Music News for March 6, 2025

Radio Free Alice’s ‘Empty Words’ packs a post-punk punch

• Today’s Headlines

• Ghetto house pioneer DJ Funk dies aged 54

• Legendary jazz musician Roy Ayers dead at 84

• The intriguing Range Life: A Pavement Story teaser trailer stars Joe Keery as Stephen Malkmus

• Coldplay will help curate first World Cup Final Halftime Show

• Aphex Twin crafts “Mostly Mellow” playlist for Supreme

• Thurston Moore went on Track Star

• 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

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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

• New Tracks

• Massive Attack premiere unreleased song in new art installation Piccadilly Un:Plugged

• Runnner – ‘Spackle’

• Munan unveils energetic new single ‘Fake Love Friday Night’

• Marcel’s ‘Basho Basho Basho’ dives into the void with noise-punk fury

• shower curtain drops ‘starpower’ Computerwife Remix ahead of ‘words from a wishing well (Deluxe Edition)’ release

• 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’

• 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

• Glastonbury Music Festival reveals 2025 lineup

• There will be “multiple secret sets” at Download Festival 2025

• blink-182, Deftones, Korn assemble for Aftershock Festival

• Lambrini Girls, SOFT PLAY, Hinds and more to join IDLES at their Bristol Block Party

• 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

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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