Music News for March 26, 2025

Late Night Drive Home boots up the machine with a smut-plagued single ‘Terabyte’

• Today’s Headlines

• Napster sold for $207 million, 23 years after shutting down

• Rare 1962 Beatles demo discovered in Vancouver record store

• Grimes reveals she was recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD

• Kirk Hammett says he has 767 riffs for Metallica’s next album: ‘It is such a nightmare going through this stuff’

• The 1975’s Matty Healy shares list of his favorite albums of all time

• John Lydon – Interview – PIL tour, giving up alcohol, Sid & Nancy & much more…

• Les Claypool’s beloved tour bus, “Large Marge,” is now on sale

• SZA says Taylor Swift “was open” to writing music with her

• UK Subs detained and denied entry into the United States

• Guns N’ Roses announces new drummer, fans’ dreams of classic member return dashed

• Eminem’s former employee charged with stealing unreleased music from the studio

• Guns N’ Roses drummer Frank Ferrer announces departure

• Dropkick Murphys X account suspended after singer slams ‘Rat and a Coward’ Donald Trump During St. Patrick’s Day show

• Radiohead drops a playlist of The Bends remixes and B-sides

• At least 59 dead in nightclub pyrotechnics fire at DNK show in North Macedonia

• Little Simz sues producer and SAULT member Inflo over withheld £1.7million loan

• How the pandemic changed music

• Nine Songs – clipping.

• Radiohead ignite new release speculation after forming fresh legal entity

• Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante explains lyrical concept of Tsunami Sea album

• Matt Pinfield wakes up from coma after massive stroke: “The doctors never expected me to speak or walk again”

• Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton files $100 million copyright lawsuit against former business partner

• How Top Dawg Entertainment became the current most powerful label in hip-hop

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• New Albums and EPs

• Ride bassist Steve Queralt announces debut solo album, Swallow

• Lil Durk drops new album Deep Thoughts tracklist and features

• The Lumineers explore the ups and downs of lifelong friendship on Automatic

• Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

• Pictoria Vark explores the fleeting nature of life on ‘Nothing Sticks’

• Erykah Badu confirms work on first album in 15 years

• Ye Drops new album Bully as a short film amid troubling social media posts

• Shamir announces final solo album, shares new song ‘Neverwannago’

• Men I Trust share new album Equus Asinus

• Kali Uchis signs to Capitol Records and announces fifth studio album, Sincerely

• Birthmarks weaves Bambara’s darkest album yet with post-punk grit

• Tibia’s debut album See What Heaven Looks Like Now unleashes reckless joy

• New Tracks

• Perfume Genius – ‘Clean Heart’

• Listen to Black Country, New Road’s new song ‘For the Cold Country’

• The Ries Brothers hit a home run with ‘Coming Out Swinging’

• Sea Lemon’s ‘Stay’ drifts into dreamy depths

• Ain’t spin into 2025 with dynamic new single ‘Pirouette’

• Ribbon Skirt shares powerful new single ‘Earth Eater’ ahead of upcoming album

• Viagra Boys – ‘The Bog Body’

• Self Esteem has dropped a new single “about hope, perseverance and patience”, ‘If Not Now, It’s Soon’

• MF Tomlinson shares expansive new single ‘Die To Wake Up From A Dream’

• Amy Millan’s ‘Make Way for Waves’ signals a gentle return

• Flyte’s ‘Emily and Me’ delivers a poetic ode to Los Angeles

• Mustard Service’s ‘Big Time’ shines with zesty indie rock flair

• Linying releases mesmerizing title track ‘Swim, Swim’

• ELLiS·D releases glam-punk odyssey ‘Drifting’ ahead of upcoming EP

• Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto share hypnotic new single ‘Spektator’ ahead of upcoming album

• Tool’s Justin Chancellor joins Peter Murphy on ‘The Artroom Wonder’

• Hear Fontaines D.C.’s surprise cover of ‘Can You Feel My Heart’: “It’s a moody, beautiful song”

• Dirty Projectors and s t a r g a z e share new song ‘Bank On’

• Ashnikko returns with new single ‘Itty Bitty’

• Wads shares a ‘Beast’ of a new single

• Bibi Club release an enchanting cover of Stereolab’s ‘Orgiastic’

• SOAPBOX delivers a defiant anthem with new single ‘Do As Ur Told’

• Das Koolies confront war and deception with new single ‘White Star’

• 100%WET releases new single ‘Leave It’ ahead of debut album release

• Deerhoof unleashes explosive new single ‘Immigrant Songs,’ announce new album Noble and Godlike in Ruin

• Moontype releases ‘Four Hands ii,’ announces sophomore album ‘I Let The Wind Push Down On Me’

• Quickly, Quickly shares ‘Take It From Me,’ announces new album ‘I Heard That Noise’

• Lip Filler shares anthemic new single ‘Laugh Track’

• Revivalry finds its way with ‘Lost’

• My Morning Jacket revives the past with ‘Half A Lifetime’

• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs and Run the Jewels’ EL-P join forces for ‘Glib Tongued’

• Yungblud returns with new single, ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’

• Wishy shares new single ‘Over and Over’ ahead of upcoming EP

• Your Grandparents share reflective new single ‘All Dem Times’

• Frances Mistry calls for change with new single ‘Something Has to Give’

• Rindert Lammers shares new track ‘Sleep Well Hiroshi Yoshimura’ featuring Joseph Shabason

• Speedial unravels self-perception on new single ‘Tourist’

• Oral Habit unleashes fuzzed-out fury with new single ‘Sauerkraut’

• Autoheart returns with stirring new single ‘Sad Divide’

• Beirut shares new song ‘Tuanaki Atoll’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Benefits, Japanese Breakfast, and Men I Trust

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 3/24/2025: Soccer Mommy, DIIV and Mount Kimbie, Bon Iver, Men I Trust, Japanese Breakfast, My Morning Jacket, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• How Lollapalooza defined what rock would become in the 90s

• Outside Lands 2025 lineup (Tyler the Creator, Doja Cat, Vampire Weekend, Doechii, Jamie xx, more)

• Breaking the festival formula: 2025’s lineups are defying musical boundaries

• Watch Tomorrowland Winter 2025 sets from Alok, Indira Paganotto, Axwell, more

• Boosie Badazz threatened with legal action for using dead student to promote festival

• Bonobo reveals lineup for Brighton Beach party

• Glastonbury announce full line-up for 2025 Acoustic Stage

• Floating Points and CASISDEAD are going to headline Rally Festival in London

• Blink-182, Hozier, LCD Soundsystem & Lenny Kravitz to Headline 2025 Sea.Hear.Now Festival

• The Hives, Scowl, clipping. & more playing free NYC Record Store Day fest Indieplaza

• Lollapalooza 2025 lineup announced: Tyler, the Creator, Sabrina Carpenter, A$AP Rocky, and more

• David Guetta announces F*** ME I’M FAMOUS residency at Ushuaïa Ibiza

• Fontaines D.C. cancel South American tour dates due to Grian Chatten’s herniated disc

• The Cult announces June 2025 European tour

• Babymetal announce 2025 North American tour with Black Veil Brides, Jinjer, and Bloodywood

• Capitol Hill Block Party 2025: Thundercat, Anderson .Paak, Porter Robinson, 100 gecs, Yaeji, more

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Lady Gaga announces The Mayhem Ball 2025 tour dates

• FKA twigs cancels North American Eusexua tour dates, citing visa issues

• Garbage announce North American tour

• The Church announce The Singles North American tour this summer

• Underworld to headline Boiler Room’s open-air show in London

• The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse announce co-headlining tour

• Julien Baker & Torres cancel shows after “one of our key members sustains a concussion”

• Primus announces Onward & Upward summer 2025 tour with new drummer John Hoffman

• Korn announce Canadian tour with Gojira and Loathe

• Wet Leg debut new songs at secret Brighton show

• Ozzy Osbourne to perform from a throne at Black Sabbath farewell show

• Ministry to embark on North American tour performing With Sympathy and Twitch era material

• A guide to the best parties and panels at Miami Music Week

• Neil Young cancels free Ukraine concert over safety concerns

• Mogwai announce massive outdoor London gig with Lankum for South Facing 2025

• Cordae: Tiny Desk Concert

• Swans announce summer/fall 2025 North American tour

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce an intimate theatre tour with reimagined songs for their 25th anniversary

• Everything But The Girl announce first shows in 25 years

• Third Eye Blind: Tiny Desk Concert