Music News for January 24, 2024

Ozzy Osbourne wants to ‘say goodbye’ to fans by playing two final shows in Birmingham

• Today’s Headlines

• Turnstile team up with Converse for limited-edition sneakers

• Billy Joel teases first new music in 17 years: “Did I wait too long?”

• Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75

• Alex G signs to RCA, announces tour

• Yard Act: Dream Catchers

• 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols

• Pitchfork merges with GQ, half their staff laid off

• CHAI are breaking up

• Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense to hit theaters again

• The Avalanches soundtrack new short film, Yeah The Boys

• Lana Del Rey signs publishing deal with UMPG

• R.E.M., Steely Dan, and Timbaland among the 2024 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Smashing Pumpkins are reviewing over 10,000 applications to be their new guitarist

• Vince Staples shares trailer for his new Netflix show

• Spiritbox are in the studio with Jordan Fish

• Sleep Token wipe Instagram clean + fans may have crossed a line

• Mogwai documentary If the Stars Had a Sound gets first trailer: Watch

• New Albums and EPs

• New Squarepusher video plus album news

• Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign spit Vultures into 3 volumes with new release dates

• Orbital to reissue 1991 debut album ahead of The Green & Brown Album tour

• Tierra Whack announces new album World Wide Whack

• Arab Strap announce new LP I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍, share ‘Bliss’

• Rezz announces new album, CAN YOU SEE ME?, shares single: Listen

• Militarie Gun announce new EP Life Under the Sun, share single featuring Manchester Orchestra: Stream

• Modern English announce new album 1 2 3 4 (listen to ‘Not My Leader’)

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• New Tracks

• The Smile – Wall of Eyes

• Hear Alien Ant Farm’s new song ‘So Cold’ off first album in 9 years

• Kendrick Lamar shares new song in short film for Chanel

• Creeds unleashes boisterous remix, transforming DJ Isaac’s ‘Feel So Good’ into a classic hardstyle track

• BANNERS strikes a chord with soulful duet ‘Perfectly Broken’ featuring Lily Meola

• Tai Verdes releases sonic meditation with ‘Pipe Down’

• LU KALA pours heart and soul into ‘Nothing But Love’

• Tutara Peak and Winifred take listeners on a celestial journey with ‘Orbit’

• Merryn Jeann paints musical magic with ‘Subconscious Love Connections’

• Tragic Sasha unveils ‘Prettier in Person’: Navigating digital identity

• Her Skin unleashes explosive power pop energy with ‘Practical Magic’

• The 13 best new hip-hop songs this week

• Dolly Parton drops surprise new tracks from Rockstar for Her 78th Birthday—and fans are loving it

• Conway The Machine ft. Cool & Dre ‘Give & Give’

• Judas Priest shares another new song, ‘Crown Of Horns’, from upcoming Invincible Shield album

• The Jesus and Mary Chain reveal new song ‘Chemical Animal’: Stream

• Skateland invites listeners on a reflective journey with latest single ‘Autobahn!’

• Josef Scott Spreads Warmth with New Single ‘Summer Dopamine’

• Das Koolies unleash a sonic storm with ‘Masters Of Mankind’ ahead of UK tour

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• Festival Updates

• Parklife unveil 2024 lineup, including headliners Doja Cat, Disclosure, and J Hus

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

• Lovers & Friends 2024 lineup has Janet Jackson, Usher performing Confessions, Backstreet Boys, & more

• Awakenings announces full line-up for 2024 festival

• Sziget Festival drops phase 1 lineup for 2024 edition featuring Fred Again.., Martin Garrix and Sam Smith

• Hangout Festival announces lineup for 2024 edition featuring ODESZA, the Chainsmokers, Alison Wonderland, Dom Dolla and more

• Coachella changes up parking rules and fans are outraged

• Paramore cancel three more festival appearances, tease something new

• Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Neil Young anchor New Orleans Jazz Fest

• Tomorrowland announces two-day CORE stage festival in Colombia

• Skepta reveals line-up for Big Smoke Festival 2024

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• André 3000 announces New Blue Sun Live 2024 tour dates

• The Killers announce Las Vegas residency, playing Hot Fuss in full

• Dave Matthews Band announce 2024 summer tour

• P!NK announces 2024 fall tour dates

• Guided by Voices plot spring tour; Robert Pollard announces new project Rip Van Winkle (stream a track)

• Mr. Bungle announces May 2024 U.S tour dates

• Black Crowes announce 2024 tour

• CSS announce first North American tour in 11 years

• Anthrax and Kreator to co-headline European tour this winter

• Dying Fetus announce tour with Full of Hell, Kruelty & 200 Stab Wounds

• The Daily Music Report Updates

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

• 23 Best Albums of 2023

• 2023 Music Year-end Lists

• Best Songs of 2023

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, and BUNT.

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 1/22/2024: IDLES, Yard Act, Loving, Adrianne Lenker, Bleachers, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2024