May 20, 2022

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

• Today’s Headlines

• The Game declares himself ‘best rapper alive’ ahead of Drillmatic release, says he has the best album of 2022

• Rihanna gives birth to baby boy

• Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland released from prison to halfway house

• San Holo partners with Calm for mix series reflecting a trio of moods

• Teenage Engineering announces new versions of much-loved Op-1 synth

• Matt Cameron & Chad Smith apologize to Taylor Hawkins’ family over participation in misleading Rolling Stone article

• MF DOOM’s enigmatic life to be told in upcoming biography

• Gojira guitarist leaves tour, Klone guitarist steps in

• “I don’t take that lightly” Porter Robinson interviewed

• Sun Ra house gains historic landmark status

• Archspire won the 2022 Juno Award for ‘Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year’

• Tour Updates

• Pearl Jam cancel US tour after Jeff Ament tests positive for Covid-19

• Toro y Moi announces tour (Brooklyn Mirage w/ Noname & Enumclaw included)

• Scarface to perform classic songs for final time on Farewell Tour

• Caroline Polachek announces UK & European tour

• Ghost announce 2022 North American tour with Mastodon and Spiritbox

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Kendrick Lamar, The Smile, and Kevin Morby

• Best New Music Playlist for 5/16/2022: Kendrick Lamar, The Smile, Danger Mouse and Black Thought, Bartees Strange, Puppy, and more!

• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

• Artists to Watch in 2022

• Notable album releases for 2022

• New Tracks

• Diana Ross shares Tame Impala collaboration ‘Turn Up The Sunshine’

• DJ Premier reveals origins of Guru Jazzmatazz name on Vol. One’s 29th anniversary

• Purity Ring – ‘neverend’

• Will Joseph Cook drops new track ‘Bop’

• Foals share new single ‘2001’ from forthcoming album

• The Smile debut new song ‘Friend Of A Friend’ at Croatia show

• Interpol – ‘Fables’

• Soccer Mommy – ‘Bones’

• Angel Olsen previews new album with third single ‘Through The Fires’

• Coheed and Cambria unleash new song ‘Comatose’ ahead of upcoming album: Stream

• Built To Spill – ‘Understood’

• Listen: Flume drops new ‘Hollow’ single ahead of anticipated Friday album release

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

• Australian singer/songwriter, Benji Lewis has released his second track off his upcoming EP, Floating

• Festival & Live Music Updates

• Watch: Korn perform ‘Worst Is On Its Way’ in a Methodist church

• Queen, Diana Ross and Elton John announced for the Queen’s Jubilee concert

• Porno For Pyros will play first concert in 24 years at Welcome To Rockville

• IDK: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

• Deftones bring on the Blood Moon with rooftop performance in NYC: Recap, Photos + Video

• Adult Swim throwing Philly block party w/ Run The Jewels, Tierra Whack, Dethklok, more

• Jane’s Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins combine forces to perform ‘Jane Says’ on Howard Stern: Watch

• Fontaines D.C.: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

• Billboard Music Awards

• Here are the winners of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards

• 2022 Billboard Music Award performances

• Mary J. Blige honored with Icon Award at 2022 BBMAs

• Watch Maxwell cover Michael Jackson’s ‘The Lady in My Life’ at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards

• New Albums

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

• Snoop Dogg announces A Death Row Summer compilation album + drops first single

• Rina Sawayama announces new album Hold the Girl

• OK Computer at 25: How Radiohead foresaw the future of rock music and humanity

• Logic reveals Vinyl Dayz release date & cover art

• Yungblud announces self-titled third album: Here is my story

• Remi Wolf announces Juno Deluxe version, shares new single

• PJ Harvey has a new album coming in 2023

• Rina Sawayama announces second album Hold The Girl

• OSEES announce new album A Foul Form – listen to raging new single ‘Funeral Solution’

• El-P looks back at 20 years of Fantastic Damage

• The Chainsmokers are back—stream So Far So Good

• Danger Mouse and Black Thought announce new album Cheat Codes, share new song: Listen

• 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

• Peruvian percussionist and visual artist, Manongo Mujica releases, Del Cuarto Rojo: Homenaje Sonoro Escuchando la Pintura de Rafael Hastings