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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. -
Hans Zimmer assembles Pharrell Williams, Johnny Marr, Dave Stewart, and Michael Einziger for 'Amazing Spider-man' soundtrack
Hans Zimmer has worked with some big names during his career scoring films, and he brought them all for 'The Amazing Spider-man 2.' -
Watch Gerardo Ortiz's new video for 'Mañana Voy a Conquistarla'
24-year-old Regional Mexican singer Gerardo Ortiz just debuted the video for is single "Mañana Voy a Conquistarla" or "Tomorrow I'll Make Her Mine." -
Lady Gaga announced as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live for November 16
Following the new Saturday Night Live trend of working double-duty (Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus), Lady Gaga will be both the host and musical guest on the Nov. 16 episode of SNL. According to Billboard, this will be the pop star's third appearance on the show. -
Beck will perform 'Song Reader' concert in Hollywood with all-star guest lineup
Beck has announced plans to play his 2012 sheet-music album Song Reader live again with a star-studded lineup. He first performed the "album" live in San Francisco then in London over the summer and will try it out again on Nov. 24 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone reports. -
The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers headlining Snowbombing 2014 festival in Austria
Summer (and spring in warmer climes) tends to be the most popular season for music festivals, which is reasonable. It's warm. And most people want to be warm when they're at a music festival. Electronic music has been defying the trend for several years however, by pairing two likely hobbies, EDM and snowboarding, for cold weather fun. Snowbombing, an electronic music festival held at a ski resort in Mayrhofen, Austria, does just that. It was recently announced that British acts The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers would be headlining the 2014 version of the event. The latter will perform a DJ set. -
Phish debuts new material off unrecorded album instead of cover set for Halloween show
Breaking from their traditional Halloween show, Phish shared material off a yet-to-be-recorded album. Since 1994, the band has traditionally covered an album in its entirety in between sets of original material as a sort of "musical costume." -
Kanye West postponed 'Yeezus' tour dates in Denver, Minneapolis and Vancouver following damage to equipment
Kanye West and team have postponed three more dates from the "Yeezus" tour due to damage to stage equipment. Representatives for West announced on Friday that the upcoming shows in Denver, Minneapolis and Vancouver would need to be rescheduled, although new dates have not been announced as of press time. -
Read Lou Reed's obituary, written by his wife Laurie Anderson
Lou Reeds wife, Laurie Anderson, published a short obituary in The East Hampton Star. According to her message, Anderson and Reed used to frequent the town of East Hampton, New York. Read her words below: -
Music Times Staff dress up as album covers for Halloween
Happy Halloween from all us folk at Music Times! We decided that we needed to celebrate in some fashion, outside of eating too much candy, so the staff decided to dress up as album covers. -
Hilary Duff recording new album in studio this Halloween
Hilary Duff is back recording with music producer Billy Mann this Halloween. She tweeted a picture wearing a fox mask for the occasion. On September 24th, the internet went a buzz when she tweeted a picture recording at The Lair Studio in West Hollywood. It received over 1,000 RTs and had fans speculating if Better Days would be the name of her next album, and when would it be released? -
One Direction sells out seven straight shows at Sydney's Allphones Arena
One Direction managed to sell out seven straight shows at the arena , totaling more than 81,542 tickets, beating the previous record by around 7,000 attendees. Metallica previously held the record, during its 2010 tour (when the venue was still called the Acer Arena).
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