Ryan Book, The Music Times

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  • Teen Top and K-Pop acts letting American fans earn shows via Krowdpop service

    Adam Smith, the "father of capitalism," would be proud of the Korean pop music industry (K-Pop). Krowdpop, a website similar to crowd-sourcing sites such as Kickstarter, allows fans in countries all over the world to woo their favorite K-Pop acts into coming to their city. Fans win, because they get to see their favorite acts. But the acts also win, because their tours are being scheduled for them essentially, and the system also guarantees them high concert attendance.

  • Kid Rock, Staind, and a slew of '80s glam metal acts headlining Rocklahoma

    Rocklahoma, one of the largest strictly-rock festivals in the United States, announced its 2014 lineup on Wednesday. Kid Rock, Five Finger Death Punch and Staind are listed as the headliners for the three-day festival. This will be the fifth installation of Rocklahoma. It will take place May 23, 24 and 25 in its usual home of Pryor, OK.

  • Empire of The Sun releasing two volumes of 'Celebrate' remixes, featuring Steve Aoki, Hook N Sling

    Electronic music is similar to jazz in one way (and probably only one way): Doing your own version of someone else's song doesn't make people mad. Just like jazz musicians have been adapting "St. James Infirmary" for years, DJs are often remixing tracks from their fellows when they aren't crafting their own new music. Empire of The Sun is proving how much you can get out of one song with its forthcoming Celebrate collections.

  • ODD Guitars Make vibrant instruments from a 3D printer...if you can afford them

    Are you looking for an eye-catching guitar and have no concerns how much it costs? We might have previously recommended some of Dean's Dimebag Darrell tribute models, but now ODD Guitars will sell you a variety of unique guitars, and you impress your friends by bragging that your axe was produced via 3D printer.

  • Electric Forest festival threatened by legal dispute between SFX and AEG / Madison House

    Music Times reported last week that the Tomorrowland Festival is facing issues thanks to a legal challenge brought by Belgian residents. The odds that Tomorrowland shuts down its second weekend are unlikely however. Now a legal conflict is threatening to derail this year's Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, MI, and it's packs more potential for disruption. The dispute comes down to SFX Entertainment and AEG/Madison House Presents. SFX is one of the major forces behind Tomorrowland, but they're causing the issues behind the Electric Forest drama.

  • Malik Kofi proves musical genius with both his words and cello during 'Little Music Manchild'

    It's easy to forget how young some of our favorite performers are when they enter the music world. From Michael Jackson's Jack 5 debut at the age of 11, to Lorde's chart-topping single "Royals" at the age of 16, it doesn't take much life experience to make a splash in the music industry. Tuesdays Under 21 is a Music Times feature dedicated to bringing attention to talented musicians and performers under the age of 21. Who knows? They just might be the next big thing.

  • Chuck D of Public Enemy named Record Store Day Ambassador for 2014

    There's still no updates as to what fans can expect among the exclusives on Record Store Day 2014, but the organizers have kept the buzz going by naming Chuck D the official ambassador of Record Store Day. The title has been annually given to pro-record store performers throughout the history of the event.

  • 'Book of Mormon' sets record for best weekly gross for a touring show

    You're familiar with Book of Mormon, the hit musical from South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, which won nine Tonys and a Grammy. The production has broken plenty of records already-including 22 at its home Eugene O'Neill Theater-but its newest accomplishment takes the cake: The show's recent stay in Atlanta set the mark for the highest weekly gross ever for a touring show.

  • Skrillex sued by fan claiming his stage diving caused her stroke

    There's been plenty of concern thrown around regarding the EDM genre and the safety of its live shows. Most of that concern revolves around drinking and illegal drug use, the combination of which led to the deaths of numerous concertgoers during 2013. Dubstep titan Skrillex is facing legal action for a different kind of concert behavior however: stage diving.

  • Facebook Ask allows you to bother friends for their music suggestions

    Beats Music features human beings choosing the music for you, or so it claims as a selling point. Every once in a while, it's nice to have a recommendation given to you by someone you respect and trust. I mean, not you or I, of course, as we're already super hip and in-the-know. But now, if you theoretically wanted someone to give you a heads-up, you can ask your pals for advice via Facebook.

  • Megadeth pulls out of Soundwave Festival over Newsted Slight. Or not.

    A series of pointed fingers has led to Megadeth pulling out from a slew of shows in Australia, and frankly not even we're sure what the heck is going on. All we know that somewhere between Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, the band Newsted, and Soundwave Festival organizer AJ Maddah, somebody did somebody wrong.

  • Hardwell's Edinburgh show cancelled after medical mess that was Belfast concert

    As is usually the case, the many are suffering due to the actions of the few. Today's example is fans of EDM in Scotland losing out on a chance to see Hardwell-the world's top-ranked DJ according to DJ Magazine-because of an incident that happened earlier last week at a show in Northern Ireland. The city of Edinburgh opted to cancel Saturday night's show due to the number of "casualties" that occurred last Thursday night in Belfast at Hardwell's show.

  • Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks announce new album 'Enter The Slasher House," short tour

    In terms of curious "supergroups," it doesn't get much more curious than Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks. The frontman of said group is of course Tare, who perhaps included his name in the title to escape from the attention given to fellow Animal Collective member Panda Bear. Either way, Slasher Flicks also includes Angel Deradoorian, who also didn't get enough credit for her contributions to the Dirty Projectors. Rounding out the group, presumably on drums, is Jeremy Hyman, previously of Ponytail.

  • Spotify lures The Times subscribers with free premium membership

    Spotify hasn't had to deal with much competition in terms of music streaming services. Beats Music, the new product offered by the makers of Beats by Dre headphones, has made ground at an alarming rate and stands to catch Spotify a lot quicker than the latter had planned. The older service isn't taking it lying down however, and will soon be offering premium memberships to thousands of newspaper readers. For free.

  • Politics at Play in Sochi Opening Ceremony, from t.A.T.u. to Valery Gergiev

    Three topics have dominated the conversation leading up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi: terrorist threats, Russia's treatment of homosexuals, and Russia spending 2.5 percent of its GDP on the event (from The Economist). Russia can't do too much to fix its spending now, and reports have indicated nearly 100,000 security personnel will be working the events to prevent violence (again, The Economist). The government seemed to be addressing the criticism of its relationship rights record during the opening ceremonies Friday morning.

  • Hardwell concert involves 60 being treated for "effects of drink and drugs"

    It's been a while since we've run a story on the unhealthy habits of EDM concert attendees, but fortunately the first major report on the subject from 2014 doesn't come with any deaths. However, the 60 Belfast concertgoers that required ambulance care during the show from producer Hardwell on Thursday night probably aren't too happy about it.

  • Beats Music could inherit 2 million Cricket Wireless customers

    Beats Music has quickly established that it could provide worthy competition to Spotify and other streaming services upon its arrival in late 2013. Still, it will take forever for the service to catch up to Spotify, right? Maybe not. A massive deal in the works could potentially make Beats Music bigger than its main competitor overnight. It all revolves around ongoing negotiations between Beats and AT&T.

  • Jonny Greenwood scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice'

    Some directors frequent the same rock bands when choosing songs for their films (i.e. Martin Scorcese and The Rolling Stones). Others prefer to find their rock star heroes and have those individuals compose totally original music for their films, such as Wes Anderson and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. The latter describes the relationship of director Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who will be scoring Inherent Vice for Anderson.
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