• Madonna, Janet Jackson vs Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj; Two Women-Dominated Hot 100s 25 Years apart

    This week during 1990 marked a new high for female musicians everywhere, as all five of the top songs on the Hot 100 were performed by women. That sounds impressive but female performers have been getting their due even more so in recent years: During 2014, the Top 5 of the Hot 100 was held down by women for seven consecutive weeks. Music Times figured it'd be fun to compare the hits of yesteryear to today, having the Top 5 from this week during 1990 face off with September of 2014...Madonna, Taylor Swift, Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj and more.
  • Electric Zoo 2015 Lineup Phase 1: Alesso, Above & Beyond, Chemical Brothers

    New York's first major EDM festival, Electric Zoo, has announced the first wave of acts that will be heading to Randall's Island this year. E Zoo has been slowly unveiling the names a few at a time each day over the past few weeks, just like its fellow SFX festival, Tomorrowland and TomorrowWorld do. ID&T, the promoters of Tomorrowland and TomorrowWorld, were brought in to add their creative expertise for this year and reimagine the festival, so that makes sense. Among those who are on the first phase of artists include headliners, The Chemical Brothers, Above & Beyond and Alesso.
  • Rudimental Announces New Album 'We The Generation:' Tracklist, Release Date Revealed

    Rudimental has shared details for their upcoming artist album, 'We The Generation.' The soulful drum n' bass foursome has unveiled the colorful cover art, release date and tracklist for their sophomore LP. 'We The Generation' will be there first full-length project released since 2012's 'Home.' They have been touring extensively in the three years since and releasing remix packages and videos for the songs from the album. The album will be release at the end of the summer on September 18.
  • Taylor Swift's 7 Most Watched Videos ('Bad Blood' is Only No. 16!)

    Taylor Swift fans already know that "Bad Blood," the most recent single from Taylor Swift's 1989, has been tearing up YouTube thanks to a music video starring Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, Ellie Goulding and a multitude of others. That sort of hype helped it grab the record for most views in a 24-hour period on VEVO, taking the prize from Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda." Nonetheless, it's still only the no. 16 in terms of total views for Swift music videos. Check out the Top 7 on YouTube as of publication.
  • Moonrise Festival 2015 Lineup: Above & Beyond, Bassnectar, Porter Robinson Headline

    Survived Memorial Day Weekend? Good because you have a full summer ahead of you filled with various music events all across the country. Festivals like Lollapalooza, EDC Las Vegas, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands all command attention, but heading to smaller niche ones will be more then enough for a weekend escape. One such festival is Moonrise Festival, formerly known as Starscape, which will feature some of the names in electronic music. The two headliners will be Bassnectar and Above & Beyond, with additional major acts like Porter Robinson, Dillon Francis, The Glitch Mob and Big Gigantic also on the bill.
  • Nero Share Single "Dark Skies" From 'Between II Worlds' [REVIEW]

    UK electronic trio Nero have unveiled yet another track from their upcoming artist album Between II Worlds. The new single "Dark Skies" was unveiled on their website over the weekend, requiring fans to log in to their Spotify account and add the first official album single "The Thrill" to their playlists. You then unlock the full stream for the song on the website.