Music News for December 22, 2023

2023 Music Year-end Lists

• Today’s Headlines

• The story behind Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—the album so nice, they got their label to pay for it twice

• Social Distortion’s Mike Ness opens up on cancer battle: “It’s Been Hell”

• Dave Grohl opens up about his mother’s death on Song Exploder

• Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ hits a billion streams on Spotify

• Q-Tip praises Scarface’s Tiny desk Concert: ‘We needed this’

• Vanilla Ice was friends with Pablo Escobar but didn’t know he was a drug lord

• Killer Mike tells it like it is in new interview – ‘Michael is still album of the year’

• Mick Mars, Sebastian Bach, Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Carlos Cavazo, others to be inducted into Metal Hall of Fame

• New Pornographers’ AC Newman lists his Top 10 of 2023

• Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess dies at 77

• Juice WRLD’s mom says she’s hoping to give fans a new album in 2024

• Kid Cudi reunites with Kanye West at Vultures event after falling out

• Kanye West launches Yews news platform with Vultures rave recap

• Little Simz and Stormzy lead nominations for MOBO Awards in 2024

• Rick Rubin on taking communion with Johnny Cash and not rushing creativity

• The Pogues reunite and perform ‘The Parting Glass’ at Shane MacGowan’s Funeral: Watch

• Perry Farrell talks Porno for Pyros reunion, 2024 farewell tour, and 30th anniversary of debut album

• David Letterman and The National’s Matt Berninger talk creativity and depression: Watch

• Snoop Dogg admits he earned less than $45,000 for 1 billion Spotify streams

• Here are 25 rappers’ most expensive purchases over the years

• Little Simz on the importance of “pushing the boundaries” in art

• Frank Ocean enthusiastically dances to new dong snippet in recording studio video

• Aerosmith’s ‘Dream On’ surpasses one billion streams on Spotify

• After a breakthrough 2023, Karol G eyes global domination: ‘I Want More’

• New Albums and EPs

• Massive Attack, Young Fathers, and Fontaines D.C. announce ceasefire EP

• 44 Ardent releases a diverse soundscape in leo

• Prado surprises with new Overload EP: An electronic armageddon

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• New Tracks

• Steve Aoki and Yellowcard team up for 20th anniversary remix of ‘Ocean Avenue’

• Playboi Carti drops off ‘H00DBYAIR’ on Instagram

• Lorde seemingly teases new music with ambiguous Instagram post

• Headaches and Golden Vessel embrace sunny soundscapes on their latest collaboration ‘Happy Days in Happy Weather’

• Juice Wrld and Eminem have a new song ‘Lace It’ with Benny Blanco

• Midnight Pool Party’s ‘BADDIE ERA’: A playful ode to growth and confidence

• Lisa Curtis dives into love’s complexities in ‘Made For You’

• Kid Prexy releases ‘I Think That You’re Pretty’: A Gen Z ode to first lust

• Sacrobosco transcends with ‘Over Them Hills’ remix

• WILDES announces new EP, Subsidence, Releases lead single ‘heartbreak is silent’

• Playboi Carti drops new song ‘2024’ produced by Kanye West

• Lil Baby drops two new songs, ‘350’ and ‘Crazy’

• Killer Mike releases ‘Run’ remix featuring Damian Marley

• Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis shares new solo single, ‘Set Me Down’

• Jamie Webster releases a resonant call for peace in ‘How Do You Sleep At Night?’

• 7 must-hear new country songs: Chase Wright, Meg McRee, Michael Ray and more

• BUNT. paints a sonic landscape with ‘Peace In Silence’

• Ant Saunders takes us on a ride with ‘Gravitron’

• Caroline Romano unleashes raw emotion in ‘Tell Her I Said Hi’

• Kanye West teases new song with surprising Backstreet Boys sample

• Playboi Carti returns with first new song ahead of his album release in January

• The Vaccines share guitar-forward new single ‘Love To Walk Away’

• denn. drops a vulnerably bright anthem in ‘uh uh uh uh UH?’

• Pharrell Williams, Swae Lee, Rauw Alejandro ‘Airplane Tickets’

• Benny the Butcher sets release date for Def Jam debut, shares song ft. Stove God Cooks & Hit-Boy

• The Killers release new song ‘Spirit’: Stream

• Fred Again.. and Baby Keem share new song ‘Leavemealone’: Listen

• Rina Sawayama shares new songs, including Amaarae collaboration, on Hold the Girl (Bonus Edition): Listen

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• Festival Updates

• Bonobo, Skrillex and Four Tet announced for Kappa FuturFestival 2024

• EXIT Festival announces first names on 2024 line-up

• Watch Killswitch Engage’s full headline set at Bloodstock festival 2023

• Wilco announce Solid Sound 2024 lineup: Jason Isbell, Dry Cleaning, Young Fresh Fellows, Soul Glo, more

• Outbreak Fest announces initial 2024 lineup

• Outbreak Fest 2024 lineup: JPEGMAFIA, Joyce Manor & Hotelier album sets, Basement & much more

• The 2024 lineup for UK Fest Outbreak looks fucking awesome

• Pitchfork Music Festival Mexico City 2024 announces first wave of performers

• Riot Fest announces 2024 dates & holiday presale

• Austin Psych Fest 2024 lineup has Witch, All Them Witches, L.A. Witch, Frankie & The Witch Fingers, & more

• Dua Lipa, Pearl Jam, Jessie Ware and more to play Mad Cool 2024

• Latitude Festival announces first wave of acts for 2024

• Kendrick Lamar joins The Weeknd on Fortnite Festival lineup

• Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service to co-headline All Points East 2024

• SXSW adds over 200 artists to 2024 lineup

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• T-Pain announces his first-ever Las Vegas residency

• Korn announces summer 2024 European tour dates

• Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert

• Manowar announces first U.S. concert in a decade

• Watch SAULT play first-ever live show in London

• Laufey sells out her entire Bewitched: The Goddess tour in minutes

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Best Songs of 2023

• Track By Track: SPELLES discuss their new album, Diving Into the Arms of the Divine, one track at a time

• Track By Track: PAPER TAPES discusses his new album, Child, one track at a time

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: HEALTH, Nicki Minaj, and Car Seat Headrest

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 12/18/2023: J Mascis, WILDES, Juice World, Eminem, benny blanco, Headaches and Golden Vessel, Killer Mike and Damian Marley, and more!

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in November 2023

• Notable album releases for 2023

• Notable album releases for 2024