Guardian Music — Founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic who helped Talking Heads take new musical directionsThe keyboard player and composer Bernie Worrell, who has died aged 72, came to prominence in the 1970s as a founding member of the musical collective Parliam... more info

Guardian Music — Bernie Worrell was a crucial part of Parliament’s Mothership – and then he went on to help Talking Heads change gearIf Bernie Worrell – whose genius sent the Parliament/Funkadelic mothership rocketing into hyperspace, and helped ... more info

NME — Worrell was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer in January of this year more info

Consequence of Sound — Beloved musician lost his battle with stage four lung cancer. more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, LondonWill Toledo looks like an honours student but he delivers his songs about depression and prom night DMT trips with intoxicating assurance“We’ve never had a good show in London,” mutters Will Toledo, Seattle’s... more info

Impose Magazine — Radio On–an intriguing synth-pop band from the UK–is making big strides with their music. Having drawn comparisons to bands such as Phoenix, Talking Heads, and MGMT with their 2014 song “Don’t Wait”, their sound has stayed consistently well... more info

Rock Sound — It might very well be! Counterparts have announced a European tour with Expire. The bands will be joined by Landscapes and Knocked Loose on their 19 date-run later this year. You can see them in the UK on the following dates... NOVEMBER ... more info

Rock Sound — Here we go. Turnover have announced a European tour with Milk Teeth and Sorority Noise. The bands will be on the road from October until early November. You can catch them in the UK on the following dates... OCTOBER 09 - NOTTINGHAM Rescue ... more info

Rolling Stone — When the Talking Heads officially announced their dissolution in 1991 it was just the final act of the band's slow, sad death. Seven years earlier, they wrapped up the triumphant Speaking in Tongues tour, which was chronicled in Jonathan Demme's b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Danny Brown has been teasing details on his full-length follow-up to 2013's Old for a while now, and he's finally shared his first new song. It's called "When It Rain" and it finds Danny at his queasiest and most manic... Continue read... more info