Music News for August 4, 2023

10 Albums to Look Forward to in August 2023

• Today’s Headlines

• 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

• Daft Punk share unseen Random Access Memories studio footage in new ‘Memory Tapes’ interview series: Watch

• On the Rise – Cam Kahin

• Coal Chamber’s gnarly origins: Dez Fafara looks back on nu-metal early days

• Sinéad O’Connor Dies at 56

• Sinéad O’Connor had a new album, 2024 tour dates in the works

• Arctic Monkeys, J Hus, RAYE and more nominated for 2023 Mercury Prize

• What’s it really like taking your kids to a festival?

• Rock’s 20 greatest one album wonders

• Ice Cube blown away by Harry Mack TMNT freestyle: ‘That was the truth’

• Tony Bennett, Legendary Interpreter of Great American Songbook, Dies at 96

• Tour & Live Music Updates

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

• Noname announces Sundial block party in Chicago

• The Chemical Brothers announce Amnesia Ibiza headline set in October

• Bad Religion announce tour, partially honoring Recipe For Hate 30th anniversary

• Militarie Gun announce UK and European headline tour

• Paul McCartney announces Australian tour

• Jawbreaker announce U.S. tour

• ‘Big Four’ of German thrash metal, Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and Tankard, announce 2024 festival

• Watch: Pantera performs ‘Slaughtered’ for first time in 22 years

• Suicidal Tendencies to perform Entire debut album on 40th-anniversary Australian tour

• Kylie Minogue headed to Las Vegas for Venetian Residency at Intimate Voltaire: ‘VEGAS BABY!’

• Descendents cancel European tour following Milo Aukerman’s “mild” heart attack

• New Tracks

• 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’

• Ashnikko shares electric new single ‘Cheerleader’

• Denzel Curry teams up with Juicy J for ‘BLOOD ON MY NIKEZ’

• Orbital share new single, ‘The Crane’: Listen

• Soccer Mommy covers Sheryl Crow’s ‘Soak Up the Sun’: Stream

• Lemonade Baby shares ‘Tints’ (feat. Kevin Collett)

• Violet Sands and Deidre & the Dark release new single ‘Desert Rental Home’

• Japan, Man delivers her second single of 2023, ‘Nowhere To Hide’

• FIIZ release new single ‘Lungs’

• James Blake – ‘Loading’

• kid apollo link up with dexter in the newsagent for new single and video ‘fantasise’

• Munan releases new single ‘Luv Me’

• Party Nails releases ‘Someway Somehow’

• Festival Updates

• Lollapalooza 2023 Livestream: Schedule, how to watch & 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

• 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

• Of Mice & Men to release Tether album in October; ‘Warpaint’ video available

• Swedish House Mafia release career-spanning live album from Paradise Again tour: Listen

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

• Mitski announces new album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We

• Quavo Announces New Album Rocket Power

• Nas drops new album Magic 2: Listen

• The Barbie Soundtrack is a shimmering pop mixtape as joyful as the movie: stream

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• Notable album releases for 2023