Music News for February 28, 2023

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Gorillaz, Philip Selway, and U.S. Girls

• Today’s Headlines

• How Björk “changed everything” for Paramore’s Hayley Williams

• New club The Owl Room opening in Washington, D.C.

• Slow Pulp sign to ANTI-, touring with Pixies & Death Cab for Cutie (hear new single ‘Cramps’)

• United States plans to raise visa fees for foreign musicians by over 250%

• A Lollapalooza documentary is in the works

• Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show drew FCC complaints accusing her of being too sexual

• Drake talks plans for a “graceful exit” from the music industry

• De La Soul share tribute following Trugoy The Dove’s death

• Man convicted of killing Nipsey Hustle sentenced to decades in prison

• Playboi Carti’s new album is done, DJ says

• 15 artists to watch in 2023

• Flea announces new podcast This Little Light

• Stereophonics: Adam Zindani – interview

• Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and ex-singer Howard Jones are collaborating on new project

• The 10 Best Flaming Lips Songs (That Even Flaming Lips Fans Might Not Know)

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in February 2023

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 2/27/2023: The National, Amber Run, JVLY, Krooked Tongue, Sad Boys Club, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023

• New Tracks

• M. Byrd releases ‘Outside Of Town’

• Alex Anwandter announces new album / Releases second single ‘Qué piensas hacer sin mi amor?’

• Heather Woods Broderick shares new single ‘Admiration’

• Flume’s “Tennis Court” remix is finally available on Spotify nine years after it came out

• Halsey releases solo version of ‘Die 4 Me’

• Daughter – ‘Swim Back’

• Kali Uchis delivers expressive track ‘Moonlight’

• Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter shares new song ‘Le Minoutaure’: Listen

• Marshmello & Ray Volpe finally release long-awaited collaboration, ‘Old School’

• Xana releases ‘Bad Bandit’

• REYA releases a fiery new single that oozes confidence and swagger

• The Weeknd teams up with Ariana Grande on ‘Die for You’ remix

• Pusha T shares new song ‘White Lines (Cocaine Bear Remix)’: Listen

• Danelle Sandoval releases ‘Cold’

• Ray Laurél Releases New Single, ‘TEMPTRESS’

• JVLY releases ‘ambien’

• Valeria Pozzo releases ‘Cape St Vincent’

• Krooked Tongue release new single ‘Velociraptor’ / Announce upcoming EP

• The National release new single ‘New Order T-Shirt’

• Lil Wayne – ‘Kant Nobody’ (Feat. DMX)

• London Topaz drops ‘Drifting’ (ft. Blush’ko)

• Billy Lockett releases his highly anticipated debut album Abington Grove / shares new single ‘Don’t Be Hard On Yourself’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Wu-Tang Clan & Nas team up for 2023 N.Y. State of Mind tour: see the dates

• The Flaming Lips announce Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots tour

• Bon Iver unveils 2023 North American tour dates

• Weezer announces 30-show U.S. summer tour with Modest Mouse, Spoon, and more

• Watch Megadeth reunite onstage with Marty Friedman for first time in 23 years

• Here’s the setlist from Green Day’s first show of 2023

• The Doobie Brothers announce 2023 US tour dates

• Neil Young gives surprise performance during logging protest

• Watch Jack White perform ‘Taking Me Back’ and ‘A Tip From You to Me’ on SNL

• Slowthai announces UK / European UGLY tour

• Kx5, Kaskade and deadmau5, share full set from historic, record-breaking Los Angeles Coliseum show

• Watch Depeche Mode’s majestic performance of ‘Ghosts Again’ and ‘Personal Jesus’ on The Late Show

• Father John Misty and The Head and The Heart Announce 2023 co-headlining tour

• New Albums

• Gorillaz release deluxe version of Cracker Island album with five additional songs

• Lil Durk hypes new project” ‘This album ain’t regular’

• The Orielles detail new live album

• Yeat drops confident third album AftërLyfe

• SZA to release 10 unheard songs on deluxe version of SOS

• Travis Scott’s Utopia dropping this summer, says Epic Records boss

• Slipknot’s Corey Taylor completes recording second solo album

• England’s Amber Run delve into the depths on their fourth studio album, How To Be Human

• Karol G: Mañana Será Bonito review – evocative melodies that transcend language

• Album: Don Toliver Love Sick

• Lucero break down every track on new LP Should’ve Learned by Now

• Daft Punk to release 10-year anniversary edition of Random Access Memories with 9 new tracks

• Atmosphere announce new album, share origins of ‘Okay’: Exclusive

• Braid Announce Frame & Canvas 25th anniversary reissue and U.S. tour

• BTS’ Jimin announces debut solo album Face

• Festival Updates

• Arlo Parks, Honey Dijon and more added to Wilderness Festival line-up

• Beale Street Music Festival 2023 has Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Roots, Jazmine Sullivan, & more

• Rina Sawayama, Caroline Polachek, Young Fathers and more join Open’er Festival line-up

• Coachella Sideshows 2023 (The Chemical Brothers, Blondie, The Breeders, Yaeji, MUNA, more)

• Yard Act, Squid and Blondshell among first names for Iceland Airwaves 2023

• Lorde is headlining this year’s Boardmasters Festival

• Hozier, Caamp to headline 2023 Moon River Music Festival