Music News for May 18, 2023

viisi releases new single ‘one day’

• Today’s Headlines

• slowthai charged with rape in Oxford, denies charges

• 10 best psychedelic rock / metal albums of the 21st century as chosen by Royal Thunder’s Josh Weaver

• 10 best psychedelic rock / metal albums of the 21st century as chosen by Royal Thunder’s Josh Weaver

• The Weeknd drops stage name on Twitter and Instagram, goes by birth name now

• Ryuichi Sakamoto’s management share the playlist he compiled for his own funeral

• How culture wars and conspiracy theories inspired Sleaford Mods’ latest album

• Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong joins London cover band for impromptu ‘Basket Case’

• Former Suicidal Tendencies, Marilyn Manson drummer Brandon Pertzborn joins The Offspring

• Pop Smoke murder suspect confesses to fatally shooting rapper

• See Tony Hawk sing crushing cover of Nine Inch Nails ‘Wish’

• Printworks delivers one last dance for the ages

• HAIM sing their ABCs on Sesame Street: Watch

• Doja Cat named Pop Songwriter of the Year at 2023 BMI Pop Awards

• Robert Trujillo names his favorite Metallica album

• 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

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Lil Durk announces Sorry for the Drought tour with Kodak Black, NLE Choppa and DD Osama

• KING’S X announces spring/summer 2023 U.S. tour dates

• Lewis Capaldi: Tiny Desk Concert

• Liz Phair announces Exile in Guyville 30th anniversary tour with Blondshell

• Squeeze & Psychedelic Furs announce co-headlining tour

• Karol G: Tiny Desk Concert

• Ice Nine Kills announces Fear The Premiere summer 2023 tour

• The Hives announce fall 2023 North American tour

• Steel Panther announces summer 2023 U.S. tour

• Watch: Coal Chamber played their first show since 2015

• Anderson .Paak welcomes Smokey Robinson, Isley Brothers at .Paak House Benefit

• The Sisters of Mercy Return to the US with 23 song set of classic and new material — See setlist and video

• My Morning Jacket announce fall 2023 tour dates

• The Cure played two songs they hadn’t done in 36 years at US tour opener

• N.O.R.E. delivers rare performance at Lovers & Friends, jokes that it’s his last

• Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar announce first show in 21 years

• New Tracks

• Nature TV shares new single ‘Illusions’

• HotWax releases ‘Rip It Out’

• Al Costelloe (ex-Big Deal) announces debut solo EP/releases title track ‘So Neurotic’

• Deer Tick release ‘Once In A Lifetime’

• Hear Foo Fighters’ heavy-hearted new singl’ “Under You’

• The Used drop next single from upcoming album Toxic Positivity

• New Drake and Tems collab ‘Only Me’ surfaces online

• AVIV shares her first new music of 2023 ‘Jimmy’s House’

• Natisa Gogol releases ‘Aesthetics’

• Mother Tongues release ‘Worm Day.’

• NOT A TOY reveal new single ‘Nervous’

• Emotional Oranges connect with Nonso Amadi on ‘Not Worthy’

• beachtown share new EP ‘UNSAYABLE’ via Young Poet Records

• Zylva shares new single ‘Eyelash’

• Far Caspian debuts new single/video ‘Own’

• AlienBlaze unveils new single ‘Lovesick’ (feat. OmenXIII)

• Lauren Early releases new single ‘Twisted’

• Brasstracks drops ‘Indigo’ (feat. Adelaide James)

• Chinwe releases ‘Come Fly With Me’

• mlbacard¡ shares her debut single ‘KETCHUP’

• 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’

• 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’

• Festival Updates

• Slowthai removed from Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds festival lineups following court appearance on rape charges

• The National’s Homecoming 2023 lineup led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen

• Guns N’ Roses to co-headline this year’s Music Countdown festival in Atlanta

• Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Cure among headliners of this year’s Riot Fest

• Bumbershoot announces 2023 daily lineups, adds artists

• Music Midtown announces lineup with The 1975, Billie Eilish, Guns N’ Roses, more

• Bonnaroo 2023 set times (Kendrick, Paramore, Foo Fighters, AFI, Pixies, Knocked Loose & more)

• Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch, Staind, Danzig added to 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

• ShipRocked announces 2024 lineup featuring I Prevail, Highly Suspect, Badflower, more

• Lost Lands reveals full lineup for 2023

• New Albums and EPs

• Blur announce first album in eight years, share new single ‘The Narcissist’

• Busta Rhymes confirms new album includes production from Pharrell and Timbaland

• Hozier’s first album in four years will arrive in August

• Travis Scott says Utopia is ‘on the way,’ played album for Houston Astros

• Post Malone announces new LP Austin & North American tour

• Kim Petras announces long-awaited debut album Feed the Beast

• Spoon announce new Memory Dust EP, share ‘Sugar Babies’: Stream

• See Corey Taylor’s new CMF2 album announcement, music video, and 2023 tour dates

• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard detail new album PetroDragonic Apocalypse, share ‘Gila Monster’: Stream

• Listen to Wiki’s soulful new mixtape Papiseed Street VOL . 1

• Bright Eyes announce the final installment of Companion releases

• Daft Punk unveil Random Access Memories 10th anniversary edition: Stream

• Queens of the Stone Age announce new album In Times New Roman…, share song: Listen

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

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

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

• 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

• Flume shares surprise album Arrived Anxious, Left Bored

• The Flaming Lips Announce Rarities EP Hypnotist

• 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: Alison Goldfrapp, Overmono, and Memotone

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 5/15/2023: Arlo Parks, Killer Mike, Far Caspian, My life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Softlung, and more!

• Notable album releases for 2023