• Victoria's Secret Nabs Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy for Annual Fashion Show

    Breaking news for the estimated .008 percent of people who watch the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with genuine interest in the musical performers: Taylor Swift will be headlining the show among a slew of other musical guests. Fall Out Boy, Neon Jungle and A Great Big World will also make their debut appearances on the show.

  • Britney Spears reveals 'Britney Jean' tracklist on Instagram

    Only three weeks remain until the release of Britney Spears' eighth studio album Britney Jean, so it's high time a tracklist hit the Internet. Following "hackers who ruin surprises," Spears took to her Instagram account to reveal the tracklisting for both the standard and deluxe editions of Britney Jean on Nov. 12.

  • Donate on iTunes to Urgent Effort

    We know music can be healing, and Apple is showing this in an unexpected way, collecting donations for the American Red Cross through the iTunes store. One-hundred percent of the funds will go toward aiding the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Currently, CNN reports the death toll is around 2,500. The Associated Press reports than more than 9 million people have been impacted and they fear as many as 10,000 are dead.

  • Cochlear Implant Technology May Soon Allow Deaf to Detect Music

    Choosing "worst" among a host of sensual impairments is a loaded question, but no doubt that being unable to hear is near the worst. We can't imagine not being able to listen to the music we listen to every day at Music Times. Thanks to cochlear implants, deaf individuals have gotten to experience a bit of the aural world, but music has proven to be a problem. Researchers at the University of Washington believe they've solved the problem. A new algorithm for programming the implants seems to have given test subjects the ability to detect music.

  • The Biggest Band You Don't Know Goes Viral for Charity

    Sometimes an act will have a following of millions on YouTube and you still haven't heard of them. Boyce Avenue is one of those acts. The pop/rock band of brothers has been selling songs and shows are the world, so you may have actually seen them outside of their billion YouTube views. They're in the spotlight this week for a viral video that came out of partnering with a non-profit Pencils of Promise (PoP). PoP helps increase educational opportunities for children in developing regions. Digital sales of their song "One Life" will go to PoP. The music video has already received over 450K views since the release (you can watch below).

  • Lily Allen Makes Return to Music with 'Hard Out Here' [WATCH]

    It's been quite some time since Lily Allen released a new solo single. Her last effort, "It's Not Me, It's You" was released in 2009, with its final single "Back to the Start" getting a release in April 2010. Today (Nov. 12), after over three years away from the music scene -- wherein she took time off to start a family -- Allen is back with a hot new single "Hard Out Here."

  • Lorde Releases New Song 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' [LISTEN]

    With the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire coming ever nearer, more music from the soundtrack is sure to come. Last week, a snippet of Ellie Goulding's "Mirrors" made its way around the web. Today (Nov. 12), Lorde's track for the movie, a cover of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," debuted on Vulture.

  • AC/DC and 'X Factor' Winner Already Vying for Top U.K. Christmas Single

    The top of the pop charts stays very much the same at Christmastime in the United States. Regardless of whether you've topped the charts as of Veteran's Day or Christmas Day, you've topped the charts. It's not the same in Britain however, where possession of the top spot on Christmas is a more venerated thing. The spot is one traditionally dominated by the winner of that year's season of the UK X Factor series. However, those tired of the populist pap have fired up a social media campaign to encourage listeners to buy a different single in the week leading up to Christmas: AC/DC's "Highway To Hell."

  • Rap Genius Faces Cease-and-Desist from National Music Publisher's Association

    Rap Genius has set a bar for interactivity and music discussion on the internet, and the National Music Publishers Association wants that bar taken down. The organization launched cease-and-desist notices against more than 50 lyric websites, including the aforementioned Genius. The charges are that the sites, by earning profits from advertising while publishing copyrighted material, are taking part in "blatantly illegal material."

  • Jack White To Get Tribute Album

    At 38 years old, Jack White has become somewhat of a guitar hero. Rolling Stone already named him in the list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." So it's no surprise that Cleopatra Records has curated a 14-track tribute album in his honor, with featured guests that include many of the artists he has cited as influences to his music. Pretty meta, right?
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