Music News for September 3, 2025

Lathe of Heaven releases ambitious second album Aurora

• Today’s Headlines

• David Byrne getting married, shares Hayley Williams collab & wedding playlist

• Joe Talbot has launched his debut podcast, with guests including Julian Casablancas, Danny Brown, Tony Hawk, Lauren Mayberry and more

• NBA YoungBoy pledges money to help end violent crime

• Mike Muir says new records from Cyco Miko and Suicidal Tendencies are on the way

• Man arrested for violent robbery at Macklemore’s house

• Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, and others to be featured in Grammy Museum Mississippi ‘Wildest Decade in Music’ exhibit

• ‘It wasn’t music that I really resonated with’: Josh Freese opens up about Foo Fighters firing

• Breaking Benjamin drummer steps down from touring, replacement named

• Fan poll: 5 best Deftones songs

• Apple Music now allows users to import playlists from Spotify and other streaming services

• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement

• Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to felony battery charges

• Sting being sued by former Police bandmates over lost royalties

• Deftones’ Chino Moreno addresses Stephen Carpenter’s absence from overseas touring, says lost Eros album will stay in the vault

• Young Dolph murder suspect found not guilty on all charges

• Deftones Interview: Unpacking the new album, sharing Ozzy memories + more

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor remove music from streaming services

• Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman – Album review and interview

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• New Albums and EPs

• Big Thief Double Infinity review: Nakedly visceral atmospherics

• Sepultura to release new four-song EP in 2026: ‘It’s already recorded’

• Blood Orange returns with his most poetic project to date in Essex Honey

• The Beths confront nonlinear growth on Straight Line Was A Lie

• Pearly Drops confront burnout and a constantly shifting world on The Voices Are Coming Back

• Pleasure Drives captures Tim Carr’s golden hour of sound

• Sabrina Carpenter unveils new album Man’s Best Friend: Stream

• Skepta & Fred again.. release collaborative EP Skepta .. Fred

• The Beaches break down every song on No Hard Feelings

• Tool is working on a new record

• BENEE has confirmed her second album Ur An Angel I’m Just Particles with new single ‘Cinnamon’

• Lana Del Rey changes album name from Lasso to Stove, naturally

• Bright Eyes announce new EP, share ‘Dyslexic Palindome’ ft. Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra

• Dean Johnson balances sorrow and wit on I Hope We Can Still Be Friends

• New Tracks

• Weval release new single ‘Movement’ ahead of fourth album Chorophobia

• Chatterton returns with ‘Blouse’ and announces Tiny Empire EP

• SCHØØL shares new single ‘OK <3' ahead of debut album I Think My Life Has Been OK

• Kneecap and Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll share video for collaborative single, ‘Sayōnara’: Watch

• Steve Aoki and Gabry Ponte reunite on high-energy single ‘Stewpid’

• The Midnight usher in the end of summer with new single ‘Summer’s Ending Soon’

• Frog announces seventh album ‘The Count’ with smoky new single’ Bitten By My Love Var XI’

• Jouska releases ‘Season of Dread’ from upcoming album How Did I Wind Up Here?

• Mudvayne returns with new single ‘Hurt People Hurt People’

• Maruja tap “a generation unheard and their desire for change” on “relentless banger” new single ‘Trenches’

• Ray Laurél returns with psychedelic new single ‘Freak’

• False Futures release anthemic new single ‘Under The Same Sun’ ahead of UK headline tour

• Spoon return with two new singles, ‘Chateau Blues’ and ‘Guess I’m Fallin In Love’

• Moon Panda shares lush new single ‘Superstore’ ahead of upcoming album

• Oslo Twins unveil hypnotic single ‘All In Your Mind’ ahead of vinyl release

• Ella Ion shares new single ‘Blue Black Crows’ ahead of Australian tour

• Pynch shares cinematic track ‘How You Love Someone’ from upcoming album

• Joyer shares fuzzy new single ‘Spell’ from upcoming album On The Other End of the Line…

• Immaterialize releases first single after signing to Angel Tapes

• Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers release ‘MOTHER’ ahead of second album Glory

• Exclusive Premiere: Lips of Strangers blend dream pop and nostalgia on ‘Too Long For Lovers’

• Exclusive: My Violence shares ‘Paper Bag Princess’ ahead of sophomore album Monday’s Child

• Spoon share new 2-track single; tour with Pixies starts this week

• Runnner – ‘Claritin’

• Geese share new song ‘100 Horses’: Listen

• Exclusive Premiere: ‘I’m Scared’ highlights Pompey’s intimate songwriting

• Cafuné shows love in moments of friction on ‘In My Pocket’

• Skepta + Fred again.. reunite on new release, ‘Back 2 Back’

• Doja Cat returns with new single ‘Jealous Type’

• Exclusive Premiere: Chris Casey releases new single ‘Bodies’ alongside Buried Out Back EP

• Louie Blue blends retro and modern sounds on ‘In The Dark’

• Oswald Slain unleash playful energy on new single ‘Have You Got What You Came Here For?’

• Fascinations Grand Chorus embrace analog warmth on new single ‘Static Heartbreaks’

• The Daily Music Report Updates

• New and notable album releases

• 3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Runnner, Blood Orange, and CMAT

• What We’re Listening To Playlist for 9/1/2025: Spoon, Blood Orange, BENEE, Alabama Shakes, Nova Twins, Runnner, and more!

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• Festival Updates

• Tomorrowland Winter 2026 details announced

• Two people die after falling ill at Belfast’s Emerge Festival, investigations launched

• Self Esteem brings tightly choreographed, NSFW headline show to End of the Road

• Lollapalooza 2026 South America lineups (Tyler the Creator, Chappell Roan, Deftones, Turnstile, more)

• All Points East attendees complain about high levels of dust at Victoria Park festival

• Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 lineup: Doechii, Clipse, Childish Gambino, Clairo, A$AP Rocky, Tyler The Creator, more

• Metallica to headline San Francisco’s Dreamfest benefit concert In October

• Doechii has pulled out of All Points East, Forwards and Rock en Seine festivals

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Radiohead confirm first tour in 7 years

• Portishead to reunite at Together for Palestine benefit concert

• Big Thief announce plans to bring Somersault Slide 360 tour to UK/Europe

• Sex Pistols with Frank Carter postpone fall tour after Steve Jones breaks his wrist

• Earl Sweatshirt announces tour with Liv.e, ZelooperZ & more

• Def Leppard announces summer 2026 European tour

• Metallica play once-in-a-lifetime show to 500 people (Including Paul McCartney): Review, photos + video

• The All-American Rejects: Field Recordings x Aspen Ideas Festival

• Ariana Grande announces first tour in 6 years

• Halsey announces Back To Badlands 2025-2026 anniversary world tour of UK, Europe, North America and Australia

• The Callous Daoboys confirm first full UK and European headline tour

• Playboi Carti nnounces fall 2025 tour

• Kneecap cancel US shows on fall tour

• Black Pumas – Full Session | Paste Rewind

• Ty Segall: Tiny Desk Concert

• Cheap Trick Announce run of fall 2025 US headlining tour dates

• Guster: Tiny Desk Concert

• J.I.D Announces Massive 2025-2026 God Does Like World Tours