Music News for May 24, 2023

Ugly release ‘The Wheel’

• Today’s Headlines

• Tina Turner dies at 83

• Arlo Parks has written songs “every single day” since the age of seven

• ILLENIUM releases animated movie STARFALL paired with his latest album

• Foo Fighters reveal new drummer Josh Freese, Taylor Hawkins’ successor

• Ice Cube warns he’ll sue any A.I. creator who uses his voice – Watch

• New AI-generated video for Type O Negative’s ‘Halloween in Heaven’ unveiled for World Goth Day: Watch

• Paul Simon reveals he’s losing his hearing amid health concerns

• Kurt Cobain’s Nevermind-era smashed guitar sells for $595,900

• 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• Courtney Love shares Kurt Cobain’s unpublished scrapped lyrics for Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’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

• 100 gecs announce 2023 European tour dates

• Fear Factory announces fall 2023 European tour with Butcher Babies, Ignea

• Love and Rockets plays first show in 15 years at Cruel World — here’s setlist and video

• Watch Foo Fighters debut new music on free global streaming event

• 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

• The Weeknd debuts new Playboi Carti collab as The Idol premieres at Cannes Film Festival

• Runnner releases brand new single ‘Bluejay’

• Guided By Voices – ‘Seedling’

• Jeff Rosenstock announces 2023 North American tour, shares video for new song: Watch

• Militarie Gun – ‘Will Logic’

• Johanna Samuels shares new single ‘Golden Gate’

• 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

• Punk in the Park 2023 lineup: Pennywise, Descendents, Circle Jerks, more

• Wiz Khalifa leads massive tribute to DMX, Pop Smoke & more at Puerto Rico festival

• Love and Rockets reborn with first performance in 15 years at Cruel World 2023

• Tool’s Maynard James Keenan challenges Florida’s anti-drag law at Welcome to Rockville Fest: Photos

• Watch Siouxsie Sioux play her first US show in 15 years @ Cruel World (setlist, video)

• 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

• Loraine James announces new album Gentle Confrontation, shares video for new song ‘2003’: Watch

• Will Oldham reactivates Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy for first album in four years

• 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: Pony, Sleep Token, and Eleni Drake

• 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!

• Notable album releases for 2023