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The ideal career for most bands it to achieve success by playing their own songs, but some bands have very successfully performed as backing bands for other well-known artists. Here are six bands who did just that. -
6 Incredible Songs with Bizarre Song Structures: The Beatles, the Smiths, and more
If you listen to a lot of pop and rock music like I do, you've probably noticed that most songs are similarly structured. They more or less go verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus, and in three minutes, you're out. A million great songs have been written this way, but some artists like to explore alternative song structures, often with great success. Here are six great songs with bizarre structures. -
6 Famous Musicians Accused of Racism: Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and more
In an email sent to Pitchfork yesterday, drummer Kliph Scurlock explained why he was fired from the Flaming Lips, blaming singer Wayne Coyne and accusing him of racism. In our increasingly progressive society, accusations of racism are thrown around quite often, and as this story shows, even great musicians are subject to it. Here are six other great artists who have been accused of racism. -
11 Initial Thoughts on the Black Keys' 'Fever' Video
The Black Keys released the video for their new single “Fever” today, from their upcoming album Turn Blue. Here are my impressions of the video after watching it just one time. -
9 Great Songs That Sound Out of Place On Their Albums: Nirvana, PJ Harvey and more
Though an album where every song is pretty much the same won’t be very good (unless you’re the Ramones), the songs on an album should at least feel like it they all came from the same place. These nine songs, however, sound like they were placed on the wrong album entirely. Here are nine great songs that sound out of place on their albums. -
5 Bands Who Only Got Famous After Breaking Up: The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Slint and more
Thousands of bands form every year, but unfortunately most of them don't ever achieve significant commercial success.These five bands, however, somehow managed to achieve their greatest popularity only after they had broken up. -
7 Song Mistakes That Were Intentionally Left In: The Beatles, R.E.M., and more
The beauty of recording is that you can delete all of the mistakes until you have a perfect song, but any good musicians will tell you that sometimes, mistakes are the most interesting parts of a song. Here are seven great songs with mistakes that were intentionally left in. -
7 Great Indie Rock Albums with Creepy Artwork: Devendra Banhart, Ty Segall, and more
Heavy metal albums usually have some awesomely terrifying artwork (when they’re not busy being totally awful), but they’re not the only albums capable of creeping you out with their covers. Here are seven of the creepiest album covers from indie rock artists. -
6 Artists Who Never Went Solo (But Should): Carrie Brownstein, Michael Stipe, and more
With the release of Damon Albarn's first solo LP Everyday Robots, I've started thinking about other artists who have been in the music game for a long time, but have never chosen to go solo. Here are six artists that I would love to hear solo albums from. -
7 Album Covers That Don't Match the Music: Pink Floyd, Neil Young, and more
A good album cover should compliment the music inside, and a lot of covers do this very well. The ethereal cover of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless matches the album’s ethereal music, but some album covers suggest something completely different than what the music actually offers. Here are seven album covers that don’t match the album’s music. -
6 Musical Biopics That Were Criticized by Their Subjects: 'Walk The Line,' 'The Doors,' 'Notorious' and more
The new Jimi Hendrix biopic All is By My Side, starring Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, has generated considerable criticism from Hendrix’s estate, which opposes any film about Hendrix’s life produced without their participation. This type of controversy surrounding a biopic is nothing new, however. Here are six biopics of musicians that were criticized by their subjects. http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5787/20140429/jimi-hendrix-biopic-gets-new-release-date.htm -
MySpace ranks Weezer's discography... Music Times compares notes with its six favorite Weezer songs [AUDIO]
So, it's inevitable that some publication out there was bound to rank (nearly) every song in the Weezer discography. It's not us here at Music Times... it was done over at MySpace. Now, we're comparing notes. Six Music Times writers wrote about their favorite Weezer tracks and saw where they landed on MySpace's list to see who had the best taste.
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