3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Hozier, Osees, and The Velveteins
- Today’s Headlines
Pharrell says he is working on new N.E.R.D music
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s second child was born on August 3
DEVO confirm current shows will be their last
Charli XCX responds to Aphex Twin using her face for live visuals
2Pac murder: Police sources claim Keffe D is facing ‘imminent charges’
Billie Eilish says the creative process is “different” with her next album
Corpsegrinder donated seven bags of plushies to the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Gary Young, Pavement’s original drummer, has died
Travis Scott surpasses Drake as rapper with most monthly listeners on Spotify
Jack Antonoff says Taylor Swift is ‘the first person who recognized me as a producer’
Aphex Twin launches augmented reality app
Behind the “meaningless” band name The National
Jerry Moss, A&M Records co-founder, dies at 88
Travis Scott releases Circus Maximus film on YouTube – Watch
Talking Heads will reunite for Stop Making Sense Q&A at Toronto International Film Fest
Questlove shares ‘incredible’ Bone Thugs-N-Harmony rehearsal video
Venue apologizes for forcing Ghost fans to remove face paint at concert
The Chainsmokers’ artist-in-residence program will cover a year of rent for an emerging artist in NYC
Dee Snider discusses aging in rock, bands that reunite after farewell tours
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
- Tour & Live Music Updates
Oso Oso, Carly Cosgrove, and Kicksie announce fall tour
Lana Del Rey announces limited run of fall 2023 U.S. shows
Bob Dylan announces October 2023 tour dates
Watch MUNA and Boygenius team up for ‘Salt In The Wound’ and ‘Silk Chiffon’ at huge London Gunnersbury Park show
Watch Weyes Blood join The Strokes to perform ‘Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men’
- New Tracks
Cayo Coco reveals new single ‘Ghosts Talk’
School Disco release ‘Through Dimensions,’ their second single from their upcoming record, Denton Rock
The Chemical Brothers – ‘Skipping Like A Stone’ (Feat. Beck)
Billy Bragg – ‘Rich Men Earning North Of A Million’
Lauren Dejey returns with her new single ‘Solar’
LÉON shares new single ‘Pretty Boy’
Lil Durk releases hard hitting anthem ‘F*ck U Thought’
Listen: PEEKABOO, Skrillex, G-Rex and Flowdan unload brand new bass anthem ‘BADDERS’
Alice Cooper shares audio snippets of all songs from upcoming Road album
BABYMETAL teams up with Tom Morello on new single ‘Metali!!’
Dolly Parton shares Beatles cover ‘Let It Be,’ featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
Eyedress and Mac DeMarco join forces on ‘The Dark Prince’
Thomas Day drops new single/video ‘Gravity’
Gretta Ray returns to heartbreak territory with new single ‘Don’t Date The Teenager’
Icelandic artist Arny Margret shares new single/video ‘waiting’
The Coral release ‘The Sinner’
44 Ardent releases ‘don’t give up on me’
The National share new songs ‘Space Invader’ and ‘Alphabet City’: Listen
New Guns N’ Roses single ‘Perhaps’ has been officially released
Nicky Romero goes underground on ‘Mahoya’ from upcoming Nightvision EP
Elley Duhé shares ‘Delirium’
Future Islands share new song ‘Deep in the Night’: Stream
Felix Hill releases ‘SWIM DEEP’
DAISY WORLD releases her second single of 2023 ‘ur soggy’
SLOE Jack drops his second single of 2023 ‘2 WORDS’
Land of Talk announces new album / Releases first single & video for ‘Your Beautiful Self’
Pseudo Cool release new single ‘Sharp’s Catching Waves’
New Guns N’ Roses song ‘Perhaps’ accidentally leaks via bar jukeboxes
Blanco White releases ‘Silver Beaches’
Hindley and Dexter Seamus release ‘Piss Right’
Hojean shares ‘Easily’
- Festival Updates
Two big names look set for secret sets at Reading & Leeds 2023
SZA, Clipse and more to play Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw 2023
Good Things 2023 Lineup
Deftones announce 2023 edition of ‘Dia De Los Deftones’ festival
- New Albums and EPs
Lil Uzi Vert’s Barter 16 thrown into limbo as over a dozen songs leak
Drake’s son Adonis drew the cover of his For All the Dogs album and it’s exactly as cute as you think
Blur, artist, and swimmer explain The Ballad Of Darren artwork
Margo Price announces new album Strays II, shares new songs: Listen
Black Pumas announce new album Chronicles of a Diamond, share song: Listen
Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel) releases the debut album for his indie-dance/house project 1tbsp
Ed Sheeran seemingly announces new album, Autumn Variations
Ministry streams ‘Goddamn White Trash’ feat. Pepper Keenan, announces new album Hopiumforthemasses
DJ Shadow announces album, shares new song ‘Ozone Scraper’: Listen
Green Day announces massive Dookie 30th-anniversary deluxe edition
Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew announces new solo album Aging, shares 2 songs
Fear Factory is aiming to release their next record in late 2024
Superchunk announce Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B – Sides & Strays 2007 – 2023
Kanye West’s new album described as a mix of College Dropout & The Life of Pablo
Drake announces Bad Bunny will appear on For All The Dogs
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter confirms Homework and Discovery were written in his bedroom
Sufjan Stevens announces new album Javelin – listen to ‘You Are So Tired’
Slipknot might finally release Look Outside Your Window in 2024
Electronic reissuing Get the Message best-of on double-vinyl, expanded 30-track 2CD set
Public Image Ltd: End of World review – a frustratingly mixed bag (The Guardian)
DJ Khaled announces new album, drops lead single with Future, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert
Noname Sundial review – Pitchfork
RAGERS share new single ‘Kill Your Politics’ / Release debut album ‘Death Blow To The Thrones’
- The Daily Music Report Updates
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