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Stop us if you've heard this one before (actually, don't): Vinyl sales are hot. The trend continued in the United States during 2014 as The Wall Street Journal reports that sales for the format were up 49 percent from 2013-a huge, huge increase-translating to roughly 8 million vinyl records sold during 2014. No one with an ear to the music industry will be surprised to know that Jack White, one of the format's biggest promoters, is at the top of individual vinyl sellers as his Lazaretto sold nearly 76,000 copies. -
Beyoncé Faces Stiff Competition for Grammy Album of the Year
The Grammys announced several award nominees on Friday morning, but kept "Album of the Year" under wraps until its "A Very Grammy Christmas" broadcast during primetime. Without further ado, let's break down the tale of the tape. Here are your nominations. -
GRAMMYs 2015 Nominations: Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams Among Early Nominees
The biggest night in music is just around the corner, even if it's hard to believe that yet another year has passed. Today (Dec. 5), the nominations for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards are being rolled out via Twitter and various television appearances. Early on, predicted favorites lead the nominations with Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Sia, Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams all racking up multiple nods. -
Beck's 'Midnite Vultures' Turns 15
Today, Nov. 23, marks the 15th anniversary of Beck's seventh studio album "Midnite Vultures," which abandoned nearly all the singer's folk influences in favor of deliriously psychedelic funk, hip-hop and R&B. It is Beck's most fun album and arguably his best — at least I would argue that, and so would "Vulture" — so to celebrate its anniversary, here are the album's 11 songs ranked, from worst to best. -
Stream 'Annie' 2014 Soundtrack Now Ahead of Film's December Release: New Music from Sia, Jamie Foxx and Beck
The 2014 film version of Annie isn't going to be released until Dec. 19, but you don't even have to wait until "Tomorrow" to listen to the official soundtrack. Today (Nov. 17), the Sia penned, classically rooted Annie 2014 OST was released in wide, and it's available to stream to get you in the hopeful spirit. -
Austin City Limits Webcast: Watch Live Sets From Beck, Spoon, Lorde and Dozens More [FULL SCHEDULE]
Austin City Limits is in its second and final week this weekend, and you're able to watch most of the acts from the comfort of your own home. -
VIDEO: Beck Kickstarts Season 40 Of Austin City Limits With 13-Song Setlist [WATCH]
The "Loser" himself put together a lively setlist that included material from his most recent album, Morning Phase, and pandered to a crowd that got all the hits they could ever want. -
Norah Jones Wraps Up Conan O’Brien’s George Harrison Week Tribute By Performing “Behind That Locked Door” [VIDEO]
To end Conan O’Brien’s much-talked-about George Harrison Week tribute, which featured performances from the likes of Beck, Paul Simon and the Beatle’s son Dhani Harrison, singer-songwriter Norah Jones stopped by for a stellar performance of “Behind That Locked Door.” -
Beck Kicks Off Conan O’Brien’s George Harrison Week on ‘CONAN’ [WATCH]
As previously reported by Music Times, Conan O’Brien decided to dedicate a week of shows to the late George Harrison in order to celebrate the reissue of the former Beatles’ first six solo albums. Well, the TBS show kicked it all last night with a musical performance from Beck. -
Festival Attendees Voluntarily Give Up More Than $40,000 Of Illegal Drugs At UK's Bestival
According to The Guardian, more than $40,000 in narcotics were given up by attendees as they walked through the entrance of the festival, which was held Sept. 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Robin Hill park in the Isle of Wight. -
UK's Award-Winning Bestival Is Coming To The US
If there's one thing that the United States definitely needs more of, it's music festivals, and yesterday, it was announced that we would be getting another one. Next week, British DJ and entrepreneur Rob Da Bank will be signing a distribution deal to bring the UK's annual Bestival to other countries in Europe and the United States. -
Beck Performs 'Loser' On 'Austin City Limits' 40th Season Premiere [WATCH]
Alt-rock superstar Beck will be kicking off the 40th season of Austin City Limits, the PBS live concert series filmed in Austin, Texas. Though the season is set to premiere on Oct. 4, you can check out one of the songs from Beck's hour-long set right now: a performance of his breakthrough single "Loser" from his 1994 album Mellow Gold. -
WATCH: Beck On 'Colbert': Performs Two Songs, Chats With Stephen
Though his new album Morning Phase came out all the way back in February, Beck finally made his way to The Colbert Report studio last night, where he sat down for an expectedly funny chat with Stephen Colbert before performing two songs. You can check out the interview and his two performances below. -
12 Classic Albums Produced By Musicians Outside The Band
Today marked the tragic passing of Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, and along with being a founding member of one of the most influential bands in history, another one of his crowning achievements was his production of the Replacements' classic 1985 album Tim. Here are some other classic albums that were produced by musicians outside of the band. -
Beck To Release 'Song Reader' Album On July 29, Featuring Jack White, Norah Jones, Fun., And More
Beck announced today that he is releasing an official studio version of his 2012 sheet music collection Song Reader. As reported by Stereogum, the album will feature a different artist performing each of its 20 songs, with Beck performing just one himself. Contributors to Song Reader, which will be released on July 29th through Capitol Records, include Jack White, Jeff Tweedy, Norah Jones, Fun., and Jack Black.
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