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It’s time to mix a live show and you find you have the thankless job of mixing stage monitors from your front of house position. Don’t pull your hair out. Use this quick method to get up and running while keeping the band happy in virtually no time at all….

Jimmy Napes wrote chart-topping hits with Sam Smith, Disclosure, and Clean Bandit. Now he’s ready for his close-up You might not know Jimmy Napes’ name just yet, but he already counts the Kardashian clan among his biggest fans. As a songwriter and producer, 27-year-old Napes—real name James Napier—has been behind some of the biggest crossover…

Dawn Richard has set a release date for the follow-up to Goldenheart, her 2013 album of epic, electro-futurist love songs….

FKA twigs has unveiled the official music video for “Video Girl,” which stands worlds apart from her Google Glass concept film that aired a couple of weeks ago using the same track. In this strange, somewhat sinister, black-and-white cinematic translation, twigs witnesses the lethal injection of an inmate on death row. As she watches the…

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After dropping “Parental Advisory” earlier this month, Jay Rock connects with his Top Dawg labelmate Kendrick Lamar on their chilling collaboration “Pay for It.”…

Although Bon Iver has been fairly quiet lately, frontman Justin Vernon is as busy as ever. The Wisconsin singer-songwriter is bringing a brand new music festival to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisc., for 2015, with help from the production team behind Boston Calling….

Last week, we premiered the video of a string quartet playing “Bubble Butt” by Major Lazer with Diplo in the audience. The video was recorded at the RECESS Music and Ideas Festival at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. The festival featured entrepreneurs speaking to students during “study halls,” as well as a…

The long wait continues for YouTube’s much-discussed music streaming service. CEO Susan Wojcicki told a tech panel on Monday that they’re still “working” on the Google unit’s answer to Spotify, and she declined to say whether the service would launch by year’s end, as previously expected. “I think there’s a lot of opportunity,” Wojcicki said…