• Beck and Til Schweiger of 'Inglorious Basterds' are suing each other

    Alt-rocker Beck has entered battle with Inglorious Bastered actor Til Schweiger, who played Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz in the film and is one of the top filmmakers in Germany. According to gossip site TMZ, Schweiger claims that Beck destroyed his Malibu rental property. He had been renting it to the rocker for $11,000 per month from 2010 until February of this year.

  • Tiësto, Zedd and Bassnectar to headline Ultra Music Experience

    Considering the title of Miami's Ultra Music Festival, it's understandable that other music gatherings might struggle to live up. However, the Ultra Music Experience on San Padre Island, TX, will try to serve as a healthy warm-up for the big event that takes place two weeks later. The event, being held for the fourth year at Schitterbahn Beach Waterpark, will occur between March 13-15.

  • Freaky Friday: James Brown covers Hoagy Carmichael's 'Georgia On My Mind'

    At Music Times, we love a good cover song. There's something wonderful about repurposing music and essentially bringing life to another creation. Music is not a rigid and inflexible product but rather a malleable one that allows songs to take on a new life as others reimagine it. Nothing gets a crowd more excited than seeing one of their favorite bands cover one of their favorite songs. The cover song makes music accessible to new audiences, and spreading music is what we are all about.
Welcome to Freak Friday. Each week we highlight a new cover song that we're crazy about. Have suggestions? Send them our way! This week, we give you...

  • Listen to the unreleased Talking Heads song from a live show at CBGB in 1976

    An unknown, previously unreleased Talking Heads song has surfaced online. The Talking Heads fan site reports that the 5-minute-long song being called "Theme" is an instrumental piece that was only recorded live when the band opened two sets for the band Television at New York City's famed club CBGB on July 30, 1976.

  • Rap Genius gets punished by Google for link scheme

    RapGenius.com has become a force to be reckoned with within the hip-hop community on the internet, thanks to its huge collection of rap lyrics and tools that allow you to make awesome graphs of hip-hop analytics. That rising stardom may have hit a significant speed bump when a journalist pointed out that the site was using some sketchy methodology to draw hits to its website.
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