Music News for March 8, 2024

Yves V electrifies with high-energy release ‘Speed Of Light’ on Spinnin’ Records

• Today’s Headlines

• Everything Everything: Human/kind

• Bill introduced to increase streaming payments for musicians

• Jim Beard, Steely Dan keyboardist, dies at 63

• What makes something jungle?

• Questlove details new book hip-hop is history

• Jay Weinberg officially joins Suicidal Tendencies

• How PinkPantheress’ perfectionism took her from bedroom beats to the Billboard charts

• Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones on going solo: “I want to make music like filmmakers make films”

• Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’ surpasses one billion streams on Spotify

• Calvin Harris reveals bizarre jet lag cure: “I’m surprised they get through security”

• Machine Gun Kelly apparently changed his stage name to mgk

• 190-million-year-old fossil named in honor of Alice Cooper

• Jam Master Jay murderers found guilty

• Dame Dash sued for nearly $400 million for allegedly not paying photographer for photos

• Plans approved for statue of Motörhead frontman Lemmy in his U.K. birthplace

• 5 albums I can’t live without: Ace Frehley of KISS

• Interview: Ace Frehley says new solo album is ‘one of the best records i’ve ever recorded’

• Yo Gotti is worth $100 million, Forbes reports

• Foreigner’s Mick Jones reveals Parkinson’s disease diagnosis

• Four Beatles biopics in the works from Sam Mendes

• New Albums and EPs

• Kanye West gives update on Vultures 2 as album fails to drop

• YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ransom and Harry Fraud, MIKE and more – New hip-hop projects

• Sleater-Kinney release new Frayed Rope Sessions EP

• Slash announces star-studded blues covers LP Orgy of the Damned

• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds announce new album Wild God

• Kamasi Washington announces album and tour, shares video for new song ‘Prologue’: Watch

• New Kids on the Block announce first new album in 11 years, ‘Still Kids’

• Cloud Nothings announce 2024 tour dates

• Of Montreal announces tour and new album Lady on the Cusp, shares video for new song: Watch

• St. Vincent announces new album All Born Screaming, unveils single ‘Broken Man’: Stream

• twenty one pilots announce new album Clancy

• Charli XCX announces new album Brat, out this summer

• Mdou Moctar announce new album Funeral for Justice and 2024 tour dates

• Cloud Nothings announce new album Final Summer, share video for new song: Watch

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• New Tracks

• Girl In Red – Doing It Again Baby’

• Sharon Van Etten joins King Hannah on new single, ‘Big Swimmer’

• Amanda Cy’s emotionally charged single ‘A Mother’s Touch’ sets the stage for her upcoming Waterworks EP

• Street Fever’s ‘Fate’ is a sonic reflection on self-love, desire, and spiritual discovery

• PUÀ release final single ‘Magic Dance’ from anticipated album Animali

• Magana conjures sonic magic with her final Teeth single, ‘Break Free’

• Max Blansjaar releases lead single ‘Anna Madonna’ from upcoming debut album

• Luke Hemmings drops soul-stirring single ‘Shakes’ as prelude to new EP, boy

• Blitzen Trapper release dreamy new single ‘Hello Hallelujah’

• Iron & Wine shares Fiona Apple duet from new album, ‘All In Good Time’ (listen)

• Ceiling Spirits unveil enchanting prelude ‘Falter’ from collaborative opus ‘The Bloodwren’ with The National and Augustines members

• Chinwe dives deep into love’s abyss with ‘Down’

• Mal Not Bad releases their new low-key single ‘No Worries’ and announces debut album ‘This Is Your New Life’

• Mike Lindsay conjures up culinary magic with ‘Kachumber’

• Library Card unveil their newest single ‘For The World Is Hollow’

• Lamplight shares the title track from their self-titled debut album

• ELLiS·D unveils dark and unrelenting new single ‘Humdrum’

• New Radicals’ Gregg Alexander shares his original demo for ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’

• Dehd share ‘Light On’ alongside forthcoming UK tour dates

• The Red Pears drop anthemic single ‘Didn’t Realize’ / Announce album Better Late Than Never

• Copenhagen’s Fie Eike releases emotionally charged piano ballad ‘Sad’

• Beams release invigorating single ‘A.W.I.L’ / Announces new album ‘Requiem for a Planet’

• Mackenzy Mackay drops ‘Cold Stare’ and announces UK/EU headline tour

• Alberta Cross release powerful new single ‘Watch Me Fall Down’

• Kayla DiVenere releases catchy alt-pop single ‘Small Talk’

• Your Future Ghost releases a Dance anthem of unapologetic messiness ‘PRITTY’

• Paper Wings release soul-searching title track ‘Listen to the World Spin’ ahead of March album

• Bully returns with new single, ‘Atom Bomb’

• Martial Arts release pent-up energy on debut single ‘Warsaw’

• Zero Point Energy announce debut album ‘Tilted Planet’ / Release lead single ‘Over My Head’

• cln unveils enchanting single ‘rainonmyparade’ from upcoming album

• Blusher paints the town with electro-pop anthem ‘Rave Angel’Blusher unleashes late-night magic with ‘Rave Angel’ 3 am Edits

• Bibi Club releases dynamic new single ‘L’île aux bleuets’ / Announce new album ‘Feu de garde’

• Murdo Mitchell’s emotional journey pours over in new single ‘One Glass’

• Lei Hope announces ambitious new EP Matrices / Releases new single ’21’

• Brighton’s Trip Westerns unleash the wild spirit of the West with ‘False Start’

• Tilly Louise shines on her dynamic new single ‘Restart

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• Festival Updates

• J. Cole Names SZA, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown as Dreamville Festival 2024 headliners

• The National and Jorja Smith lead first 50 names for Ireland’s All Together Now Festival 2024

• Jonas Brothers, Zedd, Mumford & Sons to headline NCAA March Madness Music Festival

• Sublime and Rebelution will headline inaugural Point Break Music Festival

• HARD Summer 2024 Lineup: Disclosure, Nelly Furtado, Jamie xx — And a new location

• Mary J Blige announces 2024 Strength of a Woman Fest & Summit (50 Cent, Jill Scott, Fat Joe, more)

• Rock the Bells Cruise 2024: Jadakiss, E-40, Rakim, Digable Planets, more

• Project Pabst returns in 2024 with lineup led by Billy Idol, Big Thief & Denzel Curry

• Love Rocks NYC 2024 to Feature Dave Grohl, The Black Keys, and Hozier

• Takedown Festival has been postponed to 2025

• SZA announced as new BST Hyde Park headliner

• 50 Cent, Killer Mike, Nas & more to perform at Ottawa Bluesfest

• LCD Soundsystem and Loyle Carner lead Forwards Festival 2024 line-up

• Deep Tropics unveils 2024 headliners Ft. Kaskade, RL Grime & More + Sustainability Summit

• Carl Cox explains absence from Ultra Miami 2024, announce 2025 headline set

• Slayer, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Pantera, and Judas Priest set for 2024 Aftershock Festival

• Lil Wayne, Summer Walker, Latto, Gucci Mane set for inaugural TwoGether Land Festival

• Kaytranada confirmed as next All Points East headliner

• Willie Nelson annonces Outlaw Music Festival tour with Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp, more

• Osheaga 2024 lineup (SZA, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Sleater-Kinney, Alvvays, more)

• New punk festival No Values unveils 2024 lineup

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Karol G performs ‘Amargura’ | Billboard Women In Music 2024

• Ween cancel April tour dates as Dean Ween tends to “mental and spiritual well being”

• Kid Cudi announces Insano World Tour with Pusha T & Jaden Smith: Here are the dates

• Busta Rhymes cancels Blockbustsa tour a week before it was to begin

• Ben Folds announces Paper Airplane Request tour in 2024

• Josh Homme announces benefit concert with Dave Grohl, Chad Smith, St. Vincent

• The Black Dahlia Murder share European tour dates

• Korn announces 30th-anniversary show at Los Angeles’s BMO Stadium with Evanescence, Gojira, Scars on Broadway

• Kim Gordon announces tour, including Basilica Hudson

• Garbage confirm 2024 UK and European live dates

• The Black Keys announce 2024 UK shows – including Brixton Academy dates

• Kacey Musgraves forgets her shoes and goes barefoot for one-of-a-kind SNL performance

• Rihanna plays first show in eight years at billionaire’s wedding in India

• Kacey Musgraves announces arena tour with Father John Misty, Nickel Creek, Lord Huron, shares song

• Sigur Rós announce fall tour with Wordless Music Orchestra

• 21 Savage announces spring 2024 North American tour

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward To In March 2024

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Faye Webster, Everything Everything, and Yard Act

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 3/04/2024: Bleachers, Charli XCX, Paper Wings, ScHoolboy Q, J Balvin, Faye Webster, Yard Act, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2024