Music News for September 4, 2023

What We’re Listening To Playlist for 9/04/2023: Måneskin, Jeff Rosenstick, Helena Deland, Japan, Man, Jorja Smith, and more!

• Today’s Headlines

• Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, has died at 56

• Jimmy Buffett, ‘Margaritaville’ Singer-Songwriter and Entrepreneur, Dies at 76

• Jack Sonni, the ‘other guitar player’ in Dire Straits, dies at 68

• Doja Cat changes new album cover after the original looked nearly identical to metal band Chaver’s cover

• A studio session with Porter Robinson & Japan’s Galileo Galilei, brimming with mutual affection and respect: Interview

• HAIM tease that they’ve been working with Jai Paul on new music

• Hurricane Idalia forces Ghost to cancel their two Florida tour dates

• Rammstein’s Till Lindemann cleared of sexual assault allegations

• Eminem demands GOP candidate Ramaswamy stop using ‘Lose Yourself’ at campaign stops

• Which albums would Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo take to a desert island?

• Richard Patrick says Ministry’s The Land of Rape and Honey changed his life forever

• Brandon Flowers reveals that The Killers have scrapped a half-completed album

• Original Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden dead at 72

• Polo G arrested for kidnapping, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon

• New grime documentary, 8 Bar, explores the genre’s early years and evolution: Watch

• Nas hits the studio with DaBaby, Ab-Soul & Hit-Boy as ‘creative spurt’ continues

• Georgia State University College of Law s offering a course focused on Rick Ross

• Illuminati Hotties sings new song in Star Wars: Ahsoka’s first episode

• Melvins dedicate tour to drummer Dale Crover as he receives emergency spinal surgery

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• Tour & Live Music Updates

• Taylor Swift announces Eras tour concert film

• King Krule Releases You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next live performance film

• The 1975 announce 2024 UK and European Still At Their Very Best tour

• Travis Scott announces Utopia – Circus Maximus tour: See dates

• Tirzah announces tour dates, promises new album

• Zach Bryan announces 2024 stadium tour

• Ty Segall announces 2024 Tour, shares video for new song ‘Void’: Watch

• Tim Burgess of The Charlatans joins Johnny Marr for duet of Electric’s ‘Getting Away With It’

• Festival Updates

• Riot Fest 2023 set times (The Cure, Turnstile, Postal Service, QOTSA, AFI, Godspeed & more)

• Ice-T & Public Enemy to headline National celebration of hip hop concert in D.C.

• Watch Aphex Twin’s entire Field Day 2023 Set

• New Tracks

• Nicki Minaj drops ‘Last Time I Saw You’ – Listen to new song

• Måneskin have released a new single, Honey ‘(are u coming?)’

• The Gulls rock with a rebellious spirit on their latest single ‘Sanitation’

• Beck Pete unveils powerful new single ‘BITE DOWN’ exploring human extremes

• Peter Gabriel – ‘Love Can Heal’

• Jorja Smith drops album title track ‘Falling or flying’ with self-directed music video

• Rising indie outfit Juniper Honey has shared a candid new single, ‘Another Morning.’

• Japan, Man releases ‘Wormhole’

• Helena Deland – ‘Bright Green Vibrant Gray’

• Alex Spencer shares ‘Do What I Wanna’

• Pen Pin release their debut single/video, ‘Fringe’

• J Mahon unveils poignant teaser for debut album: ‘Charly (Romantic Heart)’

• Armand Hammer share new JPEGMAFIA-produced song off upcoming LP

• Mannequin Pussy return with divine new single “I Got Heaven”: Stream

• Hojean reveals his latest single ‘9-5’

• Sophia Alexa breaks free on her latest single ‘Hall Pass’

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• Jade LeMac shares ‘Got Me Obsessed’

• BTS’ Jung Kook collabs with Alesso for dance remix of ‘Seven’: Stream it now

• The KLF share unreleased music through the British Library’s free Sound Gallery

• The Killers release new song, ‘Your Side of Town’

• Sea Lemon collaborates with Day Wave

• Rosie H Sullivan shares ‘Chapters’

• The Wildfires Projekt shares new single ‘Going Blind’

• Lilac Haze shares her second single ‘Daisy Girl’

• SPELLES release ‘Holy Hells’

• BLACKPINK releases new song ‘The Girls’ & music video in ‘The Game’

• Mitski – ‘Star’ & ‘Heaven’

• Das Koolies release ‘Out Of This World’

• Rising American producer MarMar releases his latest single ‘You’

• La Force releases new single/video ‘How Do You Love A Man’

• Tiësto drops two incredible remixes, ‘Bittersweet Goodbye’ and ‘Car Keys’ inspired by 90s classics

• New Albums and EPs

• Doja Cat announces new album, Scarlet

• JID announces new album Forever & a Day & has 2 songs with Lil Yachty on the way

• The Kills announce new album God Games, share ‘103’

• Beirut announce new album Hadsel, share new song ‘So Many Plans’: Listen

• Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s Missionary album sounds like ‘grown-up Death Row,’ says The DOC

• Richard Patrick says The Algorithm is the ‘definitive Filter record of the last 20 years’

• Prince & The New Power Generation’s Diamonds and Pearls gets reissue: Listen to an unvaulted song

• Album: Burna Boy I Told Them…

• Ed Sheeran confirms new album Autumn Variations is coming this fall

• Drake fans dismayed after rapper doesn’t drop For All the Dogs album

• Toro y Moi drops new Sandhills EP and film: Watch

• Danger Mouse & Jemini – Born Again

• Spiritbox announce new EP, The Fear of Fear, share ‘Jaded’

• Diddy announces first new album in 17 years, The Love Album: Off The Grid

• Trippie Redd – A Love Letter to You 5 (The Needle Drop)

• Australian Grammy Award Nominated artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel) releases the debut album for his indie-dance/house project 1tbsp

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• The Daily Music Report Updates

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