Music News for April 17, 2025

Billy Nomates shares ‘Plans,’ a love song for the end of the world

• Today’s Headlines

• Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks dead at 73

• Garbage’s Shirley Manson slams ageist headline

• Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ surpasses one billion streams on Spotify

• Watch SZA stop by Sesame Street to sing about kindness and gratitude

• Mogwai documentary begins streaming as band on tour

• Photographer Tom Sheehan on the secrets of shooting Oasis – and the band’s “unfinished business”

• Birdman and Toni Braxton secretly got married last year, she filed for divorce two weeks later – Report

• YoungBoy Never Broke Again returns to Utah home, armed guards patrol mansion – Report

• Mick Jagger engaged at 81

• Depeche Mode announce cinematic experience M

• Patti Smith announces new memoir Bread of Angels

• Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne says Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan was a “raging asshole” on Lollapalooza tour: “We’re still avoiding him to this day”

• Metallica announces new film Metallica Saved My Life focusing on the band’s fans

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• New Albums and EPs

• Fontaines D.C. release Romance deluxe edition

• Young Thug announces new album Uy Scuti

• The boy is back in action – Drake announces new solo album

• BTS’ Jin announces sophomore solo album Echo

• Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker announces live album, shares previously unreleased song ‘Happiness’: Listen

• M.I.A. drops full mixtape catalogue online for free

• Bible Club confronts the shadows of modern life on bold sophomore EP Umbra

• Tapeworms blur fantasy and reality on dazzling sophomore LP Grand Voyage

• OK Go return for first album in 10 years with new music video

• Jeff Bridges’ new album is a hazy glimpse of his musical adventures in the late 1970s

• KOSMO blaze through chaos and catharsis on Getting Shit Done EP

• Cristoph explores the depths of club culture on Life Through A Different Lens

• Bon Iver releases new album SABLE, fABLE: Stream

• The Mars Volta release new album Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio: Stream

• New Tracks

• Snuggle shares their most direct song yet with ‘Woman Lake’

• Fib returns with reflective new single ‘You Ruined Everything’

• MarMar returns with the euphoric and emotional ‘You’re My One’

• Grumpy taps Claire Rousay and Pink Must for captivating new single ‘Harmony’

• JayWood searches for real connection on ‘UNTITLED (Swirl)’

• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard preview Phantom Island LP with new single, ‘Deadstick’

• Militarie Gun and Dazy team for second collab ‘Tall People Don’t Live Long’

• Your Grandparents shares vulnerable new single ‘Conversations’ ahead of album release

• Frances Mistry shares new single ‘do i belong here?’ ahead of upcoming EP

• Asher White marks joyful Noise signing with adventurous new single ‘Kratom Headache Girls Night’

• AtticOmatic explores lost innocence on reflective new single ‘Two Alarms’

• Preston Woolsey finds gentle clarity in new single ‘your combination’

• todd modern debuts with lo-fi heartache on ‘yyours’

• The Thing keeps the fire burning with ‘Can You Help Me?’ and ‘Family Business’

• All You Can Hate channel frustration and irony on new single ‘I Just Wanna Go Home’

• Sunday (1994) forecasts a storm of emotion with new single ‘Rain’

• Alice Phoebe Lou returns with her first self-produced single ‘You and I’

• Hardwell embraces melodic power with new single ‘Sanctuary’

• Dillistone and Dayyani explore work-life turmoil on club-ready anthem ‘Overtime’

• Tennis says goodbye with reflective single ’12 Blown Tires’

• The Technicolors return with grit and glam on ‘Posh Spice’

• Lana Del Rey shares new single ‘Henry, come on’

• billy woods releases new single ‘BLK ZMBY’

• Doves share cautionary tale ‘Lean Into The Wind’ ahead of Record Store Day 2025

• Home Is Where’s ‘migration patterns’ blazes a path through American absurdity

• The Wants unleash electro-punk fury with new single ’87 Gas’

• HARLEY GIRL keeps the energy high with her new single ‘jump !’

• Dublin trio For Nina returns with their most powerful release yet, unveiling the blistering new single ‘Hounds’

• Green Day have released a brand-new song, ‘Smash It Like Belushi’

• Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke share new song ‘Gangsters’

• Sorry return with captivating single ‘Jetplane’

• Lorde dropped new music on her new TikTok account

• Goose releases studio version of longtime fan favorite ‘Thatch’

• The Farm returns with ‘Moment In Time,’ a spirited glimpse of what’s to come

• Sextile unleashes adrenaline-fueled anthem ‘Kids’ ahead of forthcoming album

• Deerhoof teams up with Saul Williams on taut, dynamic new single ‘Under Rats’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• The music that influenced Steel Wool’s eponymous debut EP

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Bon Iver, Ribbon Skirt, and Bedridden

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 4/14/2025: Green Day, Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver, KOSMO, Bible Club, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• Cardi B and FKA twigs to Headline 2025 LadyLand Festival

• Newport Jazz Fest 2025 has Janelle Monáe, The Roots, De La Soul, Cymande, Jorja Smith & more

• Doechii to headline Create & Cultivate Women in Business festival

• All Things Go Festival announces 2025 DC lineup

• Abyssal Festival adds more bands to 2025’s line-up

• Watch Travis Scott’s headlining set at Coachella 2025

• The Original Misfits rip through 20-song set at Coachella

• Watch Lady Gaga headline the first night of Coachella 2025

• Metric drop off tour with Bloc Party over production dispute, replaced by Blonde Redhead

• Coachella 2025 YouTube Livestream Schedule & Details Announced

• Punk Island announces 2025 date & location

• 7 best moments of Dreamville Fest 2025: J. Cole’s memory lane, Erykah Badu, Hot Boys reunion & more

• Coachella 2025 set times are here (now with Weezer & Ed Sheeran)

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Illuminati Hotties announces tour and new EP, shares song featuring PUP: Listen

• Tripping Daisy announce first North American tour in 26 years, playin I Am an Electric Firecracker in full

• St. Vincent performs ‘Violent Times’ on Colbert: Watch

• Ice Cube announces Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude North American tour

• Linkin Park to perform at the UEFA Champions League final

• The Darkness announces 2025 North American tour

• Panda Bear: Tiny Desk Concert

• Judas Priest and Alice Cooper announce massive North American co-headline tour

• Stevie Nicks announces 2025 North American tour

• Watch Built to Spill play Bernie Sanders’ ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally in Boise

• Illuminati Hotties: Tiny Desk Concert

• The Mars Volta announce fall tour

• Watch: AC/DC launches first North American tour in nine years

• Fontaines D.C. have unveiled the full lineup for their Finsbury Park headline show, including Blondshell and Been Stellar

• Front Line Assembly, Nitzer Ebb, Clock DVA & more on Cold Waves Presents: Industrial Nation 2025 Tour

• Bad Bunny: Tiny Desk Concert

• New Found Glory announce first UK headline tour in eight years

• Blink-182 announce 20-date 2025 U.S. tour

• TV on the Radio announce North American headline tour dates