Music News for July 19, 2023

Alex Amor releases ‘Time To Smile’ / Announces new EP Super Sonic

• Today’s Headlines

• Travis Scott’s Egyptian pyramid concert shut down by the country’s musicians union – Report

• Berklee College of Music launches performance Major for Electronic Digital Instrument musicians

• Tracii Guns and Todd Kerns launch new project Blackbird Angels

• Dr. Dre on current hip hop: ‘Most of this sh-t I don’t like’

• New Guns N’ Roses is coming soon, will sound like Appetite For Destruction

• The Dead Milkmen on why W.O.W. is one of the last venues in Philly “to enjoy local music”

• The Alchemist names his top 5 hip hop producers

• London is getting a new 15,000-capacity venue in a former IKEA

• Hospital where MF DOOM died apologizes for his care not being up to standard – Report

• Nelly sells half of his music catalog for $50 million

• Five songs that prove Ringo Starr was a genius

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony reunion album could happen if Dr. Dre gets on board

• A new documentary on the band Wham! shows the ‘temporal nature of youth’

• MF DOOM’s wife speaks about worries over his hospital care prior to 2020 death

• Lil Nas X gets sex toy thrown at him during performance – Watch

• 42 albums we’re anticipating for summer 2023

• Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s Melle Mel arrested and charged with felony domestic violence

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Ice Nine Kills and In This Moment announce Kiss Of Death fall 2023 U.S. tour

• The Weeknd sets attendance records during weekend performances in London

• GWAR crash NPR for hilariously brutal Tiny Desk Concert: Watch

• Watch Bully’s rock cover of Jackson Browne’s classic ‘These Days’

• Eminem surprises Detroit crowd with ‘Lose Yourself’ performance at Ed Sheeran Show

• Lil Wayne gives special performance of ‘A Milli’ at ESPN award show

• Playboi Carti announces 2023 tour

• Aminé and Kaytranada announce Kaytraminé tour dates

• New Tracks

• beabadoobee finds solace in the passage of time on new song ‘the way things go’: Stream

• Slowdive share new track, ‘Skin In The Game’

• Sody releases new single/video ‘Trust’

• Emotional Oranges link up with Zhu on ‘Not Like This’

• Blanco White shares single ‘Tarifa’

• Cosial shares new single/video ‘In View’

• Parannoul – ‘Acryl’

• Filter releases new track ‘Obliteration’

• Emei releases the title track from her upcoming EP, Cynical

• ADMT (Adam Taylor) shares fan favorite ‘Without You’

• StereoTyped release ‘Adultery’

• PinkPantheress teams up with Destroy Lonely on ‘Turn Your Phone Off’

• 1tbsp returns with a new single, ‘Circuit Current’

• Hear Billie Eilish’s intimate new song ‘What Was I Made For?’ from the Barbie soundtrack

• Special Interest share new track ‘Disco 1.5’ and announce summer and fall tour dates

• The Streets announce new album and film, share ‘Troubled Waters’

• Granddaddy announce rarities collection, share video for ‘The Town Where I’m Livin Now’

• JVLY drops new single ‘here’

• Bristol dream-pop outfit Oslo Twins release new single / EP title track ‘Back to Nothing’

• Nature TV release ‘Words’

• Arny Margret releases new single ‘i went outside’

• Computerwife releases new single/video for ‘I Get Better Every Day’

• Festival Updates

• Judas Priest to replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip Festival: Exclusive

• Farm Aid 2023 lineup announced

• New Albums and EPs

• Nas appears to tease sequel LP to 2021’s Magic

• Explosions in the Sky announce new album, share ‘Ten Billion People’: Stream

• Braid’s Frame & Canvas at 25: the oral history of an emo landmark

• Disclosure forge fourth album Alchemy: Stream It Now

• Disclosure to release new album Alchemy this Friday

• Pixies, Margo Price, Orville Peck lead eclectic Leon Russell tribute album

• SPELLLING announces new album SPELLLING & the Mystery School

• Helmet to release first album in seven years, Left, in November

• Josef Scott shares his debut EP It’s Not You, It’s Me

• Metric announce new album Formentera II, share ‘Just the Once’: Stream

• Amy Stroup shares new album Since Frank

• Lil Uzi Vert’s highly anticipated Pink Tape is finally here – Listen

• Neil Young releasing “lost” 1977 album Chrome Dreams

• Pearl Jam ‘Hopes’ to release new studio album in 2024

• J Hus announces new album and tour dates

• The Alchemist releases new EP with Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, MIKE, and more: Listen

• Burial and Kode9 detail split EP

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Track By Track: Búho Ermitaño discuss their new album, Implosiones

• 10 Albums to Look Forward To In July 2023

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: PVRIS, Far Caspian, and Disclosure

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 7/17/2023: Shamir, Forest Swords, Billie Eilish, Caroline Polachek, Luna Morgenstern, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023