• Nicki Minaj Blasts Ex-BF Saferee Samuels New Song: 'Love The Most'

    Nicki Minaj's ex recently released a new track titled "Love The Most" and he claims that he deserves more credit for her rise, hinting at possible pill abuse by the singer and generally attempting to throw shade. The 'Pinkprint' rapper was having none of it and lashed out on Twitter.

  • Junk Mail: Muse 'Drones' Album Review

    On Monday, June 8, UK progressive rock band Muse released their seventh artist album Drones. This is their first studio release since 2012's The 2nd Law. The trio dive into another contentious, political topic with this new album, taking on unrestrained use of Drones and governments who wield too much power.

  • Ornette Coleman's Best Albums by Decade: 'Shape of Jazz To Come,' 'Free Jazz' and More

    Ornette Coleman, one of the most innovative and influential figures in the history of jazz, died today of cardiac arrest and Music Times wants to revisit his catalogue across six decades and throw out the best of the bunch for those who haven't checked out his catalogue yet, including smashes such as The Shape of Jazz To Come and Free Jazz.

  • Walmart Ditching Justin Bieber, Celine Dion For In-House DJ

    As by far and away the largest retail store in the world, with revenues worldwide of $482.2 billion in the 2014 fiscal year, Wal-Mart is doing well as a business. It has come under fire over the past decade stemming from its treatment and pay of employees. It has largely ignored those pleas, but signs are that the company is changing. Minimum wage will increase to $10/hour, potentially to get ahead of a federal increase in minimum wage to the same dollar amount, and it changing the music in the stores. The music currently comes from a CD, which plays on loop, consisting of a lot of Celine Dion and some Justin Bieber, a very high concentration of Canadian acts. This has been driving employees crazy and the company announced at its shareholders meeting Wednesday that the company would employ a DJ, who would curate the soundtrack to its U.S. stores. The program is called Wal-Mart radio, which would be played to all U.S.

  • Branding Study Finds Country Women Like Carrie Underwood Resonate Most with Buyers

    A country radio DJ recently made headlines when he declared that if broadcasters were to feature less female-fronted music in their rotations, listener numbers would increase. That statement struck most decent human beings as stupid, and now a study from Creative Artists Agency—a company that specializes in branding—has given some solid proof that the statements were legitimately stupid. Turns out that three of the biggest six names among advertising's six biggest stars are country performers: Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Faith Hill.

  • Moog Music Selling Iconic Synth Company Back to Employees Over Six Years

    Moog Music, perhaps the most famous brand name in the synthesizer market, will be sold off to the company's employees over the next six years, according to current CEO Mike Adams. The plan comes in part as a way of fulfilling founder Robert Moog's dream for the ownership of the company.
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