• Sam Smith "Lay Me Down" Music Video: "Stay With Me" Crooner Takes on Gay Marriage in the Catholic Church in Emotional 'In The Lonely Hour' Clip [WATCH]

    It's a big week for Sam Smith. Not only is the British crooner in the running for a mess of Grammys this Sunday, but he's also released an important new single and music video. Today (Feb. 5), Smith released the emotional clip for his new In The Lonely Hour single "Lay Me Down," and he's taking on the Church's stance on gay marriage - an issue near and dear to his heart.

  • Taylor Swift Tops Album Sales Charts as Ne-Yo, Charlie Wilson and the Bethel Music Group Debut in Top 10

    This week's Billboard 200 didn't reflect much in terms of new music but the Albums Chart has better news, introducing two new debut discs. Taylor Swift and 1989 are at the top again however, selling 71,000 copies. As we mentioned yesterday, that makes her only the second female performer to top the chart for at least 10 weeks with two different albums (the other being Whitney Houston). Also interesting: This week's stop at the top marks the first time since Lecrae's Anomaly during September that an album went to no. 1 with less than 100,000 in sales.

  • Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan Talks Odd Time Signatures and Colombian Drug Cartels Before His Band's 2015 Debut at Rock on The Range

    Dillinger Escape Plan isn't the most crowd-pleasing of options for the typical rock festival but they keep getting calls to perform, somewhat to the confusion of guitarist and founder Ben Weinman. He spoke to Music Times about writing music in 15/16, destroying both equipment and bodies on stage, and run ins with Colombian drug cartels in advance of his band appearing at Rock On The Range in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Luke Bryan Is Caring for His Orphaned Nephew Following the Death of His Brother-in-Law

    Luke Bryan seems like a pretty nice guy. He has the whole good ol' boy vibe going for him, but he is also truly dedicated to his family. Last year, the country star missed the CMT Artists of the Year ceremony due to the death of his brother-in-law Ben Lee Cheshire. Now it turns out the singer and his wife, Caroline, have been caring for Bryan's orphaned nephew Til, whom Bryan took to the American Country Countdown Awards in December.

  • Mariah Carey Caught Lip-Syncing 'Fantasy' in Cringe-Worthy Video [WATCH]

    Mariah Carey has had a tough go of things lately. A video has surfaced, much to the chagrin of Mariah Carey's camp, of the "Touch My Body" singer lip-syncing some of her biggest hits ("Fantasy" and "Always By My Baby") at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival this past Friday night Jan. 30. It is even more painful to watch because she is clearly missing her cues and seemingly forgets the words to some of her biggest songs, making it even more obvious and embarrassing. Watch the video here of her rather egregious fail.

  • Skrillex Shares OWSLA Stereosonic Video Recap [WATCH]

    Skrillex's record label, OWSLA, hosted its own stage at Australian touring electronic music festival, Stereosonic, at the end of December 2014. They decided to put together a recap video of what happened down under in the studio for the Triple J mixes, on stage during various sets and of Skrillex "interviewing" some of his friends. The video is stacked with guest appearances with artists who are loosely affiliated with OWSLA or Skrillex in some way like Diplo, DJ Snake, Foreign Beggers, RL Grime and others.

  • deadmau5 Guvernment Closing Party Live Set Hits the Internet [WATCH]

    Legendary Toronto music venue Guvernment shuttered its doors a week and a half ago, and for the closing party it called upon local superstar Joel Zimmerman, known to the public as deadmau5, to close it out. The final hour was left to long-time resident Mark Oliver, but for the three hours leading up until that point, deadmau5 was given total control of the venue. Some intrepid fan recorded the full set on a device resulting in decent visual footage but excellent audio.

  • Kaskade Releases 'I Remember' Compilation for Free on Google Play: Iconic Tracks Like "Eyes," "Atmosphere," "Raining" Included

    American DJ and producer Ryan Raddon, professionally known as Kaskade, is giving back to his fans. He is giving away for a limited time only a free copy of his recent greatest hits compilation on Google Play titled "I Remember." It has the greatest hits from Kaskade over the last six years of his career, including tracks from the past four albums "Strobelight Seduction," "Dynasty," "Fire and Ice" and "Atmosphere" like "Eyes," "Dynasty" and "Raining." Some may view this as a cop out release just to make an extra buck, but with dance music's growing popularity coinciding with Kaskade's, this compilation serves as an entry level understanding of his music and will allow fans to dig deeper into his discography.
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