Music News for March 5, 2025

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• Today’s Headlines

• The Alchemist shares list of rappers he was never able to work with

• Fans react to Ghost’s new frontman Papa V Perpetua + ‘Satanized’ song

• Charli xcx wins five BRIT Awards including Album, Artist and Song of the Year

• Wu-Tang Clan share cinematic trailer for Final Chamber Tour narrated by Ernie Johnson

• David Johansen, New York Dolls frontman, dies at 75

• The Notorious B.I.G.’s publishing and publicity rights to be sold for over $100 million – Report

• MF Doom’s notebooks returned to his widow after lawsuit settled amicably

• bdrmm tell us how Bjork, Tim Hecker, Nine Inch Nails & more influenced their great new album ‘Microtonic’

• Band to watch: Glixen

• Jam Master Jay’s killer stabbed during fight in Brooklyn jail

• Pitchfork announces new quarterly zine

• A. G. Cook wins BRITs Producer Of The Year

• Tory Lanez prison recording halted by crazy riot

• Roberta Flack, legendary R&B singer, dead at 88

• Longtime Korn bassist says he hasn’t spoken to band since 2019

• Voletta Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G.’s mom, dead at 78

• Saya Gray is constantly in motion

• J. Cole says he’s ‘balancing’ family life & music: ‘It’s a juggling act’

• The Jam’s Rick Buckler dies at 69

• Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky is found not guilty in firearm case, avoiding prison

• Layne Staley’s lost journals to be published as book titled This Angry Pen

• Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is selling a Banksy artwork worth $6 million

• John Lydon calls Sex Pistols and Frank Carter tour “karaoke” and “almost malicious in its intent”

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• New Albums and EPs

• Car Seat Headrest announce new album The Scholars

• Big Black Delta channels something higher on ADONAI

• chest. deliver raw energy on debut EP All Good Things End

• Paris Texas have dropped a second surprise EP, They Left Me With A Gun

• Garbage announces new album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

• Billy Idol announces new album Dream Into It, unveils single ‘Still Dancing’: Stream

• Tate McRae – So Close to What

• daste. craft an immersive escape with ‘dasteWORLD’

• Rum Jungle Embraces Evolution on Recency Bias

• Glixen crafts heavy haze on Quiet Pleasures EP

• New Tracks

• Doechii releases new single ‘Anxiety’: Stream

• SPELLLING – ‘Destiny Arrives’

• Illuminati Hotties – ‘777’

• The Jesus Lizard – ‘I’m Tired Of Being Your Mother’

• Dean Johnson shares new single ‘Blue Moon’ via Saddle Creek

• Vinyl Williams releases psychedelic single ‘Find The Hidden’ with interactive video

• OHYUNG shares new single and video ‘i swear that i could die rn’

• Destroyer – ‘Cataract Time’

• Adwaith reflects on new single ‘Heddiw / Yfory’

• Taxidermists unleash fuzzed-out new single ‘Needles To Say’

• Wylderness returns with dreamy shoegaze single ‘Is It Summer’

• Rebūke and Linska reimagine Trainspotting with futuristic techno anthem ‘Choose Life

• Maddix & Gabry Ponte unleash blazing techno anthem ‘Hellfire’

• The Bloody Beetroots release explosive new track ‘Killing Punk’ featuring Bob Vylan

• HAYLA releases new version of ‘Fall Again’ with the DUSK edit

• Keyside confronts hard truths with new single ‘Michael (What’s Your Call?)’

• Turtle Skull grabs hold of their raw energy on new single ‘Into the Sun’

• Tommy Down delivers dreamy soul on new single ‘Do You Want It All?’

• Doves offer a soothing reflection with ‘A Drop In The Ocean’

• Adult Leisure welcomes rebellion on new single ‘Dancing Don’t Feel Right’

• Krooked Tongue confronts digital detachment on new single ‘Let ‘Em Loose’

• Avery Friedman captures queer longing and nostalgia on new single ‘Photo Booth’

• Lizzo – ‘Love In Real Life’

• Sports Team have released ‘Maybe When We’re 30’ ahead of their third album: “It’s a song for Brooklyn Beckham”

• Theo Bleak captures fleeting beauty in new single ‘Peach Sky’

• Um, Jennifer? captures the chaos of unrequited love on new single ‘Delancey’

• Pynch captures the search for normalcy on new single ‘The Supermarket’

• Logo shares haunting debut single ‘Glass’

• Viagra Boys unveil new song ‘Uno II’: Stream

• The Head and the Heart announce new album, reveal origins of new song ‘After The Setting Sun’: Exclusive

• Blackwater Holylight shares expansive new single ‘Wandering Lost’

• Teether and Kuya Neil showcase their softer side on ‘BLUSH’

• Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals drop scorching single ‘The Iron Wall’

• Mappe Of marries the real and ethereal in ‘Happiness In The Singularity’

• Photay unveils expansive new single ‘Jet Stream’

• HARLEY GIRL delivers club-ready energy with ‘do it like that’

• Momma unveils lush and reflective new single ‘Bottle Blonde’

• Julien Baker & Torres – ‘Tuesday’

• Goose delivers haunting intensity on new single ‘Lead Up’

• Faux Real and Wet Leg reimagine ‘Walking Away From My Demons’ with a bold remix

• Your Grandparents share ‘White Flags,’ a soulful anthem of resilience

• Population II release hypnotic new single ‘Mariano (Jamais je ne t’oublierai)’

• Isolated Youth tease their dark debut album with introspective title track ‘Miserere Mei’

• Chance Peña captures heartbreak in new single ‘Good Love Die’

• The Streets – ‘How To Win At Rock Paper Scissors’

• Gabry Ponte ignites the dancefloor with Latin-infused single ‘Exotica’

• Sophie and the Giants unleashes euphoric dance anthem ‘Red Light’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Track By Track: Cut Glass Kings walks us through their latest album, ‘From A Distant Place’

• The music that influenced CATHEDRALE’s latest album, Poison

• Interview: daste. delves into their creative process, lessons from their debut album, their excitement for touring, and more

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: bdrmm, Mdou Moctar, and Doves

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 3/3/2025: Deep Sea Diver, Viagra Boys, girl in red, bdrmm, The Head And The Heart, Hope Tala, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• Minus the Bear announces first reunion show for upcoming Best Friends Forever Fest

• Dom Dolla, Kaytranada, Feid & Sara Landry lead HARD Summer 2025 lineup

• Forwards Festival has confirmed five headliners for 2025, including Jorja Smith, Doechii and The Last Dinner Party

• Heartworms, Matilda Mann, Good Neighbors and more added to 2025 Reading & Leeds lineup

• Kalorama Madrid reveals 2025 lineup with Pet Shop Boys, Jorja Smith, & more

• Neil Young and the chrome hearts to headline BST Hyde Park

• Kneecap, Wet Leg and Underworld are going to headline Green Man Festival 2025

• Deftones, My Chemical Romance & Blink-182 set to headline Shaky Knees Music Festival

• Borderland 2025 lineup (Vampire Weekend, Khruangbin, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, more)

• Project Pabst 2025: Iggy Pop, DEVO, Death Cab, Japanese Breakfast, Cap’n Jazz, Mannequin Pussy, more

• Pickathon 2025: initial lineup announced

• Download Festival reveal full 2025 day and stage splits

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Thom Yorke shares menacing live performance of ‘Back In The Game’ collab with Mark Pritchard

• Saya Gray: Tiny Desk Concert

• Bruce Dickinson announces his first solo North American tour in nearly 30 years

• The Offspring announces North American tour with Jimmy Eat World & New Found Glory

• Exodus, Deicide & Misfire announce North American tour

• The Beta Band are back, announce first tour in 20 years (North America included)

• Neil Young to play free concert in Ukraine

• Bring Me The Horizon announce U.S. headline tour with Motionless In White and more

• The Dandy Warhols announce spring tour

• Stereolab announce sprawling 2025 tour, vinyl album reissues

• Father John Misty performs unreleased song ‘The Dead Mouse One’ on Colbert: Watch

• Soccer Mommy performs stripped-down rendition of ‘Driver’ on Kimmel: Watch

• The Kills announce North American headline dates around tour with QOTSA

• Drake abruptly cancels the remaining dates of his Australian tour

• Young Thug announces first show since release from jail

• The Mars Volta may have just debuted their whole new album live on Deftones tour (watch)

• Watch Waxahatchee perform a gorgeous ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Fallon

• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts announce 2025 tour

• Pantera announce summer 2025 US tour