Cassette Store Day is back. Following an inaugural run last year, the unrelated companion to Record Store Day returns to the U.K., Europe, and the U.S. on Sept. 27. As announced on its Tumblr on Monday, the event will again feature London cassette labels Kissability and Suplex running things in the U.K. and E.U.; this…

Lana Del Rey has said that she “wishes she were dead” in an emotional new interview. Del Rey spoke to The Guardian and opened up about her idols, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. When it was noted that the common link between the pair were their premature deaths, Del Rey responded: “I wish I was…

Kendrick Lamar speaks on his upcoming album and the industry with The Breakfast Club [Real Talk NY]

Recently sitting down with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Dave Chappelle described working with Kanye West early in his career. “You could tell he was going to be a star,” Chappelle says. “It was like Muhammad Ali in Olympic Village. He just knew he was going to get the gold.” Chappelle also described ‘Ye’s…

Synopsis Robert Stromberg’s Maleficent stars Angelina Jolie stars as the title character, who, as a teenager, is a powerful and respected winged fairy helping to rule a magical land full of strange creatures. Her homeland borders a country that is populated by humans and run by the cruel King Henry (Kenneth Cranham). One day, Henry’s…

Saturday Synth Porn: This video captures Nine Inch Nails’ Alessandro Cortini, explaining his live performance synth rig. [Sonic State]

Rick Rubin has confirmed that he is currently working on a new album with Kanye West. Rubin previously helped produce the 2013 album ‘Yeezus’ and confirmed that recording on a follow up has begun while chatting to BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe as part of a special interview which will be broadcast in four parts…

Meshell Ndegéocello’s 11th album Comet, Come To Me is the latest instalment of one of the most distinguished and uncategorisable careers of our time. It started out in the mid ’90s as a bassist for Madonna and has gone on to encompass rap, soul, jazz, blues and rock – though always from a sideways angle,…

Get More: Music News J. Cole has come along way. The Fayetteville, North Carolina MC made his mark with The Come Up in 2007, but it wasn’t until his 2009 mixtape The Warm Up that Cole officially arrived. On Sunday, The Warm Up will turn five years old and to celebrate Cole sat down with…

Sarah Brightman is aiming to become the first musician to sing in space and has paid £30m to achieve her dream. The singer is to begin training on a Russian Soyuz capsule in the autumn ahead of a trip to the International Space Station in 2015, reports The Guardian. Space Adventures – which offers trips…