music
• My Dad is Dead exemplifies Cleveland’s punk spirit
• Radiohead side-project The Smile unveil new one-time single pressing
• This week’s best new music playlist: Floating Points, Father John Misty, Benny The Butcher, Ho99o9, and more!
• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022
• Artists to Watch in 2022
• Notable album releases for 2022
• cln releases a captivating cover of the 2021 megahit, ’Stay’
• DJ Hila releases his first single of 2022, ‘Cosmos’
• Australian producer, 44 Ardent has released his first track of 2022, ‘pieces’
• L.A.’s Slouch Online has released, ‘get it and go’
• Buh Records releases Messages from Water: New Sounds from Peru, Vol. 1
• Thom Yorke – ‘5.17’
• The Chainsmokers share next single, ‘iPad,’ from forthcoming album
• Phoebe Bridgers shares ‘Chinese Satellite (Live from Sound City)’: Stream
• Flo Milli returns with new single ‘PBC’
• Belle & Sebastian share ‘If They’re Shooting at You’ in support of Ukraine
• Hear Slipknot’s Corey taylor team with HO99O9 on new rager ‘BITE MY FACE’
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – ‘The Dripping Tap’
• The National working on new album: “it kind of feels back to the classic National sound”
• Megan The Stallion and Dua Lipa join forces on ‘Sweetest Pie’
• Arcade Fire continue to tease new material with sheet music and postcards
• Hear the Black Keys’ ‘Wild Child’ from new Dropout Boogie LP
• Marshmello releases throwback ‘Before U,’ the first single off of his forthcoming album Joytime IV
• Florence + The Machine announce new album dance fever, share ‘My Love’: Stream
• Rammstein share powerful new ballad ‘Zeit’ and unveil new album
• Charli XCX unveils tracklist for new album CRASH
• The best new hip hop this week
• Watch Rosalía perform ‘Chicken Teriyaki’ and ‘La Fama’ on SNL
• Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang signs new artist Tanna Leone
• The Cure’s new album, Songs of a Lost World, is “relentlessly doom and gloom”
• Weezer to release first of four “enchanting” seasonal EPs in 2022 on spring equinox
• Rex Orange County – Who Cares? review: another masterclass in heartfelt pop
• Ghost return with the grandiose IMPERA: Review
• Andy Bell – Flicker
• Listen to Hoodoo Gurus’ first LP in 12 years, Chariot of the Gods
• Ghost, Coheed, BMTH, Korn, and HO99O9 appear on covers of new issue
• The Prodigy announce first tour since Keith Flint’s death: “This One’s for Flinty”
• Bad Boy Chiller Crew announce US shows
• Pitchfork Music Festival 2022 lineup revealed with headliners Mitski, The Roots, and The National
• Watch Wet Leg perform two songs on Fallon
• Nilüfer Yanya performs ‘Midnight Sun’ on Fallon: Watch
• Father John Misty Performs ‘Goodbye Mr. Blue’ on Colbert: Watch
• The Tallest Man on Earth played Webster Hall w/ Daughter of Swords (review, setlist)