Music News for December 4, 2022

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• Today’s Headlines

• Man arrested and charged with the murder of Takeoff

• Guns N’ Roses sue Texas gun store for using, allegedly appropriating, band name

• Watch Pantera soundcheck for first concert in over 20 years

• Lindsey Buckingham pens tribute to Christine McVie: “A Friend, A Soul Mate, A Sister”

• The Best Albums of 2022 (Complex)

• The 100 best albums of 2022 (Rolling Stone)

• Gorilla vs. Bear’s albums of 2022

• Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist for the third year in a row

• How to find your Spotify Wrapped 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: The Bowling Green, Stormzy, MIKE, Wiki & The Alchemist

• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

• New Albums

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

• Benny the Butcher joins Iyla on sultry break-up anthem ‘Lost Me’

• Cassandra Jenkins shares video for ‘Crosshairs (interlude),’ releases live album

• Listen to 100 gecs’ hooky surprise EP Snake Eyes

• Carl Cox releases first album in over a decade, Electronic Generations: Listen

• 1tbsp releases new EP ‘Joan’

• SZA unveils cover art for long-awaited S.O.S. album

• GRiZ drops a new batch of Bangers with seventh EP installment

• PRADO releases ‘Machines’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• The War on Drugs announce 2022 Drugcember to Remember Philly benefit shows

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced as SNL musical guests for December 17

• The Weeknd announces 2023 European and Latin American tour dates

• Festival Updates

• Billie Eilish and Florence + The Machine lead Sziget Festival 2023 line-up

• Guns N’ Roses to headline BST Hyde Park 2023 for concert series’ 10th anniversary

• Roskilde Festival announce Blur as headliners for 2023

• The Killers, Muse & The Lumineers to headline 2023 Shaky Knees Festival

• New Tracks

• Lana Del Rey teases new album announcement

• Marcus McCoan releases new single ‘Try Me’

• A$AP Rocky drops new track ‘Sh*ttin’ Me’

• RL Grime, NERO unlock Halloween XI: Dead Space finale ID, ‘Renegade’

• The Know release ‘Used To Be’

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

• Marie Dahlstrom joins forces with Delleile Ankrah for return single ‘Clouds’

• PinkPantheress drops new single ‘Boy’s a Liar’

• M. Byrd releases his second single of 2022 ‘Over You / Over Me’

• Michael B Thomas releases new lo-fi indie-folk single ‘Berlin’

• Bo Milli releases new single ‘FOMO’

• London’s SOMOH returns for her sophomore single ‘I Know You Care’

• Mazey Haze announces new EP / Releases new single ‘I Feel Like a Child’

• Emotional Oranges reveal new single ‘On My Way’

• JVLY releases new single ‘swim’

• Trunky Juno releases ‘Boys Like Me’