Music News for May 7, 2025

Shunkan wrestles with duality and catharsis on Kamikaze Girl

• Today’s Headlines

• Nardwuar to receive his own Nike SB Dunk Low collaboration

• Remembering Pere Ubu’s David Thomas, a frontman who preserved chaos

• Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil names 6 bands he’d like to see in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• 50 best hip-hop diss songs of all time

• Massive Attack throw their support behind Kneecap: ‘Gaza is the story’

• The Alarm singer Mike Peters dead at 66

• Fugazi to release archival concert recordings on streaming services

• Matt Pinfield says he is “slowly but surely recovering” after two months in coma

• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 includes OutKast, Soundgarden and Cyndi Lauper

• Al Jourgensen is saying goodbye to Ministry — for real this time: “My ears are tired from music”

• Kneecap say they’ve faced “coordinated smear campaign” since Coachella

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• New Albums and EPs

• Soccer Mommy announces Evergreen (Stripped) EP, shares new song: Listen

• Yungblud announces part one of his new double-album, Idols

• André 3000 surprise releases new project 7 piano sketches

• Men I Trust share their second album of 2025, Equus Caballus

• Every INXS album, ranked

• Teether & Kuya Neil build a dark, vivid world on YEARN IV

• Wishy explore new dimensions on Planet Popstar EP

• R.E.M. release Radio Free Europe benefit EP as Trump moves to cut PBS & NPR funding

• Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts announce new album, reveal Elon Musk diss track “Let’s Roll Again”: Stream

• Lorde announces new album Virgin

• Car Seat Headrest on talkin’ ‘bout their generation with ambitious new rock opera

• Indigo De Souza announces new album Precipice, unveils ‘Heartthrob’: Stream

• Cotoba finds strength in sorrow on new EP Sin Swims

• Tennis says goodbye with Face Down In The Garden

• SOAPBOX double down with ferocious new EP LOCK IN

• Fib shatters genre conventions on debut album Heavy Lifting

• Jawdropped tap into grungy power pop glory on debut EP Just Fantasy

• La Flemme brings the party with its explosive debut album La Fête

• SYIRD introduces a versatile sonic identity on self-titled debut EP

• Technicolor Blood returns with their heaviest trip yet on Evolution Now

• New Tracks

• Fiona Apple drops first new song in 5 years, intense tribute to mothers trapped in detention, ‘Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)’

• Anamanaguchi usher in a new era with ‘Darcie,’ the lead single from upcoming album Anyway

• U.S. Girls shares expansive new single ‘Bookends’ ahead of forthcoming album

• shower curtain shares dreamy ‘tell u’ Crate Remix ahead of deluxe album release

• Flooding confronts male fragility on new single ‘your silence is my favorite song’

• Brutus VIII confronts body image head-on in harrowing new single ‘My Eating Disorder’

• Rico Nasty has shared new single ‘Butterfly Kisses’ ahead of her third album Lethal

• HEALTH and Chelsea Wolfe deliver industrial collab on new single ‘MEAN’

• Newton Faulkner returns with explosive new single ‘Alright Alright Alright’

• Grant Pavol taps into ’90s guitar glory with latest single ‘He Ain’t Right’

• Damiano David unveils infectious new single ‘Voices’ ahead of debut solo album

• Rebūke and P.T. Adamczyk explore dystopian emotion on double single ‘Forever / Chaos’

• AViVA unleashes a fierce critique of the industry with new single ‘Heaven & Hell’

• Subtronics and Flowdan reunite on relentless new single ‘Hunter’

• Mon Rovîa shares stirring new single ‘Oh Wide World’ in support of mental health awareness

• Todd Modern returns with fuzzy, emotional new single ‘break the glass <333'

• The Cure share ‘Warsong’ remix by Deftones’ Chino Moreno

• Flume X Jpegmafia – ‘AI GIRLFRIEND’

• Primus & Tool’s Maynard James Keenan team up on ‘Little Lord Fentanyl’

• Westside Gunn drops ‘Egypt’ remix with some help from Doechii

• Das Mörtal unleashes raw techno fury on new single ‘Falsche Daten’

• Home Is Where grapple with grief and Americana in ‘milk & diesel’

• Kassie Krut and Panda Bear twist sonic boundaries on ‘Hooh Beat’ – Panda Bear Remix

• King Hüsky questions conspiracy and everyday chaos on ‘Heads Above Water’

• Pry reflects on regret and hope in new single ‘Greener’

• 81355 stretch its boundaries on soaring new single ‘Guitar’

• Turnstile shares two new songs, ‘Seein’ Stars’ And ‘Birds’

• Munan blends jungle and nostalgia on latest single ‘Jeju Organic Green Tea’

• Powerplant returns with thrilling new single ‘Crashing Cars’

• Sufjan Stevens releases ‘Death With Dignity (Demo)’: Listen

• Car Seat Headrest – ‘The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)’

• Far Caspian returns with warm, uplifting new single ‘First Day’

• Sea Lemon shares haunting new single ‘Give In’ ahead of debut album

• beaming find radiance in restlessness on new single ‘colors’

• AThe Family Battenberg lets loose on fuzzy new single ‘Anteater!’

• James Lloyd Smith finds solace in nature with gentle new single ‘Lake Walk’

• Alison Wonderland – ‘Get Started’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• The music that influenced Steel Wool’s eponymous debut EP

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Jenny Hval, Blondshell, and Car Seat Headrest

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 5/5/2025: Alison Wonderland, Sufjan Stevens, Turnstile, The Cure and Chino Moreno, Damiano David, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• 7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025

• ACL Fest 2025 lineup (Sabrina Carpenter, The Strokes, Doechii, Doja Cat, Rilo Kiley, Mk.gee, more)

• Kendrick Lamar and Doechii to set to Headline Spilt Milk 2025

• The bands you need to see at Mad Cool 2025

• Tony Hawk announces ‘Pro Skater’ music festival

• Pitchfork Festival booker launches new Chicago fest

• Coachella 2026 Tickets: Complete buying guide, dates & pricing

• Flow Festival Helsinki announce new names for stacked 2025 line up

• Roskilde reveals full line-up for 2025

• Open’er unveil Muse as 2025 headliners

• Lana Del Rey debuts new music at Stagecoach, says she “Kissed Morgan Wallen”

• Mumford and Sons added to Stagecoach 2025

• Riot Fest reveals full 2025 20th anniversary lineup

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Descendents announce summer tour with Teen Mortgage, Liquid Mike & MattstaGraham

• The Chemical Brothers announce DJ dates

• Big Thief announce fall 2025 tour

• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club announce Howl 20th anniversary UK and European tour

• Grandaddy playing ‘The Sophtware Slump’ in full on first North American tour in 21 years

• Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa address show cancellations, reference Kneecap controversy

• Cannibal Corpse announces September/October 2025 U.S. tour with Municipal Waste and Fulci

• Turnstile announce free Baltimore show to benefit health care for the homeless

• Lady Gaga rocks Copacabana Beach with a free concert for more than 2 million fans

• Julien Baker & Torres cancel remainder of spring tour dates

• Wet Leg announce North American tour with mary in the junkyard

• Ed Sheeran announces three summer homecoming shows in Ipswich with tons of special guests

• Beyoncé launches COWBOY CARTER TOUR with 41-song setlist

• Haim announce tour of North America and United Kingdom

• Watch: Linkin Park kicks off 2025 From Zero North American tour in Austin