Music News for July 4, 2023

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Divide and Dissolve, The Japanese House, and Nothing But Thieves

• Today’s Headlines

• 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

• 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

• 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

• New Tracks

• Peter Gabriel – ‘So Much’

• Eyesore & The Jinx release ‘No More Nails’

• Emika Love Releases ‘Mueve Tu Cuerpo’

• MINOE returns with infectious new single ‘Cut Me Loose’

• Sadye releases ‘Dark Side’

• Hardwell shares new single, ‘Anybody Out There,’ featuring Azteck and Alex Hepburn: Listen

• 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’

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

• 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

• 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

• Olivia Rodrigo announces new album Guts

• Maia Toakley shares Debut EP Reverie

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

• 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

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 6/26/2023: The Smile, Faye Webster, Aphex Twin, Justin Vernon, quinnie, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023