Music News for October 22, 2022

Agar Agar release their second single of 2022 ‘The Visit’

• Today’s Headlines

• Hit-Boy comes clean on his relationship with Ye, discusses his production credits and dropping new music

• Iggy Pop signs new deal with Atlantic and Gold Tooth, announces new single ‘Frenzy’

• Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige & Chris Brown among Soul Train Awards 2022 nominees

• Kanye West admits his anti-semitic comments were racist, says he ‘fought fire with fire’

• Mike Patton delves deeper into mental issues that caused Faith No More cancellations

• Yard Act talk meeting Beck and when to expect their “complex” next album

• Little Simz wins Mercury Prize2022

• 1001tracklists reveals annual Top 101 Producers of 2022

• Jay-Z Sues Bacardi over D’Usse partnership, demands to see all books and records

• SZA has written 100 songs for her new album, which could arrive “any day” now

• Def Leppard book ‘Definitely: The Official Story Of Def Leppard’ due in early 2023

• Daft Punk join TikTok

• Inside Mumbai’s underground hip-hop scene

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• Interview: Young Poet discusses what sets them apart, their biggest challenges, and the new music we can look forward to

• 10 Albums to Look Forward to in October 2022

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Skullcrusher, Bill Callahan, and Plains

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 10/17/2022: SAULT, Dry Cleaning, girl in red, clipping and Slikback, and Fazerdaze, and more!

• The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022

• Artists to Watch in 2022

• Notable album releases for 2022

• Festival Updates

• Bruno Mars, Post Malone, and DJ Khaled to headline Saudi Arabian music festival

• SXSW announces first wave of 2023 showcasing artists

• New Tracks

• Siv Jakobsen releases new single ‘Tangerine’ from her upcoming album out January 2023

• Florence Arman returns with her latest new single ‘Friends’

• Taylor Swift releases 7 new songs just hours after new album Midnights: Listen

• Roddy Ricch shares new song and video ‘Aston Martin Truck’

• R.A.P. Ferreira, ‘ours’

• Mantaraybryn returns with his first track of 2022 ‘Five Minutes’

• London-based trio kid apollo release ‘leave her’

• Manchester’s Splint returns with an emotional and energetic track ‘145’

• SOMOH releases her second single, ‘Anything’

• PVRIS return with two new singles and accompanying short film

• Babymetal mark their return with new song ‘Divine Attack – Shingeki -‘

• M. Byrd releases his first song of 2022 ‘Flood’

• Australian house/dance project 1tbsp (Golden Vessel) has returned with his first song of 2022 ‘Joan’

• Dazy Shares New Single/Video ‘On My Way’ and Announces December Headline Shows

• Pearla shares new single ‘The Place With No Weather’

• Destroyer shares new single ‘Somnambulist Blues’ ft Sandro Perri

• Lil Uzi Vert ‘Just Wanna Rock’

• daste. announce new single + Australian tour dates!

• Stormzy releases new track ‘Hide & Seek’

• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard realize they don’t really ‘Hate Dancin’’ on new single: Stream

• Caroline Polachek – ‘Sunset’

• Fred again.. – ‘Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This)’

• Waiting for Smith releases ‘Skylight Dawn’

• Refs release their second single of 2022 ‘Night Low’

• Newcastle folk/chamber-pop artist Ruth Lyon releases new single ‘Clown’

• Sunglasses For Jaws releases ‘Under A Rainbow’ / Shares news of new album

• Hertfordshire-born rising artist Jack Kane releases ‘Underdog’

• Joan release single and video for ‘don’t wanna be your friend’

• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Watch The Cure debut new song ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’ in Poland

• Maggie Rogers announces 2023 Feral Joy Tour

• Joni Mitchell sets first publicly-announced concert in 20 years at the Gorge Amphitheatre

• Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard announce ‘The World Tour’ 2023

• Chance The Rapper performs his favorite Kanye West song during T-Pain interview

• Freddie Gibbs torches classic Jay-Z beat in new LA Leakers freestyle

• Kendrick Lamar to livestream good kid, m.A.A.d city anniversary concert through Amazon Music

• Billie Eilish announces final 2022 tour dates

• Swedish House Mafia cancel five more shows due to irreparable damage to production

• New Albums

• With Midnights, Taylor Swift finds grandeur in the small hours

• Orbital announce new album, Optical Delusion

• Stream Burial’s surprise new EP Streetlands

• Nas and Hit-Boy share King’s Disease 3 cover art ahead of next month’s release

• Mdou Moctar announces new Niger EP Vol. 2, shares ‘Ibitilan’ video: Watch

• John Cale announces new album Feat. Animal Collective, Weyes Blood, Sylvan Esso, & more

• Fazerdaze releases an inspiring five-song EP, Break!

• Sam Smith announces new album Gloria

• Green Day reissue fifth album Nimrod for 25th anniversary, share demo circa 1997

• Neil Young to reissue Harvest for 50th anniversary

• Red Hot Chili Peppers prove the love is truly unlimited on Return of the Dream Canteen

• Chief Keef announces Almighty So 2, shares new songs

• Alex Amor releases new EP The Art Of Letting Go

• Lima electronic punk project Varsovia releases their second album Diseñar y Destruir (Design and Destroy)

• The Strokes have recorded a new album with Rick Rubin

• Dan Auerbach and The Arcs to release first new album in eight years

• Ice-T hopes to complete new Body Count album Merciless before end of year

• Dayglow drops his third album ‘People In Motion’

• Stormzy announces new album This Is What I Mean

• Sigur Rós announce 20th anniversary reissue of ( ) featuring unreleased demos