Music News for August 12, 2023

Blanco White releases ‘Silver Beaches’

• Today’s Headlines

• Hip-hop at 50: A history of explosive musical and cultural innovation

• Questlove announces new book celebrating 50 years of hip hop

• Giorgio Moroder sells producer royalties

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

• Mick Fleetwood’s restaurant destroyed in Maui fire

• Mdou Moctar launches Crowdfunder to stay in US amid Nigerian coup

• The birth of trap music and the rise of southern hip-hop

• Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Nicki Minaj & more amond 2023 MTV VMas nominees

• Here’s memorable hip-hop slang from the 1990s to never forget

• 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

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Paramore cancel remaining shows of US tour

• 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

• New Tracks

• Hindley and Dexter Seamus release ‘Piss Right’

• Hojean shares ‘Easily’

• Olivia Rodrigo shares playful new single ‘Bad Idea Right?’

• Sigrid returns with questioning new single ‘The Hype’

• Fred Again.. samples Obongjayar on new song ‘adore u’

• Bo Milli announces debut EP and shares wistful dream-pop single ‘Come After Me’

• SANDS Unveils New Single ‘When It Starts To Rain’ Ahead of Upcoming Album Release

• TOBY releases ‘Aint It’ (ft. Chelsea Warner)

• ZUSO Unveils Hypnotic New Single ‘Miss You’

• Cannibal Corpse unleash new song ‘Summoned for Sacrifice’: Stream

• 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’

• 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

• Noname Sundial review – Pitchfork

• Trippie Redd’s A Love Letter to You 5 has arrived: Stream it now

• Turnstile team up with BADBADNOTGOOD for New Heart Designs EP

• Taylor Swift announces new re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor’s Version)

• 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

• 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