• Lady Gaga and The Muppets get help from Elton John and RuPaul

    Thanksgiving was full of musical acts as usual, with the typical Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade medleys as well as the halftime shows during the NFL's three games. One special occasion for 2013 was Lady Gaga's television special, Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular. As was to be expected with anything that involved either The Muppets or Lady Gaga, shenanigans happened. Here's Music Times' favorite musical moments from the broadcast:

  • Danger Mouse talks about 'After the Disco' and where he's at in his life

    Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) is known for his innovative contributions as a producer for bands like the Black Keys, U2 and his collaboration with James Mercer for Broken Bells. The 36-year-old shared his thoughts with Rolling Stone on where he is in his life, relationships and some of the projects he's been working on.

  • Bad Religion's unique take on Christmas music

    Perhaps it's a bit ironic that a band called Bad Religion would make a Christmas album. But they did, and it came out on Oct. 29. The punk rockers put out Christmas Songs which includes "O Come All Ye Faithful," God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas."

  • Selena Gomez and more: The NFL's Thanksgiving Day halftime performers

    Thanksgiving is a huge day for the NFL. You and your relatives are off work and full of food, so what better conditions for watching football? Like a fellow big game, The Super Bowl, the league celebrates by hosting special halftime performances. The talent might not live up to the big names that show up for the biggest game, but we figured we'd give brief bios for the performers to expect during today's games:

  • Kraftwerk bringing '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8' tour residency to Los Angeles

    Normally when we refer to electronic music and Tomorrowland, we're talking about a music festival in Belgium. This time however, we're referring to the forthcoming concert series from Kraftwerk to take place at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (it was a bad joke and we apologize). In all seriousness however, the pioneering German electronic group will bring its collective retrospective "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" to California in March.

  • Thanksgiving Day Music Playlist: stuff your face while stuffing your ears with these eight Turkey Day songs [LISTEN]

    Thanksgiving is, unfortunately, the holiday that most often gets swept under the rug. Nuzzled in between the Hallmark behemoths that are Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving by and large got the pass when it comes to traditional holiday carols. Though there are plenty of songs that capture the spirit of being with family or stuffing your face with ridiculous amounts of food, songs purely for Turkey Day are few and far between.

  • READ: It’s Time for Musicians to Form a New Minnesota Orchestra

    Attorney Lee Henderson, a member of the community-based group “SOS: Save Osmo," wrote an editorial urging the musicians and community to work together towards establishing a new symphony orchestra. Here’s an excerpt from his editorial that appeared in the Minneapolis...

  • Women We Love Wednesdays: Metric's Emily Haines

    To do what we can to celebrate women in music and give them the positive recognition they deserve, each week Music Times will introduce you to a female in the music industry whom we love. Singer-songwriters, rappers, DJs, producers, filmmakers, and any woman who is part of the music industry is fair game for this segment. So read on, and get to know the women who continue to wow us. This week we'd like to show off Metric's Emily Haines.
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