Music News for March 18, 2023

Track By Track: Maruja break down their debut EP Knocknarea

• Today’s Headlines

• Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde wants to disassociate from Rock Hall’s ‘establishment backslapping’

• The Cure’s Robert Smith negotiates refunds from Ticketmaster on ‘unduly high’ fees

• Ice-T has a new podcast and he’s already recorded a year’s worth of episodes: “I don’t think I’ll ever run out of wisdom”

• Drowning Pool rejoined by vocalist Ryan McCombs

• Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen violently assaulted outside Florida hotel

• The Cure’s Robert Smith says he’s “sickened” about Ticketmaster fees as tour goes on sale

• Questlove wins Music Podcast of the Year at 2023 iHeartPodcast Awards

• Depeche Mode talk becoming “closer” after the death of Andy Fletcher

• Alison Wonderland announces she is pregnant

• Lil Pump smashes up Ferrari to promote Lil Pump 2 album

• Rick Ross presents Miami high school students with Rolling Loud scholarships

• Mick Mars was allegedly unhappy with pre-recorded tracks on Mötley Crüe’s stadium tour

• Bad Bunny leads 2023 Latin American Music Awards nominations: Complete list

• Courtney Love criticises the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame over poor female representation

• Sean “Diddy” Combs reportedly vying for majority stake in BET

• Metallica acquires vinyl pressing plant Furnace Record Pressing

• Rolling Stone releases The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time

• The Rolling Stones sued for copyright infringement

• Lil Yachty announced as SNL musical guest

• Snoop Dogg announces Death Row Records catalog is back on streaming services: ‘Heard You’

• Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987

• deadmau5 and Kaskade talk about why they decided to form EDM supergroup K5

• Fans think Frank Ocean has been uploading old music to Spotify under alias

• Ruff Ryders announce DMX tribute event in NYC, ‘Ryde Out’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• They performed with Bono and The Edge (after their parents told them who they are)

• De La Soul paid tribute Trugoy on Fallon, performed ‘Stakes is High’ w/ The Roots

• Måneskin announce RUSH! 2023 world tour

• Wilco announce 2023 Mexico destination concert experience

• My Morning Jacket announce North American tour

• Bad Bunny sings Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ for Carpool Karaoke: Watch

• See boygenius play a secret show in an airport baggage claim for SXSW

• BABYMETAL announce first Asia and Australia tour

• Aphex Twin teases first Bristol show since 2006

• Panic! At The Disco release video from their last-ever gig

• Esperanza Spalding teams up with pianist Fred Hersch in this ‘Vanguard’ recording

• Clutch, Dinosaur Jr, and Red Fang announce tour

• Love and Rockets announce US tour dates around Cruel World Festival

• Circle Jerks announce tour with T.S.O.L., Negative Approach and Scowl

• Willie Nelson announces 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Tour with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Avett Brothers, and more

• Machine Head announces spring 2023 U.S. tour

• Watch Chvrches play new single ‘Over’ for the first time

• Drake to hit the road with 21 Savage for It’s All a Blur tour

• Interpol announce new 2023 UK headline tour dates

• Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra announce co-headline tour

• Counting Crows announce summer tour with Dashboard Confessional

• New Tracks

• Alice Auer shares new single ‘Unknown’ ft. Conor Albert / Announces EP

• BENTLE releases new single ‘Sideshow’

• Fred Again.., Skrillex & Four Tet release collaborative single: Stream it now

• The Chemical Brothers return with first new track in two years: Stream it now

• Jimin of BTS shares new solo single ‘Set Me Free Pt.2’

• Childish Gambino returns with first new music in three years: Listen

• Doechii drops new track ‘What It Is (Block Boy)’

• Indie Basement (3/17): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

• Maruja share ‘Kakistocracy’ / Release debut EP Knocknarea

• Luna Morgenstern releases ‘Dance Dance (Don’t Go)’

• CJ’s Mirra Maze releases debut single ‘Self Medicate’

• Taylor Swift reveals she’s dropping 4 previously unreleased songs ahead of The Eras, tour

• Peter Gabriel says he may release a new song “every full moon” for the rest of his life

• Yves Tumor shares new song ‘Parody’: Listen

• ODESZA release yet another new song, ‘To Be Yours’ w/ Claud

• Phoenix tap Clairo for new version of ‘After Midnight’

• Will Joseph Cook shares new single ‘MF Bassline’

• Feist delivers new single ‘Borrow Trouble’

• Krooked Kings drop new single ‘Coming of Age’

• OK Cool release single/video ‘nissanweekends’

• ZUSO releases ‘Higher’

• Tribe Friday release new single ‘Swimsuit’

• FKA Twigs teases unreleased song in Calvin Klein spring 2023 campaign video: Exclusive

• REZZ battles through insomnia on chilling second release of 2023, ‘Suffer In Silence’

• Hear Lana Del Rey’s stunning, surprise single about her family, ‘The Grants’

• Ben Imber releases ‘Climb’

• Tame Impala indulge in prog rock fantasies on new song ‘Wings of Time’: Stream

• Kevin Silvester and JVCQUI release ‘Be The One’

• Australian singer/songwriter Nat Vazer shares that she is ‘Addicted to Misery’

• Bangbang releases their second single of 2023 ‘Without You’ (Radio Edit)

• Jonathan Bree drops new single/video ‘Miss You’

• Kishi Bashi shares new single ‘Winter’s Eve

• British songwriter Sivu shares new single ‘Apollo’ and announces his upcoming LP Wild Horse Running

• SALPA releases debut single ‘England’

• Kris Ulrich shares new single/video ‘1994’

• Wila Frank shares the lead single/video for her upcoming album, Black Cloud

• Lauren Lakis shares her new single ‘Take My Hand’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in March 2023

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 3/13/2023: Peter Gabriel, Angel Olsen, Bartees Strange, ILTON, Tame Impala, Fazerdaze, and more!

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Fever Ray, Periphery, and MSPAINT

• Notable album releases for 2023

• New Albums

• Hit-Boy dropping new album Surf Or Drown next week

• Kaskade & deadmau5 release debut, self-titled album under new supergroup, Kx5

• T-Pain, EST Gee, Lil Keed and More – New Hip-Hop Projects

• Tony Shhnow announces new album Love Streak, shares ‘ILY/IH8U’: Stream

• 1tbsp releases It’s Very Loud EP

• Posthumous Coolio album Long Live Coolio features Too $hort, Naughty By Nature’s Treach

• Sigur Rós prep first LP in 10 years, announce tour with 41-piece orchestra

• Alison Goldfrapp announces new solo album, shares ‘So Hard So Hot’

• Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro announce first collaborative EP RЯ

• Avenged Sevenfold announce new album Life Is But a Dream, their first release in years

• Jpegmafia and Danny Brown announce new album Scaring the Hoes, share song: Listen

• Art School Girlfriend announces second album with new single ‘Close To The Clouds’

• Royce Da 5’9” announces Heaven Experience EP & virtual world

• Inspiral Carpets: The Complete Singles – album review

• Dutch Uncles release their sixth studio album True Entertainment

• The Mars Volta releasing acoustic LP; hear reimagined ‘Blank Condolences’

• Angel Olsen Uunveils new EP, Forever Means

• Christine and the Queens announces new album, shares video: Watch

• Lil Uzi says they’re putting “final touches” on long-awaited Pink Tape LP

• England’s Amber Run delve into the depths on their fourth studio album, How To Be Human

• Festival Updates

• Rolling Loud New York 2023 canceled due to ‘Logistical Factors’

• Pharrell’s Something In The Water 2023 lineup features Skrillex, 100 gecs and more

• Louder Than Life announces killer 2023 lineup with Green Day, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, more

• Fred Again.., Bicep, Sofi Tukker confirmed for OSHEAGA’s 2023 lineup

• ARC Music Festival reveals a stacked 2023 lineup

• Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack, Pantera, others confirmed for 2023 Aftershock Festival

• THING Festival 2023 Has Fleet Foxes, Lil Yachty, Sylvan Esso, Thundercat, & More

• Mumford & Sons, Lorde and more added to Sziget 2023 line-up

• Nashville’s Deep Tropics Music Festival drops 2023 genre bending lineup ft. SG Lewis (DJ Set), Eli & Fur, What So Not, Gorgon City + more

• Christine and the Queens announces first acts for this year’s Meltdown Festival

• Cold Waves Festival XI announces 2023 lineup Featuring Godflesh, Frontline Assembly, Twin Tribes, Harsh Symmetry, Nuovo Testamento, and more!

• Milwaukee Metal Fest announces daily lineups & new additions

• Osheaga 2023 has Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Fred Again.., The National, and much more

• The Killers, Brandi Carlile and Bruno Mars announced for Bourbon & Beyond festival

• Hard Summer 2023: Skrillex b2b Four Tet, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Bicep, more

• The Lumineers, Zach Bryan, The Black Crowes join Pilgrimage Festival lineup

• Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Odesza top Outside Lands lineup