• Fifth Harmony voices come out better on 'Better Together: Acoustic'

    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.

  • Internet Radio Fairness Act fails, Pandora to take the brunt of the decision

    Online radio services have taken a hit, as it seems the proposed Internet Radio Fairness Act has all but failed. Pandora, the largest representative of ouch services, has basically quit its campaign to get the law passed, according to its co-founder Tim Westergren, acknowledging the cold reality that it won't pass.

  • X Factor's annual 'Thanksgiving slaughter' cuts Lillie McCloud and Josh Levi

    The X Factor isn't doing too well in the United States. Season 3 has continued to see a drop off in viewers, so the series had to hope that its annual Thanksgiving spectacle would bring some attention back, otherwise the show might not survive to see a fourth season. Playfully titled the "Thanksgiving slaughter," the show has made it a habit of axing two contestants during its holiday episode. Last night that dropped the remaining number of players down to six.

  • Lady Gaga and The Muppets get help from Elton John and RuPaul

    Thanksgiving was full of musical acts as usual, with the typical Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade medleys as well as the halftime shows during the NFL's three games. One special occasion for 2013 was Lady Gaga's television special, Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular. As was to be expected with anything that involved either The Muppets or Lady Gaga, shenanigans happened. Here's Music Times' favorite musical moments from the broadcast:

  • Danger Mouse talks about 'After the Disco' and where he's at in his life

    Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) is known for his innovative contributions as a producer for bands like the Black Keys, U2 and his collaboration with James Mercer for Broken Bells. The 36-year-old shared his thoughts with Rolling Stone on where he is in his life, relationships and some of the projects he's been working on.

  • Bad Religion's unique take on Christmas music

    Perhaps it's a bit ironic that a band called Bad Religion would make a Christmas album. But they did, and it came out on Oct. 29. The punk rockers put out Christmas Songs which includes "O Come All Ye Faithful," God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas."

  • Selena Gomez and more: The NFL's Thanksgiving Day halftime performers

    Thanksgiving is a huge day for the NFL. You and your relatives are off work and full of food, so what better conditions for watching football? Like a fellow big game, The Super Bowl, the league celebrates by hosting special halftime performances. The talent might not live up to the big names that show up for the biggest game, but we figured we'd give brief bios for the performers to expect during today's games:

  • Kraftwerk bringing '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8' tour residency to Los Angeles

    Normally when we refer to electronic music and Tomorrowland, we're talking about a music festival in Belgium. This time however, we're referring to the forthcoming concert series from Kraftwerk to take place at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (it was a bad joke and we apologize). In all seriousness however, the pioneering German electronic group will bring its collective retrospective "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" to California in March.
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