• Sophia Grace's "Best Friends" Lands On Billboard Hot 100, Gets Remix From Y//2//K [LISTEN]

    After dropping her new single "Best Friends" last week, YouTube/Ellen star Sophia Grace has officially landed on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, debuting at No. 87. The video for the single has already gone viral with nearly six million views. Now oddball producer Y//2//K has reimagined the 11-year-old's DJ Mustard-esque anthem as a darker, bass heavy club banger. He also manages to improve her vocals, making her sound a bit more mature. It almost makes you forget she was singing the song in the toy aisle of a Kmart for her video.
  • AFC Championship, NFC Championship and Super Bowl: Music Times Picks The Winners With Help from Hometown Musicians

    Music Times came up a bit short in our prediction of the NCAA College Football Playoff. We attempt to make amends by picking the winners of this weekend's AFC and NFC Championship Games—New England versus Indianapolis and Seattle versus Green Bay—as well as the winner of the eventual Super Bowl XLIX...by looking at the best music to come out those respective cities during 2014.
  • Hardwell Releases 'Sally' featuring Harrison: Latest Cut From 'United We Are' [LISTEN]

    With just a week left until the release of his debut album, "United We Are," Dutch Dj and producer, Hardwell, has decided to release the fourth official single from the LP titled "Sally" featuring the vocals of UK singer, songwriter Harrison. The latest from the Revealed Recordings don, Hardwell delivers a rock, EDM genre-blending tune that features the festival sized instincts of the "Spaceman" DJ with big, booming synths and a powerful kick drum, while also working with Harrison to come up grungy, rock breaks and provocative lyrics.
  • Chris Brown Probation Revoked Following Night Club Shooting, New Progress Hearing Scheduled For March

    Since being released from jail in July, Chris Brown dropped a new album, performed at some awards shows, made a cameo at the ESPYs, and started and squashed beefs, among other things. However, trouble seems to just follow the guy. In August, Suge Knight was shot multiple times at his Party in Los Angeles and earlier this month, five people were shot at a private party, where he was performing in San Jose. Now the "Loyal" crooner's probation has been revoked in connection to the recent nightclub shooting. By performing out of Los Angeles County, Brown violated a provision in his probation forbidding him to leave the area. Brown also has yet to complete his 200 hours of community service, the Los Angeles Times reports.
  • Flying Lotus Previews Unreleased Material, Interviews Herbie Hancock On BBC Radio One Residency [LISTEN]

    It was announced last month that Flying Lotus would join BBC Radio One as a resident in 2015, adding to a cast that includes, Skream, Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada, Solomun and others. He took to the BBC airwaves for the first time on Jan. 15 and put together a vintage FlyLo mix with tracks from all across the music spectrum including some unreleased music from himself, Rae Sremmurd, Electric Light Orchestra, Run The Jewels and Thundercat. He does not waste the opportunity to showcase some new music, including an unreleased Thundercat track and a few from himself like an alternative edit of his track with Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me."
  • 'Enter The Dangerous Mind' - A Film About an EDM Producer Gone Mad Releases Trailer [WATCH]

    Some of you probably thought that it would require a madman to listen to the same samples, sounds and loops over and over again to try and create electronic music. Well now someone agrees with you. A new film, "Enter The Dangerous Mind" (EDM), has read your mind (pun intended) and has put together a pretty decent cast for a movie about a deranged EDM producer who goes mad and eventually starts to kill.