Music News for May 10, 2023

Track By Track: Softlung breaks down his debut album Second Chances

• Today’s Headlines

• Legendary graphic designer Frank Kozik has died

• Sum 41 announce split after upcoming tour, album: ‘Thank you for the last 27 years’

• Diddy and Jermaine Dupri set to face off in epic Verzuz battle

• The Weeknd says his next album is “Probably his last hurrah”

• Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder & Bez form new group Mantra of the Cosmos w/ Ride’s Andy Bell

• Watch Bad Bunny do some crazy shit in a San Juan street fight on WWE Backlash

• Motörhead’s cover of ‘Enter Sandman’ gets its own music video

• Drowning Pool is working on first new music with singer Ryan McCombs in more than a decade

• Limited edition Kendrick Lamar vinyl selling for $2500

• LL Cool J say licensing his catalog has been very lucrative

• Live Nation posts $3.1 billion in revenue, record attendance as global touring returns

• Taylor Swift announces Speak Now as next re-recorded album at Nashville concert

• Listen: Song Exploder podcast takes apart New Order’s era-defining “Blue Monday”

• Prince is getting a highway named after him

• Rob Laakso, of Kurt Vile & The Violators, dead at 44

• New Albums and EPs

• Softlung delivers introspective lyrics and infectious melodies on his debut album Second Chances

• Local Natives announce their fifth studio album, Time Will Wait For No One

• Albert Hammond Jr unveils eight new songs from his forthcoming solo album

• Track By Track: Fake Turins discuss their latest EP, Inheritance

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse

• IDK: F65 review – lush, sprawling soundscapes

• Track By Track: Krooked Tongue’s vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford breaks down their sophomore EP, Deathproof

• Track By Track: LOW-RES takes us deep into their latest album, Därför with this exclusive track by track

• Lil Durk reveals release date and cover art for new album Almost Healed

• Stream Conway The Machine’s new album Won’t He Do It feat. Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Fabolous, Juicy J, & more

• Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!

• Flume shares surprise album Arrived Anxious, Left Bored

• The Flaming Lips Announce Rarities EP Hypnotist

• Alex G announces vinyl-only live album Live From Union Transfer

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in May 2023

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Lemon Twigs, Fred again.. and Eno, and Flume

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 5/8/2023: Alan Palomo and Mac DeMarco, Claire Rousay and Helena Deland, Pentire, kid apollo, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023

• Festival Updates

• Austin City Limits announces stacked lineup with Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette, the 1975, more

• Governors Ball announces 2023 After Dark lineup

• Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin and Paris share first wave of acts

• Bamboozle organizer sued over allegedly unpaid loans

• Sleaford Mods and The Selecter lead first line-up announcement for Rockaway Beach 2024

• Lamb Of God to play special As The Palaces Burn set a Milwaukee Metal Fest to celebrate album’s 20th anniversary

• Heatwave Music Festival returns for its second year with Kx5, Tiësto, Slander, and more!

• ARC Music Festival adds Dax J, Sara Landry, Mike Dunn, and more in massive phase 2 announcement

• The Coachella live debut of Alison Wonderland’s Whyte Fang project brought her a major streaming boost — And she did it while 8 months pregnant

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Ringo Starr announces fall 2023 tour

• Lil Yachty Announces North American Tour

• Danny Elfman confirms 2023 dates for acclaimed live show

• Florist & Skullcrusher announce summer tour with Adelyn Strei

• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs share KEXP session, announce fall tour

• Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s original lineup performs live for first time in 36 years

• Watch Phoebe Bridgers join Taylor Swift in Nashville to debut ‘Nothing New’

• Boldy James announces first tour dates since car accident

• New Tracks

• This Is The Kit releases new single/video ‘More Change’

• Zeds Dead team with HNTR & AIDN for pounding downtempo collab, ‘Aftertaste’

• Nicky Romero drops highly anticipated progressive single, ‘Chapters’

• Peter Gabriel enlists Brian Eno and XL Recordings’ Richard Russell for new song: Listen

• Filter releases new single ‘Face Down’

• Indie Basement (5/5): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

• Sofie Winterson drops emotional new single ‘Lost You To A Boy’

• Australian pop force Blusher announce debut EP / release new single and video ‘Backbone’

• 44 Ardent drops his second single of 2023 with ‘hold the world in your hands’

• Nicky Romero drops highly anticipated progressive anthem ‘Chapters’

• Bring Me The Horizon release massive new emo-pop anthem, ‘LosT’

• Claire Rousay + Helena Deland – ‘Deceiver’

• Love You Later shares ‘Long Sleeves’

• Bishopskin share new single ‘Hey Little Sister’

• Munan releases ‘Mr. Taxi Driver’

• SEB shares ‘sugarhoneyiceicetea’ and ‘moving on’ (featuring Khary)

• Emotional Oranges reveal new single ‘Justified.’

• Dagny releases ‘Heartbreak In The Making.’

• Swim Deep and Jenny Lee Lindberg (Warpaint) link up for ‘King City’ (jennylee’s version)

• New Albums and EPs

• Softlung delivers introspective lyrics and infectious melodies on his debut album Second Chances

• Local Natives announce their fifth studio album, Time Will Wait For No One

• Albert Hammond Jr unveils eight new songs from his forthcoming solo album

• Track By Track: Fake Turins discuss their latest EP, Inheritance

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse

• IDK: F65 review – lush, sprawling soundscapes

• Track By Track: Krooked Tongue’s vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford breaks down their sophomore EP, Deathproof

• Track By Track: LOW-RES takes us deep into their latest album, Därför with this exclusive track by track

• Lil Durk reveals release date and cover art for new album Almost Healed

• Stream Conway The Machine’s new album Won’t He Do It feat. Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Fabolous, Juicy J, & more

• Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!

• Flume shares surprise album Arrived Anxious, Left Bored

• The Flaming Lips Announce Rarities EP Hypnotist

• Alex G announces vinyl-only live album Live From Union Transfer

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in May 2023

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Lemon Twigs, Fred again.. and Eno, and Flume

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 5/8/2023: Alan Palomo and Mac DeMarco, Claire Rousay and Helena Deland, Pentire, kid apollo, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023

• Festival Updates

• Austin City Limits announces stacked lineup with Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette, the 1975, more

• Governors Ball announces 2023 After Dark lineup

• Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin and Paris share first wave of acts

• Bamboozle organizer sued over allegedly unpaid loans

• Sleaford Mods and The Selecter lead first line-up announcement for Rockaway Beach 2024

• Lamb Of God to play special As The Palaces Burn set a Milwaukee Metal Fest to celebrate album’s 20th anniversary

• Heatwave Music Festival returns for its second year with Kx5, Tiësto, Slander, and more!

• ARC Music Festival adds Dax J, Sara Landry, Mike Dunn, and more in massive phase 2 announcement