Music News for April 8, 2025

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• Today’s Headlines

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

• Death Grips deny that they’ve split

• In conversation with Lucy Dacus and Katie Gavin

• Blondie drummer Clem Burke dies at 70

• Dave Allen, original Gang of Four bassist, has died at 69

• From Slim Shady to grandpa – Eminem welcomes his first grandchild

• R.E.M.’s hometown of Athens, Ga., still welcomes fans 45 years after the band started there

• Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love

• Metallica’s Master Of Puppets surpasses one billion streams on Spotify

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• Mark Ronson hospitalized in DJ accident

• Justin Vernon talks new Bon Iver album with Todd Snyder

• 8 things we learned from Ye’s interview with DJ Akademiks

• Danzig use Nazi-associated symbol on new merchandise

• Ministry releases first-ever music video for ‘Every Day Is Halloween’

• 100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music

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• New Albums and EPs

• Mac DeMarco preps new album, announces fall tour, Radio City Music Hall included

• Arcade Fire return with euphoric single ‘Year Of The Snake’ and announce new Pink Elephant album details

• Stereolab announce first album in 15 years, share video for new song ‘Aerial Troubles’: Watch

• Turnstile announce new album NEVER ENOUGH

• Everything to know about PinkPantheress’ new mixtape, Fancy That

• L.A. Witch embrace gothic and post-punk influences on DOGGOD

• Dream Aloud marks Heaven’s most ethereal and immersive release yet

• Sister Ray confronts self-discovery on sophomore album Believer

• Linfa Kear delivers whimsical and wry indie-pop on debut EP How’s Your Mother

• Choses Sauvages Ignite Dance-Punk Energy on Choses Sauvages III

• Momma break down new album Welcome to My Blue Sky track by track: Exclusive

• Ian MacKaye remixes 7 Seconds’ New Wind for New Trust Records reissue

• Bruce Springsteen announces Tracks II with seven unreleased albums

• Kanye West announces new album WW3, release split from wife Bianca Censori

• New Tracks

• Cristóvam drops ‘Fever’ ft Boy & Bear and announces new album Desert of Fools

• Devon Cole puts a cheeky spin on domestic bliss with ‘Play House’

• Sophie Powers ushers in a bold new era with ‘move with me’

• Ax and The Hatchetmen join forces with Albert Hammond Jr. on ‘Blurry Lights’

• Slow Joy tears open emotional scars with ‘Wound’

• Valley Boy feigns a smile on bittersweet new single ‘Happy All The Time’

• When Saints Go Machine enters an organic era with new single ‘Co-Star’

• DONGROSSO embraces Japanese Wabi-sabi on new single ‘NIPPON’

• Merpire explores desire and change on new single ‘Bigger’ / Announces new album ‘Milk Pool’

• Kaskade & Lipless reunite for uplifting dance anthem ‘State Of Mind’

• Cami Bear strides into a new era with ‘Matchacoldbrew’

• Planet Opal shares double single release ‘Indigo Skies’ and ‘Montagne A Colori’

• Scott Evil introduces debut album with new single ‘Circles’

• Haim have dropped another fab new song, ‘Everybody’s trying to figure me out’

• Sleep Token streams poppier new single ‘Caramel’

• JVLY shares dreamy single ‘Walked The Sun’ ahead of upcoming EP

• The Modbeats return with a thought-provoking new single ‘The Passers-Bye’

• Moonrisers debut gentle and dreamy new single ‘All Your Hiding’

• Cj Pandit shares uplifting art-pop single ‘Wouldn’t It Be Cool’

• Dazy unleashes kaleidoscopic new single ‘Pay No Mind (To The Signs)’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Black Country, New Road, Jane Remover, and Craig Finn

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 4/7/2025: Wavves, Florist, Aesop Rock, Car Seat Headrest, Miley Cyrus, Wet Leg, Momma, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• 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)

• Watch Skrillex’s Ultra Miami 2025 main stage set

• Tomorrowland Brasil 2025 full line-up announced

• Chris Lake, deadmau5, Mau P headline Framework in the Desert Festival

• Rise Against have been added to Vans Warped Tour 2025

• DIY emo festival Pug Fest reveals full lineup w/ Sweet Pill, Macseal, Oso Oso, Charmer & more

• Public Image Ltd, Dry Cleaning and The Moonlandingz are going to play Rockaway Beach festival at Butlin’s in 2026

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• 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

• Slayer announces massive U.S. East Coast headline show with Exodus, Suicidal Tendencies, Cavalera, others

• FKA Twigs has to drop out of Coachella, cancel North American tour dates due to visa issues: ‘I’m devastated’

• Paul Simon defies odds to kick off North American tour

• Watch Perfume Genius perform ‘It’s a Mirror’ on Fallon

• Kesha and Scissor Sisters announce 2025 Tits Out North American tour

• Public Enemy announce Royal Albert Hall show celebrating 35 years of ‘Fight The Power’

• Pallbearer to tour the U.S. this summer with Cinder Well

• Built to Spill and Yo La Tengo announce co-headlining summer tour