• SBTRKT, Breach, James Blake Land BBC Radio 1 Residencies

    Having a residency show on BBC Radio One has always been one of the more coveted prizes for a DJ. It gives you a platform to step outside of your comfort zone and put together a mix with some personal favorites as tastemakers. BBC Radio One has unveiled three new additions to its DJ residency roster to cap off 2015 -- SBTRKT, Breach and James Blake.
  • Ultra Music Festival Announces Singapore, Philippines Expansions

    As the festival market becomes more and more competitive, Ultra Music Festival has embarked on an incredibly ambitious expansion plan in 2015. Over the weekend, the EDM festival unveiled plans for two more one-day shows - Ultra Philippines and Ultra Singapore festivals, which will take place later this year.
  • Dave Grohl Performs Washington D.C. 20th Anniversary Gig From a Guitar Throne

    Dave Grohl isn't one to disappoint his fans, especially for the Foo Fighter's 20th anniversary show in Washington DC. After the unfortunate tumble offstage and leg injury in Sweden, he and the Foo Fighters couldn't bring themselves to cancel any more dates after nixing a few European gigs. The down-to-earth rocker decided to grit through the pain and carry out the rest of the band's gigs, sitting a top a specially crafted throne, broken leg and all.
  • Did A McDonald's Employee Replace Happy Meal Toys with His Mixtape?

    A McDonald's employee in Chicago has reportedly been fired when it was found that he was replacing the toys in Happy Meals with copies of his mixtape. Music Times places extra emphasis on "reported" because the story hasn't appeared on too many reputable news organizations, although the hilarity behind it would certainly justify one. Regardless, it ended up on Power 105's blog and that's good enough for us.
  • Geico's Music Guest Stars: Salt-N-Pepa, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers and More

    The latest commercial from Progressive Insurance features Carnie Wilson of the '90s pop standouts Wilson Phillips. One company has spent the last decade atop the wacky insurance commercial game is, of course, Geico. We went back and found all of their oddball entries that feature musical guests (the aforementioned Hammer went with Nationwide).
  • Study Suggests 60 Percent of Touring Musicians Suffer Mental Health Issues

    A frightening study has come from Help Musicians UK, a charity dedicated to supporting up-and-coming musicians as well as aging ones, which claims that more than 60 percent of musicians it surveyed suffered from a mental health disorder of some sort. A huge majority of those suffering struggled with depression but that's still nothing to ignore.