Music News for February 4, 2024

10 Albums to Look Forward to in February 2024

• Today’s Headlines

• Watch: Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black releases official trailer

• MC5’s Wayne Kramer dead at 75

• Boygenius reportedly announce hiatus at secret show

• Universal Music Group severs ties with TikTok, alleges “indifference” and “intimidation” in open letter

• Hit-Boy talks 2024 Grammy Nomination, how Nas empowers him to ‘Be the Best Producer’ & more

• Elton John & Bernie Taupin named 2024 recipients of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

• Yasiin Bey Wants to talk with Drake and says there was no intended slander toward him

• Marilyn Manson ordered to pay Evan Rachel Wood’s legal fees by judge

• Drake, Taylor Swift named best-selling artists of 2023

• Pharrell Williams teams with the Lego Group for new movie about his life

• Tiësto becomes Super Bowl’s first in-game DJ, produces Heidi Klum’s new ‘Sunglasses At Night’ cover

• Frank Farian, mastermind behind Milli Vanilli, dead at 82

• With Pitchfork in peril, a word on the purpose of music journalism

• New Albums and EPs

• TDE albums to expect in 2024

• The Alchemist & Hit-Boy’s new EP has a song called ‘Morrissey’

• Re:abel dives into the depths on his latest EP, ‘Otherside’

• Daft Punk drummer confirms existence of unreleased studio album

• Lana Del Rey announces new album Lasso

• Pearl Jam unveil upcoming album at Daytime L.A. Playback

• Portishead’s Beth Gibbons announces debut solo album Lives Outgrown

• Schoolboy Q announces new album Blue Lips with tracklist and trailer – Watch

• Devo compile rare and unreleased early material on Art Devo 1973-1977 3-LP set

• Ice Spice confirms debut album Y2K will drop in 2024

• Pet Shop Boys announce new album nonetheless, reveal first single ‘Loneliness’: Stream

• Dehd announce new album & fall tour, share ‘Mood Ring’

• TORRES is still finding hope

• Liam Gallagher and John Squire announce self-titled debut album and details of their 2024 tour

• Elbow announce new album, share new song ‘Lovers’ Leap’

• Jantoje’s sonic odyssey unfolds in ‘Verano’ EP

• Phosphorescent returns with first album in 5 years, shares new song: Listen

• Butthole Surfers albums getting remastered vinyl reissues via Matador

• New Squarepusher video plus album news

• Tierra Whack announces new album World Wide Whack

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• New Tracks

• Burial releases new double single ‘Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above’: Stream

• Pornos for Pyros share new single ‘Little Me’

• Lil Yachty – ‘A Cold Sunday’

• Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Cardi B & more support bill regulating AI voice cloning via open letter

• PEGGY releases new single/video ‘Flight Risk’ and announces debut EP ‘Dear Reader’

• ROSIE releases empowering single ‘Lose Me Too’ on her 24th birthday

• Charm of Finches unveil ethereal folk-pop in new single ‘Clean Cut’

• PUÀ releases ethereal indie pop gems in debut double singles ‘Touch Me’ and ‘Demelza’

• Good Cop Bad Cop unveils ‘Running Away With The Circus’ – A sonic escape from adulting realities

• Arky Waters releases breakbeat anthem ‘Hercules’ – A glimpse into his upcoming EP

• Nicole Zignago serenades us with a captivating acoustic indie pop single, ’26 (Ni Tarde, Ni Temprano)’

• Street Fever releases cinematic sonic journey with ‘Sinner’

• Billy Joel returns with ‘Turn the Lights Back On,’ first new song in 17 years: Listen

• SZA says long-anticipated song with Paramore is ‘in the works’

• BADBADNOTGOOD – ‘Take What’s Given’ (Feat. Reggie)

• Izzy S.O unveils a heartfelt and anthemic ‘Refuse’ – A 90s-inspired musical journey

• The Short Causeway returns to deliver their first single in two years, ‘On My Way Home’

• Ducks Ltd. drops moody reflection on despair with latest single ‘Heavy Bag’ from forthcoming album

• Tourist – ‘Valentine’

• Chance the Rapper drops off “’I Will Be Your (Black Star Line Freestyle)’

• Chance the Rapper drops off “’I Will Be Your (Black Star Line Freestyle)’

• Nicki Minaj drops Megan Thee Stallion diss track ‘Big Foot’

• Jenny Stenger bares all in new single ‘Unlovable’

• AJA returns with triumphant and empowering new single ‘If I’m Honest’

• The 13 best new hip-hop songs this week

• YUNGBLUD taps Lil Yachty for his first single of 2024

• James Vincent McMorrow takes a soulful journey with new single ‘Stay Cool’ following Nettwerk signing

• Listen to Lil Nas X’s introspective new single ‘Where Do We Go Now?’

• Paul Russell’s ‘Say Cheese’: A joyful ode to celebration and life

• Krooked Kings unleash a sonic storm with guitar-led indie anthem ‘Catacombs’

• Jade LeMac unleashes attitude and rawness in latest single ‘Narcissistic’

• Deadbeat Girl strikes a chord with gritty anthem ‘Everything You Wanted’

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• Festival Updates

• Sol Blume 2024 lineup (SZA, Kaytraminé, Snoh Aalegra, PinkPantheress, Kelela, Ari Lennox, more)

• Reading & Leeds 2024: Fontaines D.C., Reneé Rapp, Pendulum among 50 new names added to line-up

• RAYE, Arca, Astrid S, Holly Humberstone join massive Øya 2024 line-up

• The Killers, Måneskin, Tyla and many more complete Mad Cool 2024 line-up

• Ultra reveals RESISTANCE Miami 2024 lineup

• Enter Shikari, Mr. Bungle, Code Orange, Busted and more added to Download Festival 2024

• 2000trees announce headliners The Chats, plus Hot Milk, grandson, Nova Twins and loads more

• American Football to headline Outbreak Fest 2024

• Pitchfork Music Festival Mexico City 2024 announces full lineup: Kelela, Sky Ferreira, JPEGMAFIA, Billy Woods, King Krule, and more

• Tomorrowland announces full line-up for 2024 festival

• Wet Leg to make their UK festival headline debut at Truck Festival 2024

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• J Mascis announces UK and European tour for 2024

• Calvin Harris & Kid Cudi to headline FanDuel x Spotify Super Bowl Party

• Dead & Company reveal dates for Dead Forever six-week summer run at Las Vegas’ Sphere

• REZZ, Zedd, ISOxo & Knock2 & more to headline Lunar New Year Party Series

• Queens Of The Stone Age announce Spring 2024 US tour with Royal Blood

• Adele announces new residency in Munich

• Future Islands announce tour dates, share new video for ‘The Thief’: Watch

• Gary Clark Jr. announces 2024 tour dates

• Beach Fossils & Nation of Language touring together this spring

• RL Grime to headline DJ Mag Presents party at Academy LA

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Track By Track: A dive into Harrison Storm’s debut album, Wonder, Won’t You?

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• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Courting, Benny The Butcher, and The Smile

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 2/05/2024: Tourist, Burial, Nicki Minaj, Pet Shop Boys, Billy Joel, J Mascis, Dehd, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2024