Music News for August 10, 2023

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• Today’s Headlines

• Robbie Robertson, Co-Founder of The Band, Dies at 80

• Rodriguez, Detroit singer-songwriter behind Sugar Man, dies at 81

• Google and Universal Music Group negotiating deal to license artists’ melodies and voices for AI deepfakes

• Turnstile threw out the first pitch at the Orioles game

• Roland 808 BMX bike goes to auction

• Jamie Reid, artist for the Sex Pistols, dies aged 76

• Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for Megan Thee Stallion shooting

• Chuck D talks narrating Can You Dig It podcast on hip-hop’s historic roots: ‘This is the story behind the story’

• Method Man explains how he’s avoided rap beefs for so long

• Behemoth donates money turned away by UNICEF to children’s hospital

• ‘Cha Cha Slide’ creator DJ Casper dead at 58

• Dua Lipa says her next album is out in 2024

• How Seattle rap crashed the mainstream by swimming against the current

• New York City announces commemorative MetroCards honoring hip-hop’s 50th anniversary

• Helvetia hangs it up

• The funeral arrangements for Sinéad O’Connor have been announced

• Kanye West is working on new album – Report

• 12 great Pee-wee Herman musical moments

• Lizzo responds to “outrageous” and “false” allegations from former dancers

• How Phish’s Lighting Designer Jams With the Band

• Drake becomes first rapper in U.S. history to earn over $5 million in single concert – Report

• Jay-Z is reportedly interested in buying Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

• Metallica launches official podcast The Metallica Report

• See a first look at San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time documentary

• Lizzo sued by ex-dancers for sexual, racial and religious harassment

• Samples used on Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ revealed by collaborator Todd Edwards

• J. Cole reveals his hip hop heroes to Kevin Hart

• Watch Nardwuar interview boygenius

• Black Thought announces autobiography, The Uncycled Self

• Houston police release full report on Astroworld tragedy

• 4 songs you didn’t know Perry Farrell wrote for other artists

• ‘Right Here, Right Now’ captured the optimism of the Berlin wall coming down. We’re at the other end of the spectrum now”: How Prince’s Sign O’ The Times inspired Jesus Jones’ biggest hit

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Guns N’ Roses kicks off North American tour in Moncton: See photos from opening night

• Travis Scott announces 2023 tour, his first since Astroworld tragedy

• Steph Curry joins Paramore on stage to perform ‘Misery Business’: Watch

• 1tbsp announces debut North American tour

• Kanye West joins Travis Scott onstage during Utopia Rome Concert

• Watch boygenius perform on CBS Saturday Morning

• Tour news: 100 gecs, 10,000 Maniacs, Screaming Females, DJ Koze, Delicate Steve, more

• Noname announces Sundial block party in Chicago

• New Tracks

• Das Koolies drop new single ‘Pain Down The Drain’

• Kanwal unveils the world of “Rage Funk” with debut single ‘Tuggin’ Me Back’

• Alan Palomo – ‘Club People’ & ‘La Madrileña’

• Hot Chip enlist Yunè Pinku for new song ‘Fire of Mercy’: Listen

• Keni Titus releases ‘american spirit’

• Swedish House Mafia release ‘Ray Of Solar’, confirm new album release this summer: Listen

• 1tbsp releases ‘Best of Me’

• Hunny Buzz release ‘Deli Man’

• SPELLLING – ‘Hard To Please (Reprise)’

• CHAI – ‘NEO KAWAII, K?’

• Connie Talbot shares new single ‘Growing Pains’

• Cayo Coco releases ‘Gently, Dreamer’

• Peter Gabriel – ‘Olive Tree’

• The Linda Lindas deliver a retro punk anthem on ‘Resolution/Revolution’

• Carl Cox & Bushwacka! deliver new collaborative single ‘Music Is Life’

• Zeds Dead & Funkin Matt – ‘Levitate’ (feat. Soul Edge)

• Computerwife releases new single ‘Vacation’

• Activity release new track/video ‘I Saw His Eyes’

• Aphex Twin shares two archival tracks via SoundCloud

• Australian indie-pop band Vacations release new single ‘Terms & Conditions’

• tmdistant releases new single ‘west end wedding’

• Grimes – ‘I Wanna Be Software’

• Festival Updates

• Lollapalooza 2023 day 3 pics (ODESZA, Pusha T, Sylvan Esso, more)

• Insomniac drops full lineup for Dreamstate SoCal at new Queen Mary waterfront location

• Judas Priest to replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip Festival: Exclusive

• New Albums and EPs

• The Struts announce new album, Pretty Vicious

• RL Grime announces new album PLAY, 2023 tour dates

• Jason Isbell announces 10th anniversary reissue of Southeastern

• RÜFÜS DU SOL share Rose Avenue Compilation Vol. 1

• CROSSES (DEFTONES, FAR) announces new album, streams ‘Invisible Hand’

• Amon Amarth surprise drops new EP with remixed single & a song with a goat on vocals

• Quebec Turns 20

• José González announces deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of Veneer

• Danger Mouse and Jemini announce release of shelved album Born Again, share ‘Brooklyn Basquiat’: Stream

• James Blunt releases new single, announces seventh studio album

• Wilco announce new album Cousin, share new song ‘Evicted’: Listen

• Karol G announces new album Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season)

• Kid Cudi gives update on Insano album, debuts new Steve Aoki collab

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem score with ridiculous track titles

• Travis Scott drops Utopia album: Stream it now

• Post Malone drops new album AUSTIN: Stream

• RAGERS share new single ‘Kill Your Politics’ / Release debut album ‘Death Blow To The Thrones’

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• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Track By Track: Sacrobosco discusses his new album, IVXVI

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in August 2023

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Art School Girlfriend, Crypta, and The Jesus and Mary Chain

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 8/7/2023: Wilco, Peter Gabriel, SPELLLING, CHAI, Art School Girlfriend, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023