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After five long years, The Chemical Brothers are back with a new single and more importantly, a new album. The duo of Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands have been instrumental in pioneering big beat electronic music and bringing it to pop, notably in the UK with five number one albums. Following up their 2010 LP, Further, the pair breaks up the longest spell of their career without releasing a studio album with Born In Echoes. The LP will feature the likes of St. Vincent, Beck and Q-Tip. To go with the album announcement, they have released the lead single from the LP titled "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted." -
Bestival 2015 Lineup Phase 1: The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Duran Duran Headlining
Award-winning U.K. festival Bestival -- see what they did there? -- has announced the first phase of artists who will be joining the 2015 festival on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. The first two headliners are The Chemical Brothers and "Born Slippy" band Underworld along with Duran Duran. -
Ultra Europe 2015 Lineup: Axwell / Ingrosso, David Guetta, Tiësto, The Chemical Brothers Headlining
Ultra Music Festival Europe has announced the first batch of artists who will be heading to Croatia in July. The festival will welcome headliners Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Axwell / Ingrosso, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Tiësto and Zedd to the festival, while The Chemical Brothers will lead the live initiative. Ultra Europe will feature the same "Resistance" concept that is being premiered at its Miami parent festival. Carl Cox will host his own specially curated Carl Cox & Friends stage once again at the Split-based festival for another underground-leaning stage. -
Chemical Brothers Confirm New Album and Live Show for 2015, Will Debut New Live Set at Sónar in Barcelona during June
Good news for fans of the Big Beat era of electronic music: The Chemical Brothers have confirmed that it will be dropping a new LP during 2015. Although the music may sway far from classic records such as Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your Own Hole, this may be the second big release from the scene next year as The Prodigy is well on its way to dropping a new LP during 2015 according to Resident Advisor. -
Ed Simons Says He Will Be Leaving The Chemical Brothers Live Show
The Chemical Brothers are about to be a man down when the iconic electronic music duo do their live touring again. Ed Simons, one half of The Chemical Brothers and known as "Ed Chemical" in a recent interview with the festival, Bugged Out Weekender, stated that he was stepping away from The Chemical Brothers live show to focus on his academic work. -
Lorde Performs Cover of Jeremih's 'Don't Tell 'Em' for BBC [WATCH]
Lorde has proven herself to be a big fan of R&B and hip-hop, having covered Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" in concert and cutting a song with Stromae, Pusha T and Q-Tip for the upcoming "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" soundtrack. For her performance on BBC Radio 1's "Live Lounge," the "Royals" singer once again flaunted her love of those genres by performing a cover of Jeremih's recent hit "Don't Tell 'Em," which you can check out below."I have basically been a really big fan of this song since I first started hearing it around," Lorde told BBC, via "Pitchfork." "I love the vocal melodies. I think they're really smart and just consider them cool. It's quite a saucy song or something and I think it would be interesting to flip the dynamic and make that power mine."You can check out Lorde's cover of Jeremih's "Don't Tell 'Em" here: -
Lorde Talks Curating 'Hunger Games Mockingjay - Part 1' Soundtrack: "It's Been My Entire Life"
It's been about a year since Lorde first rose to superstardom. She's brought something to pop music that people have been longing for. Her wit, introspection, and reflections on youth have resonated with people all over the world. Rather than following up her debut, critically acclaimed album Pure Heroine with another LP, Lorde chose to take on a different type of project, curating the Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I soundtrack. -
Chvrches Share Animated Sci-Fi Music Video For "Under The Tide" [WATCH]
Scottish synthpop trio Chvrches have shared the music video for their latest single “Under The Tide,” which you can check out below. The Sing J. Lee-directed video uses animation and psychedelic visuals to tell some sort of sci-fi story while synth-player Martin Doherty sings along the track. The band’s other two members, Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook, show up as well towards the video’s end. -
Lorde, Chemical Brothers, Miguel Drop 'This is Not a Game' from 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' [LISTEN]
First, we got the Lorde led single "Yellow Flicker Beat" from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and now we have another new track from the upcoming movie, once again featuring curator Lorde. Though this time, the 17-year-old pop star is playing third fiddle to The Chemical Brothers and Miguel on the haunting banger "This is Not a Game." -
Porter Robinson chooses Astralwerks (home of Deadmau5) as label for much-hyped debut album
One of the most hyped-names in EDM music, or any music for that matter, has finally found a home label. In fact, house producer Porter Robinson ended up choosing Astralwerks to avoid the focus on EDM. -
The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers headlining Snowbombing 2014 festival in Austria
Summer (and spring in warmer climes) tends to be the most popular season for music festivals, which is reasonable. It's warm. And most people want to be warm when they're at a music festival. Electronic music has been defying the trend for several years however, by pairing two likely hobbies, EDM and snowboarding, for cold weather fun. Snowbombing, an electronic music festival held at a ski resort in Mayrhofen, Austria, does just that. It was recently announced that British acts The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers would be headlining the 2014 version of the event. The latter will perform a DJ set.
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