• 8 Band Names Inspired By Other Artist's Names

    Coming up with a bandname is one of the most important and difficult steps of forming a band. While some artists like to take their names from a song by another artist, such as Radiohead (A Talking Heads song) or Pretty Girls Make Graves (a Smiths song), other artists have found inspiration in the actual names of other artists. Here are eight band names that were inspired by the names of other artists.

  • 6 Album Covers That Reference Movies

    If you want your album cover to catch someone's eye when they're looking around for music online or in a record store, one good way is to design an album cover that looks strangely familiar. These six artists did just that by basing their album covers off of famous movies.

  • 14 Album Covers With An Illustration Of The Artist

    Sure, a photograph of the artist is probably the simplest route to take when designing an album cover, but a painting or a drawing can sometimes proves to be far stranger. Here are 14 album covers with an illustration of the artist.

  • 5 'Abbey Road' Knockoff Album Covers

    Replicas and satires of the 'Abbey Road' cover have been created ad nauseam in the 45 years since the original photo was taken and Music Times found the five knockoffs by the biggest bands for your consideration, ranked in terms of creativity and the ability to put one's own spin on the subject matter.

  • 15 Song Titles That Describe The Music

    Anyone who writes music can tell you that when a song is first written, it's usually given a boring descriptive title such as "Punk Song in A" or "Song With Slide Guitar" to remind the writer of how it goes. However, sometimes an actual title never comes along, and these descriptive working titles end up in the final tracklisting. Here are 15 song titles that describe the music.

  • 6 Lo-Fi Albums By Big Rock Stars

    One of my favorite genres of music is lo-fi, or "low-fidelity," meaning artists who record their songs onto cheap equipment. Though most lo-fi artists are DIY musicians who work outside of the mainstream and use cheap equipment out of necessity, there are still some highly successful rock stars that have chosen to go lo-fi for aesthetic reasons, or simply out of convenience. Here are six lo-fi albums that were recorded by big rock stars.

  • 10 Albums That Are Partially Self-Titled

    Naming an album after yourself or your band is a very nice, simple route to take, but these 10 artists took the idea of a self-titled album and made it a little more complicated. Here are 10 albums that are partially self-titled.

  • 10 Albums That Close With Their Shortest Song

    Many musicians have a natural inclination to close out albums or concerts with their biggest number (see: Purple Rain), but these ten artists did just the opposite, by placing the shortest track on the album at the very end.

  • 6 Great Acts from Liverpool NOT Named The Beatles

    Liverpool is much better known for its music production than golf, even if it all seems to belong to one band. Perhaps you've heard of The Beatles? Music Times combed through the city's musical history to find the acts that made the biggest splash on that side of the pond, even if they didn't find the same international success as the biggest act of all time.
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