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  • Michael Jackson estate files papers for retrial in wrongful death lawsuit against AEG

    When you invest as much time as the Jackson family did with its wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live (and when you aim for a payout upwards of $40 billion), you don't take losing your case sitting down. Hence it shouldn't be too surprising when lawyers filed legal papers on Monday for Katherine Jackson (Michael Jackson's mother) and the pop star's three children, calling for a retrial.

  • Israel looks to legalize all music torrenting...in effort to combat music torrenting?

    Many have proposed that the United States could cut back crime rates, as well as turning a profit, if it were to just legalize marijuana. No more drug dealers (for that herb at least) selling or committing other crimes in the midst of selling. Taxation and regulation generating income for the state. It's a little idealistic, but might be worth a shot. Israel is taking a similar approach to music pirating.

  • Spotify reveals how much it pays per stream, and it isn't much

    Spotify has opened up a little bit with regards to the continuing argument between the service, musicians and the music industry, but don't look for the squalor to die down anytime soon. The music streaming site has launched a new Spotify Artists website to detail how much musicians can expect to earn from the average song-stream.

  • Maynard James Keenan's birthday party: Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Failure to play L.A. in May

    Maynard James Keenan has made an announcement and yes-it will be a concert compiling performances from bands he's been involved with but no-Tool will not be involved. So as grumbly as we are about that last aspect, it still sounds like a pretty sweet gig. We shouldn't complain about shows involving both A Perfect Circle and Puscifer (plus Failure). The show will go down at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on May 10 (his real birthday is April 17). Tickets will go on sale Friday, although prices haven't been released as of yet.

  • Insane Clown Posse and Gathering of The Juggalos finds a new home for 2014

    Perhaps-no...definitely-the most notorious music festival in the country is going to be changing locations after seven years. The Gathering of The Juggalos, the flagship festival for the Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records, will be moving from its current home in Cave-In-Rock, Ill. for the 2014 festivities. The Clowns themselves seem to know where the new location is, but they won't give any hints.

  • Garth Brooks announces concert dates with original band; Is a full tour coming soon?

    Brooks has planned some shows for 2014. Unfortunately, at least for the time being, they only consist of a few more gigs at the Wynn. The gig will consist of four shows on January 3-4, titled "Garth Brooks: The Man, His Band and His Music." The difference between these shows and the residency he just finished up is that now he'll have his original band backing him.

  • Metallica won't bring back Orion Fest for 2014 due to scheduling conflicts

    The top question on the minds of those who attended Orion Fest last year was where the festival would take place for its third installment, not whether it would happen at all. C3, the promoter of the festival curated by Metallica, told The Detroit News that the festival wouldn't take place during 2014 due to conflicts with the band's planned European tour dates. In retrospect, we media-types probably could have looked at the band's cramped schedule and guessed as much. C3 clarified that this isn't to say that the festival won't return for 2015, but it couldn't say for sure where it would be located.

  • Rolling Stone releases its own Top 50 Albums of The Year list...now Vampire Weekend challenges Kanye West

    It just must be the time of the year for announcing one's albums of the year, as Rolling Stone has also released its list of the best 50 for 2013 (Music Times will publish its list December 21). SPIN also published its own list of best records this week, as we reported yesterday. Considering the number of albums released during the year, there was a decent amount shared, relatively, within the Top 5 of both publications.

  • Study shows copyright brings little revenue for musicians; Live performances and music education main suppliers of income

    Copyright law is the normal topic claimed by record labels and music publishers when making arguments against services such as Pandora, or when launching lawsuits against other artists they've claimed are ripping off another song that's part of their catalog. So it stands to reason that copyright is a fairly large part of musician earnings, right? Wrong, says Peter DiCola, who just completed a project on the subject for Northwestern University's School of Law.

  • Pharrell Williams promises new album after pushing Daft Punk and Robin Thicke to No. 1 in 2013

    Pharrell Williams has to be near the top of the list for most relevant music performers of 2013, and he hasn't even released any music in his own name. The producer/noted falsetto vocalist has been part of two of the year's top selling singles, Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," plus has worked as a producer with Jay Z among many. Next year promises to be just as happening, with Williams already working with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," as well as handling production for Beyonce.

  • Kelly Clarkson tops Adult Contemporary charts with Christmas hit; See Music Times' list of best Christmas Chart Toppers

    Christmas has been back for a while in pop music. It starts getting radio time earlier and earlier even year, and two themed albums have now spent a month in the top 10 of the Billboard 200: Duck Dynasty's Duck The Halls and Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped in Red. Clarkson topped the Adult Contemporary charts last week with her Christmas single "Underneath the Tree," marking the 15th time a Christmas song has accomplished the feat. Surprisingly, every occurrence has been during this millennium. To mark the occasion, Music Times lists our three favorite tracks from that list.

  • SPIN releases annual list of best albums; Kanye West, Chance The Rapper, and Vampire Weekend vie for top spot

    SPIN Magazine, one of our most trusted sources for music across many genres, has released its annual list of the best 50 albums of the year. Yes, it's a bit early (not going to give Britney Spears a fair shot guys?), but we're sure they're just trying to beat the holiday rush (you'll be able to check out Music Times' albums of the year list on December 23, and our staffers' respective playlists of the year on December 16). The top album is something you've definitely heard of, but may still come as a surprise.

  • Jay Z tour kicks off in St. Paul with plenty of 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' and everything else

    You wouldn't believe it, but it's been more than four years since Jay Z has had a righteous solo tour. He shared the stage with Justin Timberlake this summer, played a handful of shows for his hometown of Brooklyn last year, and toured the world with Kanye West as part of Watch The Throne, but by himself? Nope. Now, having released Magna Carta Holy Grail over the summer, Hov was finally ready to take himself, by himself, on the road again.

  • Pepsi suggests new albums from Nas, Andre 3000 and Watch The Throne...but we have better ideas

    Pepsi Pulse, a sub-site within pepsi.com dedicated to music, has listed five hip-hop albums that it wants to hear during 2014 (which is odd...based on what Pusha T tells us, hip hope is more of a Coke genre...sorry, bad joke). The list includes fairly stellar choices, but Music Times had a few others in mind we're more interested in. Our suggestions for three replacements:

  • Fifth Harmony voices come out better on 'Better Together: Acoustic'

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.

  • Internet Radio Fairness Act fails, Pandora to take the brunt of the decision

    Online radio services have taken a hit, as it seems the proposed Internet Radio Fairness Act has all but failed. Pandora, the largest representative of ouch services, has basically quit its campaign to get the law passed, according to its co-founder Tim Westergren, acknowledging the cold reality that it won't pass.

  • X Factor's annual 'Thanksgiving slaughter' cuts Lillie McCloud and Josh Levi

    The X Factor isn't doing too well in the United States. Season 3 has continued to see a drop off in viewers, so the series had to hope that its annual Thanksgiving spectacle would bring some attention back, otherwise the show might not survive to see a fourth season. Playfully titled the "Thanksgiving slaughter," the show has made it a habit of axing two contestants during its holiday episode. Last night that dropped the remaining number of players down to six.

  • Lady Gaga and The Muppets get help from Elton John and RuPaul

    Thanksgiving was full of musical acts as usual, with the typical Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade medleys as well as the halftime shows during the NFL's three games. One special occasion for 2013 was Lady Gaga's television special, Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular. As was to be expected with anything that involved either The Muppets or Lady Gaga, shenanigans happened. Here's Music Times' favorite musical moments from the broadcast:

  • Selena Gomez and more: The NFL's Thanksgiving Day halftime performers

    Thanksgiving is a huge day for the NFL. You and your relatives are off work and full of food, so what better conditions for watching football? Like a fellow big game, The Super Bowl, the league celebrates by hosting special halftime performances. The talent might not live up to the big names that show up for the biggest game, but we figured we'd give brief bios for the performers to expect during today's games:

  • Kraftwerk bringing '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8' tour residency to Los Angeles

    Normally when we refer to electronic music and Tomorrowland, we're talking about a music festival in Belgium. This time however, we're referring to the forthcoming concert series from Kraftwerk to take place at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (it was a bad joke and we apologize). In all seriousness however, the pioneering German electronic group will bring its collective retrospective "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" to California in March.
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