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The most engaging political activity in the music world in recent years, the conflict between Pussy Riot and the Russian government, has taken a seemingly dire turn. Band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has gone missing amid a recent prison transfer. -
Waylon Jennings' grandson Struggle Jennings fools jail into letting him shoot 'Black Curtains' music video
A) Waylon Jennings' grandson, Struggle Jennings, is a rapper. B)He and his crew fooled a jail in Tennessee into letting them shoot a music video while he's incarcerated for drug charges. -
Marvin Gaye's family launches lawsuit against Robin Thicke and EMI; could conflict of interest free up publishing rights?
It's been a long while since Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris (his friends know him as T.I.) filed a lawsuit looking to rule out any suggestions that the trio stole from Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up" when recording their own "Blurred Lines," the biggest song of 2013 thus far. The Gaye estate has finally gotten around to filing their countersuit that alleges the exact opposite, and they've included music publisher EMI among their targets. -
The Foo Fighters make a ridiculous commercial for their concert in Mexico with Erik Estrada
Last night the Foo Fighters shared a commercial for their first major gig at Mexico City's Foro Sol on Dec. 13 with The National. The two-minute clip finds the band memebers performing daily chores such as washing the car, mowing the grass, grilling, and sun tanning (if you count that as a chore). -
Back of The Billboards: '12 Stories' by Brandy Clark...the best album country album of 2013 so far by our count
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.
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