Music News for July 2, 2023

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• Today’s Headlines

• 42 albums we’re anticipating for summer 2023

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

• Madonna intubated in ICU after being found unresponsive in NYC

• Killer Mike at the top of the mountain

• The FADER Interview: Lucinda Williams recounts her first record label troubles

• ‘Why didn’t my favorite band play my City?’ – Band manager explains tour routing

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to be honored with their own street in Cleveleand

• A.G. Cook’s PC Music announces it is set to stop releasing new music

• Travis Scott’s Utopia billboards fuel fans’ speculation of July release date

• Here are the 2023 BET awards winners: Full list

• Snubs & Surprises at the 2023 BET Awards

• BET Awards honor hip-hop as stars pay tribute to legends such as Tina Turner

• Former Megadeth drummer Lee Rauch dies

• Rihanna steps down as Savage X Fenty CEO

• Drake announces debut poetry book with songwriter Kenza Samir

• Stormzy is working on new music in the studio

• 2023 XXL Freshman class revealed

• Orville Peck cancels upcoming shows to focus on mental & physical health

• Sony pulls Bad Bunny’s Spider-Man spin-off from 2024 calendar

• Fan Poll: 5 greatest albums of the 2000s

• Greta Van Fleet’s Josh Kiszka comes out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, calls out US legislators for “proposing bills that threaten the freedom of love”

• Stormzy shares that he’s working on new music

• Teresa Taylor, early drummer of Butthole Surfers + Slacker actress, has died at 60

• Father John Misty gives rare interview to Bob Dylan podcast Jokermen

• Exodus signs with Napalm Records: ‘It’s time for a new chapter for the band’

• Every Aphex Twin album and track analysed in new book for ‘On Track’ series

• And the award goes to AI ft. humans: the Grammys outline new rules for AI use

• Kodak Black gives back tot the kids with free charity performance & sit-down

• 2 dead, 3 injured after shooting at campground outside Beyond Wonderland festival

• Al Jourgensen: ‘I’m gonna stop Ministry in an album or two’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Earl Sweatshirt to perform Doris in full at Los Angeles concert

• L7 announce U.S. tour dates

• Watch Japanese Breakfast debut new song ‘Mega Circuit’ In London

• Foo Fighters announce summer 2024 UK stadium tour

• Phish announce fall tour dates

• Alice In Chains announces fall 2023 headlining tour dates

• Lewis Capaldi takes break from touring: “I’m still learning to adjust to the impact of my Tourette’s”

• The Cure announce headlining and festival gigs in Latin America

• Gorillaz cancel U.S. tour: ‘We are gutted’

• Doja Cat announces The Scarlet tour: See dates

• Taylor Swift announces international Eras tour dates for 2024

• Fred again.. announces EU/UK headline tour with four dates at Alexandra Palace

• New Tracks

• Earl Sweatshirt & Billy Woods get surgical on new Alchemist track, ‘RIP Tracy’

• Paris Paloma releases new single ‘yeti’ feat. Old Sea Brigade

• Meltt releases new single ‘Your Melody’ / Announces new album ‘Eternal Embers’

• The Weeknd ‘Like A God’ / ‘False Idols’ ft. Lil Baby

• Olivia Rodrigo unveils ‘Vampire,’ first single off GUTS

• Charli XCX shares ‘Speed Drive’ from the forthcoming Barbie movie soundtrack

• LISTEN: Zeds Dead & Hamdi team up for huge collaboration, ‘Criminal’

• mxmtoon, Ricky Montgomery, and Cavetown team up for new song ‘Nobody Loves Me’

• The Coral release ‘Oceans Apart’

• kid apollo announce new EP In Your Own Right / Release new single ‘been here before’

• Jamie Webster shares ‘Voice Of The Voiceless’

• Tiësto drops incredible new single ‘Drifting’

• Blur unveil new song ‘St. Charles Square’: Stream

• Kendrick Lamar teases new music from the studio

• The Chemical Brothers announce new book, share new single

• Big Thief’s Buck Meek shares ‘Paradise’ off upcoming 4AD debut

• Fall Out Boy update ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ with events from the past 30+ years

• Stormzy – ‘Longevity Flow’

• The Breeders share previously unreleased ‘Go Man Go’ from Last Splash 30th anniversary reissue

• Animal Collective release new 22-minute song, ‘Defeat’

• Das Koolies release new single ‘A Ride’

• My Octopus Mind releases ‘Moving Slow’

• Deadbeat Girl share ‘When You Went’

• Keni Titus releases ‘if u want’

• Homes at Night shares new single ‘Midwest Summer’

• quinnie releases new track ‘ribbons’

• Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice Drop ‘Barbie World’ collab song – Listen

• Glorilla finally drops full ‘Put It On Da Floor (Glomix)’

• The Weeknd, JENNIE & Lily-Rose Depp share ‘One of Your Girls,’ a sex song about choking

• ILLENIUM, The Chainsmokers deliver ‘Takeaway’ follow-up with Carlie Hanson, ‘See You Again’

• Hozier has shared the brand new single ‘Unknown / Nth’

• Gwen Stefani releases new single ‘True Babe’

• Brad Paisley shares new single, ‘So Many Summers’

• Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon releases ‘Holocene’ Precursor ‘Hazelton’: Listen

• Berlin-based artist/producer CROOK shares new single ‘NERVOUS’

• Mati Gavriel releases new single ‘Someone to Somebody’

• Far Caspian release new single/video ‘Pet Architect’

• Lemonade Baby shares his single ‘Don’t Stop (Keep on Keepin on)’

• Alex Spencer releases ‘One Way Ticket’

• Activity release new single/video ‘Department of Blood’

• The New Division share ‘One Day’

• Festival Updates

• Levitation Festival announces 2023 lineup with The Church, The Dandy Warhols, Twin Tribes, Beach Fossils, Nuovo Testamento, Blonde Redhead, Vosh, and more!

• III Points Festival shares 10th anniversary lineup: Skrillex, Fred Again.., Richie Hawtin, and more

• Glastonbury Festival confirms dates for 2024 return

• Kid Cudi cancels his Moon Man’s Landing festival

• Elton John’s final UK concert at Glastonbury: See setlist and video

• The Chemical Brothers light up Glastonbury with a ferocious Arcadia DJ set

• Shaq announces largest bass music festival in Texas, Shaq’s Bass All-Stars Festival

• Code Orange announces their own festival feat. Madball, Vein.fm, 200 Stab Wounds & more

• New Albums and EPs

• 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

• Nicki Minaj announces Pink Friday 2 release date

• PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying review – a disquieting escape into the wilds of Dorset

• James Blake announces new LP & tour – watch ‘Big Hammer’ video

• Jon Batiste announces new album World Music Radio featuring Lil Wayne and Lana Del Rey

• Kid Cudi confirms new Travis Scott collab for upcoming album

• Slow Pulp announce new LP & tour with Babehoven, share ‘Slugs’

• Greg Dulli’s Twilight Singers unveil 13-piece vinyl box set with rare, unreleased material

• Olivia Rodrigo announces new album Guts

• The Prodigy to release Fat Of The Land remix EP for album’s 25th anniversary

• The Jesus And Mary Chain announce double live album

• New ZZ Top album will feature tracks recorded with late bassist Dusty Hill

• Jeff Rosenstock announces new album HELLMODE, shares ‘DOUBT’: Stream

• Lil Uzi Vert Announces Pink Tape, Out Friday

• Maia Toakley shares Debut EP Reverie

• Búho Ermitaño create a captivating tapestry on their second full-length album Implosiones

• The Weeknd confirms a new album is on the way

• Drake Announces New Album For All The Dogs

• Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars reveals title of debut solo album

• Here’s the deal with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

• Coi Leray returns with her sophomore album COI

• The Postal Service announce live album Everything Will Change

• Cannibal Corpse announces new album, tour with Mayhem, Gorguts & Blood Incantation

• Bloc Party announce new EP The High Life

• Aphex Twin announces EP, shares new song ‘Blackbox Life Recorder 21f’: Listen

• Cass McCombs announces children’s music album with Mr. Greg, shares new song: Listen

• Slowdive announce new album & North American tour, share ‘kisses’

• Sonic Youth announce live album of final NYC show

• Lil Uzi Vert previews new Pink Tape track, promises album is ‘weeks away’

• Wiz Khalifa releases 25-track mixtape See Ya

• Gunna announces new project A Gift & A Curse

• Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan announces third solo album Lighthouse

• CHAI announce new self-titled album, fall 2023 tour

• Bombay Bicycle Club announce new album feat. Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, & Holly Humberstone

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in June 2023

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

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Johanna Samuels, Swans, and Pearl Earl

• Notable album releases for 2023