In Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz a grizzled artist on their own career to see how much they can remember – and find out if the booze, loud music and/or tour sweeties has knocked the knowledge out of them. This week: Erasure’s Andy Bell 1: Which reclusive icon did you once try to get to produce one of your albums? “Kate Bush...

It's in celebration of Cage's landmark workDave Gahan of Depeche Mode; John Cage; Bernard Sumner of New OrderMusicians will reinterpret John Cage’s conceptual composition ‘4’33”’ for a mammoth new release. In 1952, the experimental composer infamous composition instructed performers to not play their instrument...

In 1952, experimental composer John Cage released the conceptual composition 4'33", which instructed performers to not play their instrument for the allotted amount of time and hone in on the environmental sounds that are happening around them. It's become a landmark work for those who like to nerd out about music, and later this year…

Earlier this year, the veteran North Carolina pop-punk howlers Superchunk released the fired-up, topical What A Time To Be Alive. A band at this career stage really has no business cranking out one of their best albums, but that's what Superchunk have done here. And today, they've come out with a video for "Erasure," the…

There’s a reference to Fleet Foxes in the newest season of Orange Is The New Black, which was released into the world this weekend. Sub Pop Instagrammed the context: “After requesting an iPod full of Erasure, this inmate shows her dismay for what she has actually received.” Check it out below.