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  • Justin Bieber retiring? Pop star claims 'Complete My Journals' will be last album

    Justin Bieber delivered a message to critics and haters Wednesday: Either love me, or leave me alone. He didn't actually use Jay Z's lyrics, but he did echo the rapper's sentiment from 2003's The Black Album when he told Los Angeles's Power 106 that the hard copy of 'Complete My Journals' would be his last collection before retiring from music.

  • New Year's Eve Times Square: Miley Cyrus, Macklemore and Blondie to perform

    Less than two weeks from the event itself, ABC has finally revealed the lineup for its Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, perhaps the most apostrophized title in this history of television. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Blondie, Icona Pop, and in case you hadn't seen enough of her yet, Miley Cyrus will perform at Times Square this year.

  • 3D printer at Cornell University produces fully functional speaker

    The issue with have a really awesome stereo system is that they're expensive as all get-out...hence the cultural divide between people with really nice stereo systems and people with Xbox One. However, researchers at Cornell University have had a success that may make owning both of the aforementioned options a more realistic option for those with similar salaries to us: They managed to construct a speaker with a 3D printer.

  • Tiësto drops new single 'Red Lights' in United States; first from 2014 album

    Electronic music fans who don't eat, drink and breathe the genre can get their first listen to Tiësto's new single "Red Lights" today. The track was played for the first time during late November when Pete Tong, a BBC Radio 1 DJ renowned within the electronic scene, played the track during his show (you can listen to that broadcast below...just skip ahead to 0:35 in order to skip the vocal introduction. No offense, Pete).

  • R. Kelly claims 362 songs were recorded for 'Black Panties' sessions

    Many musicians and bands record extra tracks when they're working on a new album, hence why The Beatles are still releasing totally new rarities during December 2013. Annnnnd sometimes we get the idea that performers might exaggerate just how many total songs they lay down during the recording process. R. Kelly was definitely setting the standard for one or the other when he told CRWN that he had created 362 tracks during the process of making Black Panties.

  • Music a suitable Christmas gift for most, study shows. Digital format getting more popular according to BPI

    The music industry, it is a-changin'. Especially around the Christmas season, when we audiophiles go out shopping for our fellow music-loving friends. A study done by the BPI, a trade body that oversees the music industry in the UK, shows that a majority of survey-takers would indeed enjoy music as a gift for the holidays. One change that continues however is what format they would prefer that music in.

  • Ray Price dead, wife confirms; could new album be on the way?

    Following more than a day of speculation as to the health of country icon Ray Price, his family confirmed Monday evening that the renowned vocalist had passed away. It had been previously reported on Sunday evening by the star's son that he had passed away from pancreatic cancer, but that turned out to be untrue. The current report has been confirmed by Price's wife, Janie. Price had been under hospice care at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX, because of the cancer. He was 87 years old.

  • Beyoncé's liaison with iTunes means Target won't stock 'Beyoncé'

    Beyoncé's unannounced album stunt wasn't to everyone's liking (it was just to most people's liking). One group that was unamused was Target stores. The superstore chain decided on Monday that as it wasn't given the same opportunity to market the album as iTunes (the only outlet selling Beyoncé upon its release), it will blackball the record altogether.

  • Ryan Book's Playlist of 2013: Lorde, Kanye, and Kvelertak

    Music Times, like so many other music publications, was looking to publish a "Best of 2013" playlist. We met to discuss what such a playlist should include, and that's where we ran into trouble. We couldn't agree. Sometimes two of us just couldn't agree on whether the performer was amazing or terrible, and even when we agreed they were amazing, we couldn't agree on what track was most representative of their work. Hence it was decided that rather than try to agree (a seemingly impossible endeavor), everyone would get their own "favorites of 2013" playlist. We won't argue that these are neccesarily the best tracks of the last year, but they're definitely songs that caught our respective attention and caused us to hit 'repeat" over and over and over again

  • Ray Price still alive according to reports from his wife

    Country music fans shouldn't commence mourning just yet, but they also shouldn't expect any good news to come from the home of legendary performer Ray Price either. Price's wife, Janie, contradicted reports from Sunday evening that her husband had succumbed to pancreatic cancer, but her tone didn't suggest that we should expect a recovery soon. Price has been under hospice care at his home in Mount Pleasant, TX since last Thursday.

  • Disclosure, Chvrches, other alternative acts top Hype Machine's 'Most Blogged' list

    If you roll your eyes at the term "blogosphere," at least acknowledge the truth the music world on the internet is vastly different from real-life music. The most telling example is Hype Machine's yearly 'Music Blog Zeitgeist,' which counts down the Top 50 performers based on how often they're mentioned in over 820 prominent music blogs. Hint: Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Eminem, Jay Z and Katy Perry didn't make the list.

  • Drake sued by Chicago promoter over cancelled shows

    Drake may soon discover that one of the downsides that comes with a meteoric rise in popularity is the need for better bookkeeping. A Chicago concert promoter is suing the rapper and his OVO Touring company, alleging that they made off with more than $200,000 without staging a show at all.

  • Joey Jordison leaves Slipknot, band vows to continue working on new music

    A surprising block has appeared in the road on the way to a new Slipknot album. It was announced via the band's website that drummer Joey Jordison had left the group for "personal reasons." Jordison was one of the founding members of the band, and has long been regarded as one of the better drummers in mainstream metal.

  • The xx playing 25-show New York City residency...to 40 people at most

    The xx will be playing 25 shows in New York City during March 2014 and no, you probably still won't be able to get tickets. The band announced a residency at the Park Avenue Armory on the Upper East Side where the group will play 25 shows over an 11-day period. The catch is that only 40 fans will be able to attend each concert.

  • Local Natives, Kendrick Lamar and Alt-J top 'hardest working bands' list

    For the third year in a row, music site Songkick has compiled a list of the "19 hardest working bands" in show business. The list takes two factors into consideration: the performers' total number of shows played, combined with the total distance travelled to play those shows. This year's winner was Local Natives: The rock band played a total of 188 shows (more than any other act on the list), while traveling around 192,486 km.

  • Nelson Mandela serves as inspiration for limited-run radio station on Sirius XM; music from Bono, Aretha Franklin, more

    Nelson Mandela had an impact on all parts of culture, and not just within South Africa. Tributes and dedications have poured in from around the music world, and now SiriusXM Radio is putting together a limited-run radio station in order bring it all together. The Nelson Mandela Channel will play on SiriusXM channel 111, beginning at noon on Friday and continuing through December 15.

  • Garth Brooks' Tour will be over a three year span, country star announces

    Garth Brooks may be leading us on with this whole "Oh-shoot-I-just-let-another-integral-part-of-my-2014-plans-slip-on-national-television" shenanigan. The country star let another piece of the puzzle "slip" during his tour of the talk show circuit when he was on The Talk. The good news is that one part of the announcement process isn't a charade: the fact that a tour is totally going to happen.

  • Chief Keef guarantees 'Bang 3' mixtape will raise Chicago murder rate

    Chief Keef clearly wasn't satisfied when the FBI declared during September that his hometown, Chicago, had taken the crown for the city with the most murders in the United States (during 2012). Keef-being a stats wonk no doubt-realized that the high total meant nothing in relation to Chicago's overall population, the third highest in the nation. No, what he really wanted was the highest murder rate per capita, meaning the most murders-per-person in the population. And hence he began work on his mixtape Bang 3.
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