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6 Music Videos That Feature Imagery From The Album Cover: Bruce Springsteen, The Go-Go's, And More

An album cover and music video are often separate entities with separate imagery. The artist might appear in both, but they're usually doing different things, or at least wearing different clothes. However, these six music videos ended up incorporating imagery directly from the album cover.
9 Great Albums That Open With Very Brief Songs: Foo Fighters, Cat Stevens, And More

Earlier this week I wrote an article about albums that open with their longest song, such as David Bowie's Station to Station. These nine albums, however, pulled a completely different trick by easing listeners in with songs that are under two minutes long.
9 Albums Where Most Of The Songs Were Singles: Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, And More

The main point of releasing a single is to convince audiences to go out and purchase the entire album, but some albums end up being so successful that most of the songs end up being released as singles. Here are nine albums that were mostly made-up of singles.
MTV VMAs 2014: 10 Categories And Nominees That Should Exist, Featuring Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, And More

Today MTV announced the nominees for this year's Video Music Awards. There are 16 categories in total, but here at Music Times, we think they could stand to add a few more. Here are some VMA categories that should exist.
Arcade Fire Tour Openers Will Be Devo And Television

Consequence of Sound reports that new wave legends Television and Devo will be opening for Arcade Fire on some upcoming dates of their Reflektor tour. Devo will open on July 30 in Mountain View, California, and again in Chicago on August 26 and 27. The New York-based Television will open at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 24.
Beyoncé Leads 2014 MTV's Video Music Award Nominations

The nominees for the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, with Beyoncé leading the pack with eight nominations. The VMA's will take place at the Forum in Inglewood, California on Sunday, August 24 and will feature performances by Usher, Ariana Grande, and 5 Seconds of Summer.
Blonde Redhead Announces North American Tour Dates, Shares New Song "Dripping" [LISTEN}

New York indie rock band Blonde Redhead has announced a string of North American tour dates, Pitchfork reports, in support of its upcoming album Barragan, which will be released on September 2. The North American leg of the tour will begin in November after the band's scheduled dates around Europe, which begin mid-September. In addition to this tour announcement, the band has also shared a new song, called "Dripping," which you can hear below.
12 Initial Impressions Of The New Pornographers "War On The East Coast" [WATCH]

Today, the New Pornographers released the video for its song "War On the East Coast," the title track to its upcoming album, which will be released on August 25 through Matador Records. Here are all of my impressions of the video after watching it just one time.
8 Artists Who Should Make Dance Albums: The Flaming Lips, Morrissey, And More

When country legend Dolly Parton announced today that she's planning on releasing an LGBT-friendly dance album, it got me thinking about what other artists I'd love to hear dance albums from. Here are eight artists who should release dance albums, too.
Weird Al Parodies "Royals" In New Video "Foil" [WATCH]

Today, Weird Al Yankovic shared the video for his new song "Foil," which parodies Lorde's massive hit single "Royals," Pitchfork reports. The video, which you can watch below, features Yankovic singing about wrapping up leftover food in aluminum foil before going off on a hilarious tangent in the song's second verse, which I won't spoil here. The video also features guest appearances by comedians Patton Oswalt, Tom Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant.
8 Albums Whose Closing Tracks Were Big Singles: Adele, Kanye West, And More

As a general rule in pop music, an album's big single is usually placed towards the beginning, if not at the very top, of the tracklisting, with the album's last track reserved for something less pop friendly. However, these eight artists broke this trend by sticking huge singles at the very end of the album.
11 Great Albums That Open With Their Longest Song: Black Sabbath, David Bowie, And More

When an artist writes a lengthy song for an album, they usually place it towards the end of the album, long after the listener has already settled in. However, these artists chose to place their album's longest song not only close to the beginning, but as the album's opener.
'Uncut' Published A List Of The Smiths' 30 Best Songs, Here Are 12 They Left Off

In honor of Morrissey's new album World Peace is None of Your Business, Uncut released a list of the thirty greatest Smiths songs as chosen by various musicians. Though the list included a lot of predictable choices ("There is a Light That Never Goes Out," "This Charming Man") and some unexpected ones (""Half A Person," "This Night Has Opened My Eyes"), some excellent songs were left off. Here are twelve Smiths songs that I feel are missing from Uncut's list.
Polaris Music Prize Shortlist Announced: Arcade Fire, Drake, Mac DeMarco, And More

Pitchfork reports that the shortlist of nominees for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed. The recipient of the annual award, which honors the best Canadian album of the year, "is selected by a large panel of Canadian journalists and broadcasters," and will be announced on September 22 at the Polaris Gala. The winner also receives a prize of $30,000.
Sloan To Release New Album 'Commonwealth' On September 9, Shares First Single [LISTEN]

Canadian power-pop quartet Sloan has announced its 11th studio album Commonwealth and shared the album's first single "Keep Swinging (Downtown)," which can be heard below. The album, which will be released on September 9 through Yep Roc Records, is a double LP, with each member of the band getting an entire side of the album for their own songs, essentially making Commonwealth four mini-solo albums in one. Commonwealth can be pre-ordered on iTunes right now.
11 Initial Impressions Of Lykke Li's 'Gunshot' Video

Today, Lykke Li shared the video for her song "Gunshot," from her album I Never Learn. Here are my initial impressions of the video after watching it just one time.
5 Great Bands With A Non-Instrumental Member: Pavement, King Crimson, And More

Most rock bands have a guitarist or two, a bassist, a drummer, and maybe a keyboardist, but some bands recruit people for more unconventional jobs. These five bands have official members that play unusual instruments, or sometimes no instrument at all.
12 Album Titles That Describe The Music: R.E.M., Tom Waits, And More

A good album title should always suit or complement the music that it represents, but some artists create album titles by literally describing the music itself. Here are twelve album titles that describe the music.
Neil Young Cancels Concert In Tel Aviv

Pitchfork reports that Neil Young & Crazy Horse have been forced to cancel their July 17 show at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to The Jerusalem Post, the show's promoter Shuki Weiss revealed in a press release that, "The cancellation is due to the barrage of rockets that have been fired in recent days and concern for the safety of an audience for such an event."
Concert Review: John Ryle House in Haledon, NJ, 7/12/14

The last time I went to a show at the John Ryle House in Haledon, NJ, bayonets were discovered in the garage by a couple of people who had consumed an exorbitant amount of alcohol. Nobody died or was even (seriously) injured, but that's the sort of thing that would normally persuade me to never return. So why did I go back last night? Because Omegalith and Huge Pupils were playing.
7 Bands That Spawned Multiple Prominent Solo Careers: Genesis, Wu-Tang Clan, And More

Many bands would be lucky enough to have just one immensely talented artist to carry them to success, but these seven bands had two (or sometimes more) musicians in their ranks who would go on to achieve success on their own.
Laurie Anderson, Experimental Artist, Was Trapped Inside Hyperbaric Chamber In NYC

The A.V. Club reports via The New York Daily News that experimental musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson found herself trapped inside of a hyperbaric chamber at New York City's Pure Flow spa on Wednesday. The chamber, which The A.V. Club describes as "basically a person-sized box that is pumped full of oxygen," reportedly malfunctioned when the 67-year-old Anderson attempted to leave it, but found the zipper to be stuck. Feeling a shortness of breath, Anderson texted a friend for help, who then called 911. Anderson managed to escape the chamber on her own before the FDNY arrived.
8 Great Albums That Open With Cover Songs: Blondie, Pixies, And More

For performers who write their own songs, an album's opening track is pretty tricky. There's a lot of pressure to write an excellent song that catches the listener's attention and entices them to listen further, but some artists get around this by opening their albums with cover songs instead. Here are eight great albums that open with cover songs.
Radiohead To Begin Recording New Music In September

In a recent interview, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood revealed that he and his bandmates will be returning to the studio in September, Pitchfork reports. While speaking with Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio 6, Greenwood shared an update about the band and its future, saying, "We're going to start up in September, playing, rehearsing, and recording, and see how it's sounding."
12 Classic Albums Produced By Musicians Outside The Band: Weezer, Beck, And More

Today marked the tragic passing of Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, and along with being a founding member of one of the most influential bands in history, another one of his crowning achievements was his production of the Replacements' classic 1985 album Tim. Here are some other classic albums that were produced by musicians outside of the band.
21 Albums Known By Two (Or More) Different Names: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, And More

Though most albums are given official titles, sometimes these titled prove to inconvenient or confusing, which leads to fans referring to the album by another name entirely. Here are twenty-one albums known by at least two different names.
R.I.P. Tommy Ramone

Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone passed away yesterday, July 11th, at age 62 in New York City. He was the last surviving original member of the Ramones.
6 Artists From The '70s Who Did Well In The '80s: Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, And More

It may have been something in the water, but for whatever reason, the '80s were not kind to many of the genius artists of the '70s. Some of them lost their edge and went pop (Genesis) while some just completely lost their minds, and not in a good way (Neil Young). However, these six artists managed to flourish in the '80s and release some of their best work.
8 Multi-Platinum Albums That Were Relative Flops: The Eagles, Prince, And More

The news of Robin Thicke's latest album selling a dismal 54 copies in Australia must be very embarrassing for him, but there are some artists who are so massively famous that even going multi-platinum can be considered a huge disappointment. Here are eight multi-platinum albums that sold less than half of their predecessors.
9 Album Titles That Reference Other Albums: Lily Allen, The Decemberists, And More

If you want your album title to catch someone's attention, one surefire technique you can try is referencing the title of a classic album, which might trick people into thinking your album is just as good. Here are nine album titles that are references to other albums.