What We’re Listening To Playlist for 5/22/2023: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, King Krule, Spoon, Blur, HEALTH and SIERRA, and more!
- Today’s Headlines
Imagine Dragons to chronicle their rise to fame in new documentary
Rare Fugazi footage screening at Nitehawk Williamsburg & Prospect Park
A beginner’s guide to Brian Eno
The Smiths’ Andy Rourke dead at 59
Courtney Love shares Kurt Cobain’s unpublished scrapped lyrics for Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
XXXTentacion killer gets reduced sentenced after testifying against co-defendants
Weezer Rock the Hollywood writers strike picket line with impromptu unplugged set
A beginner’s guide to shoegaze in five essential albums
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
Motörhead’s cover of ‘Enter Sandman’ gets its own music video
- Tour & Live Music Updates
aespa announce Europe, US legs of 2023 SYNK: Hyper Line world tour
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
- New Tracks
Beyoncé enlists Kendrick Lamar for ‘America Has a Problem’ Remix
Skepsis, Turno, and Charlotte Plank release ‘Rave Out.’
Nas ‘Transforms’ with Tobe Nwigwe & Jacob Banks for ‘On My Soul’” Listen
viisi releases new single ‘one day’
Bad Bunny reveals new single ‘Where She Goes’: Stream
Post Malone drinks through the good times and bad on new song “Mourning
Peter Gabriel debuts new songs at i/o tour opener, first show in nine years
YAOUNDÉBOXINGCLUB releases new collaboration with tmdistant, ‘Did It My Way’
Oslo Twins release new single ‘Miss Yesterday’/Announce debut EP
Fake A Smile release ‘Don’t Stop’
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’
Far Caspian debuts new single/video ‘Own’
- Festival Updates
Carl Cox confirmed for Glastonbury 2023
Hopscotch 2023 lineup: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast, SDRE, Dinosaur Jr, more
Skrillex, Eric Prydz, Jai Paul & Nelly Furtado lead Portola 2023 lineup
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
- New Albums and EPs
Skrillex teases third 2023 album “London is Londoning, Next album is albuming”
Fontaines D.C. already have “bits and pieces” for their next album
OSEES announce synth-pop-inspired album Intercepted Message, share title track: Stream
Rezz & Grabbitz release new single ‘Signal’ off Rezz’s upcoming IT’S NOT A PHASE EP
Jorja Smith details new album falling or flying
Blur announce first album in eight years, share new single ‘The Narcissist’
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
- 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