Music News for April 24, 2025

benches unveil dark, compelling new single ‘Kill The Lights’

• Today’s Headlines

• Pere Ubu’s David Thomas, dead at 71

• FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing

• Kneecap respond to Sharon Osbourne, tell her to listen to Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’

• Green Day announce Hollywood Walk Of Fame star ceremony

• Lil Uzi Vert hospitalized for unknown medical emergency – Report

• Carlos Santana hospitalized after collapsing at soundcheck

• Phish win 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan vote

• Tiny Desk launches a radio program

• How Little Simz is reclaiming her story on new album: “I’m not trying to force my truth on anyone”

• The New Pornographers’ drummer Joseph Seiders arrested on child pornography charges

• Faith No More’s Mike Bordin says Mike Patton is “unwilling to do shows with us”

• Peter Hook labels New Order a ‘bad cover version’ of themselves

• 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”

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• New Albums and EPs

• Lil Wayne unveils the cover art for The Carter VI

• HAIM announce new album I Quit, reveal release date

• Broken Social Scene announces You Forgot It In People tribute album

• The Cure recruit Four Tet, Paul Oakenfold, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, and more for new Songs of a Lost World remix album

• Chuck D announces new solo album Radio Armageddon: Hear ‘New Gens’

• Avery Friedman’s New Thing is a raw, reflective debut born from chaos and catharsis

• Quickly, Quickly brings fuzzy pop to full bloom on I Heard That Noise

• 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

• New Tracks

• Lorde enters her latest era with new single, ‘What Was That’: Stream it now

• Squid share “punky” new single against “mass censorship and propaganda”: ‘The Hearth And Circle Round Fire’

• Killer Mike delivers fiery ‘Mania on My Mind’ freestyle over Travis Scott’s ‘FE!N’

• Snail Mail joins This Is Lorelei for new version of ‘Two Legs’: Listen

• News: Kelly Lee Owens releases remix of ‘Sunshine’ by Miso Extra

• Inside Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Crazy’ creative process, according to Lil Wayne

• The Swell Season returns with stirring new single ‘Stuck In Reverse’

• Rival Consoles delivers restless energy on new single ‘Known Shape’

• Keep share lush new single and video ‘Hurt a Fly’

• Common Holly pokes at perfectionism on spiky new single ‘Enough’

• late night drive home take on swipe culture in ‘she came for a sweet time’

• she’s green chases memory and meaning on new single ‘Figurines’

• Holy Wave taps into psychedelic nostalgia with ‘Father’s Prayer’

• MF Tomlinson opens a dreamscape with their new single ‘Blink And You’ll Miss It’

• bug crush navigates longing and self-reflection on new single ‘Tugboat’

• Halestorm shares new single ‘Darkness Always Wins’

• Moontype reflects on liminal youth in new single ‘How I Used to Dance’

• The Revivalists unveils Poolside remix of ‘Wish I Knew You’ ahead of 10th anniversary tour

• Clash of the Icons: Gabry Ponte & Village People reimagine a disco classic on ‘Frequency (Go West)’

• Chance Peña shares a quiet heartbreak with new single ‘Song From Yesterday’

• Sleep Habits shares reflective new single ‘Antique Mall’ ahead of Mourning Doves EP

• heddlu returns with uplifting new single ‘Paid Becso Am Dim’

• 1tbsp drops genre-blurring new single ‘Rush (Missing Out On Me)’ (feat. Cherry Chola & Purient)

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• The National’s Matt Berninger and Hand Habits share video for new song ‘Breaking Into Acting’: Watch

• Addison Rae drops ‘Headphones On,’ latest single from upcoming debut album

• Suicidal Tendencies releases new single ‘Adrenaline Addict’

• Theo Bleak shares final EP teaser with ‘Said Like A Poet’

• 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: SAULT, Beirut, and Julien Baker & TORRES

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 4/21/2025: Adrianne Lenker, Pry, Lana Del Rey, illuminati hotties and PUP, SAULT, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• Riot Fest reveals full 2025 20th anniversary lineup

• Deadmau5 apologizes for drunk Coachella performance: “Probably my last Coachella”

• All Things Go NYC 2025 lineup (Doechii, Lucy Dacus, Clairo, The Marías, Remi Wolf, Blondshell, more)

• Dry Cleaning and Blondshell are among the 50 new acts announced for Reeperbahn Festival 2025

• Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe teaming up for first Rock the Tides destination festival in Mexico

• 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

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Deltron 3030 announce anniversary tour

• Pulp announce North American tour

• Alice Cooper reunites with original band for their first album in 51 years: ‘All of a sudden it just falls into place’

• Japanese Breakfast performs ‘Picture Window’ on Kimmel: Watch

• 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