The Chemical Brothers emerged in what now seems like dance music’s Stone Age. In 1995, when Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands released their full-length debut, Exit Planet Dust, they were two London DJ-producers pushing England’s fading acid-house scene into a future filled with hip-hop, Britpop and big-room house — and toward… Source: Music News

Acclaimed songwriter Wayne Carson, a Grammy-winning member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame whose credits include the country-pop classic “Always on My Mind” and the Box Tops’ 1967 chart-topper “The Letter,” died Monday in Franklin, Tennessee. According to his wife, Wyndi Harp Head, Carson had been battling numerous health… Source: Music News

Kurt Vile revels in slackerdom in the song and video for “Pretty Pimpin’,” the lead track off the indie rocker’s upcoming album, B’lieve I’m Goin Down…. “I woke up this morning, didn’t recognize the man in the mirror,” Vile sings against a bed of reverberating electric and acoustic guitar. Eventually,… Source: Music News

Earlier this month, pop collagist Juiceboxxx — a Milwaukee-born rapper with a penchant for rock and punk — was the subject of the book, The Next Next Level, written by longtime fan Leon Neyfakh. It was a significant moment for the rigorously autonomous outsider artist, who tells Rolling Stone in a new video… Source: Music News

The 20th anniversary of Korn’s monumental self-titled debut may have passed, but the pioneering nu-metal group still has a spate of gigs lined up where it will play the record in its entirety. The group will kick things off on October 1st in Chicago and perform the 1994 record, which… Source: Music News

Kyoko, the mononym guitarist and founding member of Japanese experimental rockers OOIOO, died on Sunday. Her former bandmate, Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We, confirmed the news with an Instagram post. “Kyoko came from same hometown as I am,” she wrote. “We started OOIOO together. She was the first guitar player of OOIOO…. Source: Music […]

Josh Greenberg, the co-founder of music-streaming service Grooveshark, was found dead in his bed in Gainesville, Florida by his girlfriend on Sunday, according to The Gainesville Sun. He was 28. His mother, Lori Greenberg, told the paper that her son was in good health and that police had found no visible injuries… Source: Music News

Amazon’s new original children’s show, A History of Radness, follows twin middle-schoolers Jack (Isaak Presley) and Tessie (Marlhy Murphy) as they form a rock band and the pilot episode, written by Andrew Green (Hannah Montana), is available to stream for free. The series features impressive music credentials: Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha… Source: Music […]

A sharp, candid lyricist, Jill Scott has explored love from every possible angle, often drawing on her own experiences: from the thrill of courtship to the pain of divorce, the radical act of self-love and the humbling birth of a first child. But Scott has never sounded as authoritative as… Source: Music News

Maddie & Tae — the breakout duo who skewered the bro-country trend in 2014 with “Girl in a Country Song” —  have announced their first headlining tour. Calling the trek their Start Here Tour, the run kicks off October 7th in New York City and will make stops at 12… Source: Music News