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Just in case you've never checked out the Junk Mail feature at Music Times, understand that staff disagreements on the quality of albums ranges from age-based immaturity to outright violence. If selecting the best records at the midyear point was this dramatic, we can only imagine what will happen at the end of 2014. -
Rolling Stone Ranks Best Rock Albums of 1994
Rolling Stone ranked the Top 40 rock albums of 1994, which it named "mainstream alternative's greatest year." -
7 Gateway Artists Into Hip-Hop
If you ask someone what kind of music they listen to, fifty percent of the time their answer will be “everything, except country and rap”. While I’ve written about country songs that would appeal to country-haters, hip-hop is much trickier and more misunderstood. If you’re thinking of getting into hip-hop, here are seven artists that would be excellent entry points. -
Rick Ross 'Mastermind's Billboard 200 Takeover
'Twas another good week for new album releases, as half of the Top 10 spots on this week's Billboard 200 were occupied by new names, and four of those debuts managed to land in the top five. -
ScHoolboy Q Tops Billboard 200 with 'Oxymoron'
Finally, the floodgates have been opened and a slew of new albums took over the Billboard 200 Top 10 this week. Glory be! -
Beck Really Harkens Back To 'Sea Change' With New Song 'Waking Light'
Beck is still preparing to move into the Morning Phase of his career, and it seems like this one is going to be a slow-moving affair. Three weeks before the official release of his 12th studio album, Beck has premiered a second song off the album, "Waking Light," and revealed details about the record in an interview with NPR. -
Mixtape Monday: This Week's Newest Tracks for Sharing
Here at Music Times, we hope to start your week off in a great way by providing our own special mixtape every Monday. Comprised of new tracks released in the last 7 days, we are here to help you experience and share the latest new music. This week we are sharing some new tunes from THUMPERS, Death Vessel, Beck, and many other great artists. Let's hit play and start this mix! -
Review: Beck Gets Beautiful on 'Blue Moon'
Beck's new album "Morning Phase" is just a little over a month away, with a newly set release date o Feb. 25. As promised (and teased) last week, the prolific alt-rock singer was due to drop a new single "Blue Moon" today at 10 a.m. EST, and of course, he delivered. The folksy, acoustic-driven track debuted this morning (Jan. 20) on radio and arrived on streaming services such as Spotify soon after. -
Outkast, Arcade Fire Top Coachella 2014 Lineup
The lineup for this year's Coachella Music Festival has been announced, and the biggest news from the event is that rap duo Outkast will be the headliner for Friday night's shows. Muse and Arcade Fire will be the main events at the other nights of the festival's duel weekends. -
Beck To Play 'Song Reader' Sheet Music Live in Hollywood With All-Star Guests
Beck has announced plans to play his 2012 sheet-music album Song Reader live again with a star-studded lineup. He first performed the "album" live in San Francisco then in London over the summer and will try it out again on Nov. 24 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone reports.
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