• John Lennon Photos from Two Days Before His Death Released, Set for Auction

    Nate D. Sanders Auctions are offering up some more cool Beatles memorabilia Thursday including the band's first known color recording, a three and a half minute video of the band playing in the ABC Theatre in Blackpool, England, as well as several previously unreleased photos of John Lennon just two days before he was shot in 1980.

  • 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is Most Popular Song In Music Says University Of London Study

    A study conducted by the University of London has determined that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana is the most popular song in music. The pioneering track that ultimately defined the grunge movement of the 90s made it to the head of a list of the top 50 songs compiled by a team of researchers from Goldsmiths at the University of London, headed by computer scientist Dr. Mick Grierson, who is also a musician.

  • Every Track From The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind The Madness' is Charting

    The Weeknd is having an impressive week on the charts as his album, 'Beauty Behind The Madness' comes in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-hop Albums charts. More surprisingly, 10 songs off that album made their debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list this week, rounding out the full tracklist with every song currently charting.

  • David Gilmour Covers Beatles Ballad 'Here, There and Everywhere'

    David Gilmour, guitarist of the recently split Pink Floyd, will bring new music to the forefront with his first solo album in 10 years, 'Rattle That Lock,' due out September 18. Thus far, he's teased the impending album with the release of the title track along with a riveting animated music video. Now, the 69-year-old musician has unveiled a personal cover of the Beatles fan-favorite track, "Here, There and Everywhere."

  • Sean Lennon, The Moonlandingz Collaborate on 'Sweet Saturn Mine' [LISTEN]

    Last year, Sean Lennon became mesmerized at a South by Southwest party where he tuned into the musical talents of the psychedelic Fat White Family for the first time ever. Since that moment, he's aided the band by co-producing their sophomore album as well as joining forces with them for a side project called the Moonlandingz (which features Lennon, Fat White Family's Lisa Saoudi and Saul Adamczewski, Charlotte Kemp Muhl and members from the U.K. avant-garde electronic group, the Eccentronic Research Council.)

  • 5 Songs You Didn't Know Violated Copyright: Johnny Cash, Radiohead and More

    Music samples and their legality has been a hot-button issue in music news this year: First, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were forced to pay the estate of Marvin Gaye over similarities between their smash hit "Blurred Lines" and his "Got To Give It Up," and now Jay Z and Timbaland will head to court to establish whether they properly licensed an Egyptian music sample found on "Big Pimpin'." Although courts have seen more action from those whose copyrights have been infringed recently, it's hardly a new phenomenon. Here are five hits from years past that were busted for being a little too close to another song for comfort. It's important to note just little listeners today remember the lawsuits.

  • 'Jive Talkin'" and Beyond: The Bee Gees No. 1's of The '70s

    It was a dark day for fans of rock music on August 9, 1975, as the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'" would be announced as the no. 1 song on the Hot 100. It was the group's second no. 1 hit in its then-14-year career but it was the first that could be classified as "disco." Things would only get better/worse (depending on who you are) from there on out, as the Gibb brothers would become the biggest names in the genre's short history, releasing another seven no. 1 hits before 1980 struck. These are those tracks.

  • Slipknot's Next Album: On 'Sgt. Pepper,' 'Purple Rain,' 'The Wall' Scale(?)

    Slipknot took more than six years between releases 'All Hope Is Gone' and '.5: The Gray Chapter' but it's already scheming its next album: An epic double-album on the scale of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' or The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.' Frontman Corey Taylor also threw out Prince's 'Purple Rain' as a comparison point, as he plans of having a full-length film to accompany the music. Oh?

  • 7 Bands Keith Richards Hated (at the time): Led Zeppelin and The Beatles(?)

    Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones surprised the world this week when he claimed in an interview that The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'—what many consider to be the best album of all time—was a "mishmash of rubbish." Few people could maintain a career after dissing The Beatles, but Richards, regardless of whether we agree with him, has that sort of clout. And he didn't forgive his own band from experimenting with psychedelia, comparing the "rubbish" of 'Sgt. Pepper's' with the Stones' 'Their Satanic Majesties Request.' The guitarist wasn't shy about airing out his complaints regarding other huge acts, even when he was younger. In fact, during a 1969 interview with Rolling Stone, he badmouthed everyone from Led Zeppelin to, yes, The Beatles.

  • 7 Bad Dress Codes on Album Art: The Beatles, Rolling Stones, KISS and More

    Today marks the 50th anniversary of 'Help!' going to no. 1. It was a great album by The Beatles, and also one of the most misguided fashion stataments on an album cover. Music Times digs up less-then-classics from KISS, the Jackson 5 and Girls Generation for further examples of bad uniform choices on record art.

  • Keith Richards Disagrees with World: 'Sgt. Pepper's' is "Mishmash of Rubbish"

    It's impossible to universally agree that any one album is the greatest in history, but the closest we've come is 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' The Beatles' iconic release that has resonated with both its music and art. Numerous publications have named the band's 1967 album as the singular best record ever put to wax (many make the same argument for Revolver as well). One person familiar with the scene disagrees. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards defied conventional expectations this week, describing 'Pepper's' as "rubbish."
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