• War on Drugs Jumps to Major Label, Atlantic, After 'Lost in The Dream' Success

    The War on Drugs has indie rock fans everywhere bristling after Adam Granduciel announced the group would be heading to Atlantic Records for a two-album contract. The band had released its three previous album's, including 2014's acclaimed 'Lost In The Dream,' on independent label Secretly Canadien. Should fans be worried that the expectations of big music will crush the quality of War's output?

  • Hillary Clinton 2016: Who's Choosing Presidential Hopeful's Music?

    Hillary Clinton spent more than $46 million on her campaign in pursuit of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, so you can only imagine how much gets spent on every facet of the political trail, including music. Billboard published an interesting story today looking at Marmoset Music, a Portland-based music supervision agency that has been providing the former Secretary of State with tunes for her advertising purposes.

  • Wiz Khalifa Inches Toward History, Fetty Wap Tops Streams on Hot 100

    "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth spends a second week atop the Hot 100 during its second reign at the peak of popular songs. That makes it eight weeks in total for "Again," joining a rather elite clientele among hip-hop songs to top the list for that long (it's going to have to find five more weeks at no. 1 to grab the record however, a tie between Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow"). Most of the Hot 100 love comes from the song's dominance on the radio airplay charts, where it received 171 million spins.

  • Composer Brian Tyler Talks 'Furious 7' & 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Scores, Franchise Movies' Music & More [EXCLUSIVE Q&A]

    Two of the biggest, most successful movies of 2015 are Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Though these films broke box office numbers and garnered plenty of acclaim from fans, they have one other very important element in common: composer Brian Tyler. The multitalented songwriter is used to having many projects on his plate, working with top producers and directors, and delivering important musical moments that help guide the overall effect of a movie. In our exclusive Q & A interview with Tyler, we discussed the emotional side of Paul Walker’s final Furious appearance, creating emotional responses with the audience, working on franchises and much more!

  • I The Mighty and 'Connector' Beg For Grander Prog-Rock Sound

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at 'Connector,' the second album from alt-rockers I The Mighty.

  • Bill Murray, David Bowie and The Clash Hit 'Rock The Kasbah' Trailer [WATCH]

    Bill Murray is hilarious so we're glad that the trailer for his new film features David Bowie, Deep Purple, The Clash, Elvis Presley and Guns N' Roses, so we can write about it for Music Times. OK, so there are mostly just references to the aforementioned bands, but we're still pretty stoked to check out 'Rock The Kasbah,' a film starring Murray alongside Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson and more.

  • The Game Lawsuit: Cop Sues for $12 Million after Basketball Punch [VIDEO]

    The Game turned himself in after punching an off-duty police officer during a pick-up basketball game, but the debacle isn't over yet: The man is suing the rapper for $12 million in damages following the incident, according to HipHopDX. The officer, Onyebuchi Awaji, alleges that he may have suffered brain damage as a result of the blow. He also claims that Game threatened to kill him.

  • K-Pop's Big Bang Ties Psy Record with Single "Bang Bang Bang"

    K-Pop standouts BIG BANG set a high mark this week as it joined Psy as the only performer to ever take both the no. 1 and 2 spots on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart at the same time. The newly released single "Bang Bang Bang" wise to no. 1 and the hype generated by the release also helped previous release "We Like 2 Party" to the runner-up spot.

  • Florence + The Machine Tops Album Charts; Merle Haggard Sets Career Mark

    The first sales week for Florence + The Machine's How Big How Blue How Beautiful was certainly the first (and possibly third) adjective featured in the album's title, as the third record from the songstress sold 128,000 copies and took the top spot on the Album Charts, holding off also-rans Taylor Swift and A$AP Rocky. It was the highest sales week of Welch's career.
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