Music News for December 12, 2022

What We’re Listening To Playlist for 12/12/2022: Lana Del Rey, SZA, cln, The Veils, Aesop Rock and Lupe Fiasco, and more!

• Today’s Headlines

• Tina Turner’s Son Ronnie pronounced dead At 62

• Elton John is leaving Twitter because of policy change over misinformation

• Tool announces 10,000 Days-inspired collectible statue

• Peter Frampton sells catalog to BMG

• The 100 best songs of 2022: Staff list

• Top 50 songs of 2022 (CoS)

• The 50 best songs of 2022 (Paste Magazine)

• Gorilla vs. Bear’s songs of 2022

• The 50 best albums of 2022 (NME)

• The 20 best hip-hop albums of 2022

• Best Rock + Metal debut albums of 2022

• Top 50 Albums of 2022 (CoS)

• Pitchfork’s 50 best albums of 2022

• The Best Albums of 2022 (Complex)

• The 100 best albums of 2022 (Rolling Stone)

• Gorilla vs. Bear’s albums of 2022

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Notable album releases for 2023

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in December 2022

• Interview: Young Poet discusses what sets them apart, their biggest challenges, and the new music we can look forward to

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Galcher Lustwerk, White Lung, and Carl Cox

• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

• New Tracks

• A$AP Rocky announces ‘album’s done,’ debuts new song ‘Same Problems’ during Amazon Music Live concert: Watch

• Kayzo teams up with Atreyu again after almost three years for new single, ‘Depression Season’

• Alison Wonderland launches label FMU Records with Jon Casey and Dabow single: Listen

• Gorillaz share ‘Skinny Ape,’ announce AR events in NYC and London

• The Veils release second single from their upcoming album

• Aesop Rock – Pumpkin Seeds’ (Feat. Lupe Fiasco)

• Dan Auerbach’s The Arcs have released new cut ‘Eyez’ as the third preview of their first album in eight years Electrophonic Chronic

• Paramore dive into the horror of doomscrolling with new single ‘The News’

• Dull Reality releases ‘Pragmatica’

• Previously unreleased Sparklehorse song ‘It Will Never Stop’ made available for the first time

• Marcus McCoan releases new single ‘Try Me’

• The Know release ‘Used To Be’

• daste. release new single ‘butterfly (so free)’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• The Killers’ Brandon Flowers joined Sharon Van Etten on ‘Like I Used To’ in Melbourne (watch)

• Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service announce joint 2023 tour

• New Order share classic Haçienda performance of ‘Sunrise’

• New Albums

• cln closes out 2022 with a new album Over, All Again

• Arca shares new songs on Kick Compilation: Listen

• Lana Del Rey announces new album Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, shares title track

• The Libertines tease new album, saying it has “different energy”

• Little Simz announces new album NO THANK YOU

• SZA reveals ‘S.O.S’ tracklist featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott more

• Caroline Polachek announces new album, shares Welcome to My Island

• Korn announces live album Requiem Mass

• Lana Del Rey teases new album announcement

• Brooklyn’s Haruka Salt, Tony G, and Bohan Phoenix release first joint single ‘Papajam’

• 1tbsp releases new EP ‘Joan’

• PRADO releases ‘Machines’

• Festival Updates

• Billie Eilish, The Killers, Foals, Imagine Dragons among 2023 Reading & Leeds Festival headliners

• Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X to play Open’er Festival 2023

• Hangout Festival 2023 Lineup revealed – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paramore + more

• Ultra Music Festival Phase 2 adds Marshmello, Alesso, Tiësto, Charlotte de Witte, & more

• Arctic Monkeys announced as headliners for NOS Alive 2023

• Slipoknot announces first-ever Knotfest Italy

• Mad Cool Festival 2023 lineup boasts Chili Peppers, Liam Gallagher, Lizzo, and Lil Nas X