• Coachella Twitter Data: Drake and AC/DC Rule Social Media...Ladies Crush on Drizzy, Dudes Crush on Steely Dan?

    Both Coachella and Governors Ball got Twitter riled up when the respective music festivals announced their 2015 lineups this week, with many a rant and many a joyous declaration of thanks to the music gods. CrowdFlower, a data-mining and crowdsourcing company out of San Francisco, gathered the numbers on the more local of the two festivals from those tweeting and sent the results out for Music Times to check out.

  • Kendrick Lamar Talks Sophomore Album, Iggy Azalea, Untitled Song, Girlfriend Whitney Alford, Police Brutality, The Grammys & More In Billboard Cover Story

    The hype for Kendrick Lamar's upcoming sophomore effort couldn't be higher. His fans are hanging on every word he says, mining for details and song leaks. Lamar has repeatedly told the media that he doesn't fear the pressure of following up his critically acclaimed major label debut good kid m.A.A.d city and that fame doesn't interest him. He reiterates this claim in a new interview with Billboard and also speaks on his spending habits, the untitled song he played on The Colbert Report, his girlfriend Whitney Alford, police brutality, Iggy Azalea's place in hip-hop, the Grammys, and more. Here's what we learned.

  • "The Elvis Influence" Application from Spotify Tracks Any Musician Back to Elvis Presley, Regardless of Genre

    Yesterday would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday and we just can't get enough of the awesome coverage that folks on the internet have come up with to mark the occasion. Spotify's Insights blog once again uses data gathered by its Echo Nest, this time to create "The Elvis Influence," an application that traces any performer you enter all the way back to Elvis by way of influence. Some performers obviously have longer trails back to The King than others so often, unlike Kevin Bacon, you need more than six steps to get back.

  • Biffy Clyro Already Have 20 Songs Ready For New Album

    This year is Biffy Clyro's 20th anniversary, but you won't see them hatching any special tour plans or album re-releases to capitalize on the round number. Instead, they'll be putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to 2013's Opposites.

  • Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and More Mashed Up into "Bro Country" Mix That's Undeniably Similar Sounding

    All genres have combatting subsets, one of which will claim the other isn't "true" or "hardcore" enough. There is no genre where this is more in play than country music, which features constant battles between the fans of more popular mainstream country and those who stick to the "outlaw" country method of operation. It's reached a peak with the rise of the derisively nicknamed "bro country"—your Luke Bryans and Florida Georgia Lines. A songwriter from Nashville, Greg "Sir Mashalot" Todd, has used Pro Tools to make a hybrid song from those acts plus Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice and Parmalee just to demonstrate how similar their music is.

  • Nari & Milani Respond To Accusations That 'Triangle' Ripped Off Mr Oizo 'Flat Beat'

    Italian producers, Nari & Milani, known for their single "Atom" are being accused of ripping off French electronic producer Mr. Oizo, real name Quentin Dupieux. Nari & Milani's track "Triangle," set for release on Jan. 26 via Sander van Doorn's Doorn Records, a subsidiary of major Dutch dance label, Spinnin' Records has eerily similar sound to Mr. Oizo's classic tune "Flat Beat." The internet has been buzzing about this and generally has not been happy with what is felt to be a rip off of a classic. Mr. Oizo himself has chimed and expressed that he is "not ok" with it. Nari & Milani have responded to the accusations in a lengthy Facebook post defending their actions, pointing to a Vengeance sample pack.

  • Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige Collaborator Jimmy Napes Releases Howard Lawrence, Half Of Disclosure, Assisted 'Give It Up' [LISTEN]

    British, Grammy Award winning songwriter Jimmy Napes is stepping out from behind others and looking to showcase his own talent as the frontman. Napes has written tracks for Sam Smith, Mary J Blige, Clean Bandit, Jessie Ware, Disclosure and others and has been heralded as one of the driving forces behind the new UK explosion into the United States pop market. Napes is stepping out from the shadows into the limelight with a new single "Give It Up" that features production from Howard Lawrence, one half of Disclosure.
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