• Music Times 25 Best Songs of 2014: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, St. Vincent & More

    2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes.

  • Sorry 2014: The Year's 10 Most Memorable Musician Apologies

    In the Internet era, there are more ways than ever for the mean, stupid things we all do to get out into the public eye, which means that we're constantly flooded with apologies from actors, politicians, musicians, and basically anyone who's famous. There were a ton of big apologies in 2014 from musicians, so here are the 10 most memorable.

  • NME Releases Full List of Best Albums of 2014: St. Vincent, Mac DeMarco and The War on Drugs Lead The Way

    Earlier this week we passed along the news that NME had released its choice for the best album of 2014. In its esteemed opinion, St. Vincent and her self-titled album took top prize this year, marking the first time in six years that a performer from outside of the "commonwealth" topped the British publication's list. The magazine published its full Top 50 on Thursday. You can check out the full thing here, or scroll down to see at least the Top 10.

  • St. Vincent and Future Islands Take Top Honors for NME's Best of 2014 End-of-Year Awards

    The good news for those based in New York is that UK music publications have all released their biggest stories for the day by the time we wake up, giving us something to do as soon as we get to the office, thanks to a five-hour time difference. As coincidence would have it, NME also released its "best of" 2014 lists more than a month ahead of Christmas (which, unfortunately, may have hurt Britain's own One Direction down the stretch). St. Vincent took the top prize for Album of The Year with her self-titled release. Future Islands earned Track of The Year for "Seasons (Waiting On You)."

  • Sun Kil Moon Shares 'Adam Granofsky Blues, Continues Feud with War on Drugs

    The saga continues. Just one day after War on Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel finally addressed his bizarre feud with Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon in an interview with "Songs for Whoever," calling him an "idiot," a "prick" and a "douche," among other things, Kozelek shared a new song titled "Adam Granofsky Blues" — Granofsky being Granduciel's actual last name. In this new song, Kozelek reads Granduciel's quotes about the situation over some blues guitar licks, laughing hysterically between each line.

  • The War on Drugs Open Up about Sun Kil Moon, Call Mark Kozelek An 'Idiot'

    Throughout the whole Sun Kil Moon vs. The War on Drugs debacle/feud/spectacle, War on Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel remained nobly tight-lipped, even though it would have been easy for him to fire back. But in a new interview with music blog "Songs for Whoever," Granduciel finally opens up about the situation, calling Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek an “idiot” and a “prick,” among other things, revealing what was happening behind the scenes of their previously one-sided feud.

  • Beck, St. Vincent and Jack White: Music Times Names Its Midyear Favorites

    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.
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