• 10 Artists Who Paid Tribute To Their Parents In Their Music

    Today, indie folk singer Sufjan Stevens announced the release of a new album Carrie & Lowell, which is named after his mother and stepfather and features a photograph of the two on the front cover. After all that rock music has done to encourage people to disobey their parents, it's honestly refreshing to see Stevens pay tribute to his parents this way, but he's far from the only rock artist who has done this. Here are 10 artists who have paid tribute to their parents in their music, either with one song or with entire albums.

  • Ranking The Royal Mail's 10 Rock 'n' Roll Inspired Stamps: Led Zeppelin 'IV', Pink Floyd's 'The Division Bell', The Rolling Stones 'Let It Bleed' and More

    Just five years ago the UK Postal system introduced a series of ten stamps featuring album art from classic records by British rock bands. Are we behind the times? Yes. Were we around to weigh in on the list when it dropped? No. Now Music Times weighs in on all ten album covers and rank them from 10 to 1 in terms of which serves best as a stamp...both for its aesthetic and its relevance within music culture. Artists include The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

  • Syd Barrett's 'The Madcap Laughs': 13 Songs Ranked For Its 45th Anniversary

    Today, Jan. 3, marks the 45th anniversary of The Madcap Laughs, the debut solo album by original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett. Other than being a remarkable album musically, The Madcap Laughs is also significant for being a surreal document of Barrett's mental health at the time, which had been steadily declining ever since his departure from Pink Floyd in 1968. To celebrate the anniversary of this incredible album, here are its 13 tracks ranked, from weakest to strongest.

  • 7 Songs Featuring Non-Traditional Instruments; Featuring Tracks from The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and More

    On this day 40 years ago Pink Floyd began working on what would become what many consider to be the band's masterpiece, and what would become one of the bestselling rock albums of all time: Dark Side of The Moon. A Floyd project that fewer people are familiar with is the album that the band meant to do instead of Moon: An album recorded using nothing but household objects. This project, despite the inevitable cult stays that it would attain, probably wouldn't have lived up to the acclaim of the album the band did end up recording. Still, we can't help but appreciate the idea of using non-musical items in a more musical sense. Here are seven songs (if not full albums) that feature some outside instrumentation.

  • Music Times 25 Best Songs of 2014: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, St. Vincent & More

    2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes.

  • David Gilmour Joins Bombay Bicycle Club for 'Wish You Were Here' at London's Earls Court Arena [WATCH]

    Pink Floyd leader David Gilmour joined Bombay Bicycle Club onstage Saturday, Dec. 13, for a rendition of "Wish You Were Here." The singer was on hand to bid farewell to London's Earls Court Arena, which is set to be demolished. Pink Floyd played the venue during its 1973 "Dark Side of the Moon" trek. Gilmour himself played at the arena multiple times over the years, Ultimate Classic Rock notes. "This man gave me my first guitar," guitarist Jamie MacColl said before Gilmour came out onstage. "[He] was one of the first people to play this venue, and by my count has played here more than 27 times." Gilmour also joined Bombay Bicycle Club on their tune "Rinse Me Down." Gilmour and Pink Floyd recently released "The Endless River," the band's final album. It is made up of outtakes from their last album, 1994's "The Division Bell."

  • 5 Best Songs: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

    Today, Nov. 30, marks the 35th anniversary of Pink Floyd's last great album "The Wall," a disturbing rock opera that tells the story of a rock star named Pink who gradually drives himself insane through complete emotional isolation. In honor of the anniversary of this incredible album, here are its five best songs.

  • 8 Christmas Songs By Unexpected Artists

    Christmas music is typically the territory of Christian artists, country singers, or pop singers looking for a quick cash-in between proper studio albums (though that doesn't mean these cash-ins can't be great). However, there have been some strange cases where artists in other genres, such as rap, metal, and indie rock, have tried their hand at Christmas music as well. Here are eight Christmas songs or albums from unexpected artists.

  • Vinyl Sales Break 1 Million for First Time Since 1996 Thanks to Arctic Monkeys, Pink Floyd and Jack White

    Tell us if you've heard this one before: Vinyl sales are up. The UK is one of several markets where music in the grooved physical format have seen rapid increases in sales. The Official Charts Company (similar to our own Nielsen Soundscan) has reported that the nation has sold more than one million copies of vinyl records thus far during 2014, marking the first time since 1996 that a million copies of the format have been sold in the region.

  • 8 Album Covers That the Artists Hate

    Writing and recording an album can be a long and arduous process, which is why most musicians leave it up to their record label to design a suitable album cover, though as these eight albums prove, this can often lead to regrettable designs that the musician ends up hating.
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