Music News for January 21, 2025

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Victoria Canal, The Weather Station, and Mac Miller

• Support Those Affected by the L.A. Fires

• Support MusiCares & other groups providing relief for wildfire-affected musicians

• Discogs to donate all January 17 revenue to LA fire victims

• Best of 2024

• Explore our curated roundup of 2024 year-end music lists from across the industry

• Today’s Headlines

• Garth Hudson, The Band’s last founding member, dies at 87

• John Sykes (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, etc.) dead at 65

• Bob Dylan’s original lyrics to ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ sell for over $500K

• Robert Smith announces departure from X: “It’s time to go”

• Stereo MC’s tell us about their Top 10 ’90s dance tracks

• Justin Bieber appears to be recording music again in new Instagram photos

• Mustard reveals multiple rappers turned down Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Hey Now’ beat

• The musical universe of David Lynch

• 6ix9ine sues LA Fitness for $1 million over bathroom beatdown

• John Lydon sues photographer over classic Public Image Ltd logo

• Kid Cudi’s home broken into, intruder eats food and showers before being caught – Report

• Fred again.. shares intimate 2024 documentary

• Dead Boys reveal new singer

• Drake drops legal claim against Universal Music Group and Spotify over ‘Not Like Us’

• Tommy Lee criticizes artists plugging albums and tours during L.A. fires

• Vince Staples accuses developers of trying to buy his land amid LA fires

• Ice Nine Kills raise over $100,000 for L.A. wildfire relief with special edition t-shirt

• Eminem’s spokesperson slams song leaks after unreleased 50 Cent & Dr. Dre collabs surface

• Madlib loses ‘decades of music’ during Los Angeles fires

• Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith loses Malibu home to Los Angeles wildfires

• Primus guitarist’s home destroyed in Los Angeles wildfire

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• New Tracks

• Joey Bada$$ throws diss at J. Cole in new single ‘Sorry Not Sorry’

• Courting – ‘After You’

• Dax Riggs returns with psychedelic depth on ‘sunshine felt the darkness smile’

• Paris Paloma releases a re-imagined version of ‘HUNTER (the cacophony)’

• Phoebe Green delivers emotion and vulnerability on new single ‘What Are You Doing’

• Evan Fong brings high-energy vibes on debut single ‘Spawn!’

• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts share new song ‘Big Change’: Listen

• Central Cee drops ‘GBP’ with 21 Savage

• WILDES and St Francis Hotel share haunting new single ‘In The Floodlight’

• Grumpy, Sidney Gish, and Precious Human join forces for heartfelt collaboration ‘Lonesome Ride’

• Lip Filler kickstarts 2025 with a fiery new single ‘Leeches’

• Somebody’s Child shares new single ‘Last Night I Held Your Hand’

• Tessa Violet releases gender-neutral version of ‘My Body’s My Buddy’ featuring corook

• Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory have shared their new single ‘Trouble’

• OK Go keep it rolling with new video, album

• Drop Nineteens share ‘Mayfield’ from long-lost 1991 album’

• Baths release blissful single ‘Eden’ ahead of new album Gut

• Chase Petra shares fierce new single ‘A Bug’s Life’

• Cathedrale unearths inner turmoil with ‘Where The Fire Is’

• New Albums and EPs

• Yung Lean announces new album Jonatan

• Helsinki producers RORO and Snapir create sonic magic with Colors Left

• L.A. Guns’ new album, Leopard Skin, gets official release date

• Albums I’m excited for in 2025 (The Needle Drop)

• All You Can Hate wrestles with existential truths on Nothing Lasts Forever

• Delights ignite indie ambitions on If Heaven Looks A Little Like This

• Lots of Hands craft a tender, reflective journey on Into a Pretty Room

• Mumford & Sons announce first new album in seven years, RUSHMERE

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Best Albums of 2024: We’re excited to unveil our curated list of the 24 best albums of the 2024!

• Best Songs of 2024

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 1/20/2025: Florist, Bartees Strange, The Weather Station, Mac Miller, Lucy Dacus, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch, Knocked Loose, and More Announced for Inkcarceration 2025

• Four Tet announces two-day event under Brooklyn’s K Bridge with Joy Orbison, Nia Archives, Daytimers, more

• Governors Ball 2025 lineup (Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler the Creator, Mk.gee, Clairo, Mannequin Pussy, more)

• BottleRock 2025 lineup: Green Day, Justin Timberlake, Ice Cube, Sublime, Public Enemy, 4 Non Blondes & more

• Bonnaroo announces 2025 lineup

• Tyler, the Creator set to headline Bonnaroo 2025

• Peso Pluma, Playboi Carti & A$AP Rocky lead 2025 Rolling Loud California lineup

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• The Prodigy announce first US headline show since death of Keith Flint

• Queens Of The Stone Age announce summer 2025 European arena tour

• Watch GloRilla make her SNL debut

• No Doubt reuniting again for FireAid concert

• Snoop Dogg performs at Trump Inauguration Crypto Ball

• Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga, and more to play California FireAid Benefit Concert

• Portishead’s Beth Gibbons announces first-ever U.S. solo concerts

• Dead Kennedys announce spring 2025 US tour with H.R. of Bad Brains

• Kenny Chesney announces residency at Las Vegas Sphere, becoming first country act to headline venue

• Lucy Dacus debuts new song ‘Ankles’ on Fallon: Watch