• Junk Mail: Zedd 'True Colors' Album Review

    Welcome to Junk Mail, where a few Music Times staffers email back-and-forth about each week's biggest release throughout the work day. This week, Ryan Middleton, Carolyn Menyes and Caitlin Carter chat about Zedd's sophomore album True Colors. Feel free to join the conversation in the comments section, and check back next week for more.

  • Jason Derulo, Keith Urban & Stevie Wonder 'Broke' Review: New Single Shockingly Works [LISTEN]

    When you think of collaborations that are set to appear on Jason Derulo's new album Everything Is 4, Jennifer Lopez makes sense. Meghan Trainor makes sense. Even R&B legend Stevie Wonder is a likely person to appear on this Talk Dirty follow-up. Unexpected? Keith Urban. But, the country singer appears on the tracklist (alongside Wonder), and today that song "Broke" has officially arrived.

  • Hangout Festival 2015: Day 3 Highlights From Beck, Phantogram, My Morning Jacket, Tove Lo & More [PHOTOS]

    The 2015 Hangout Music Festival kicked off Friday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and today we bring you the Day 3 highlights. We saw Beck, Foster the People, Vance Joy and Frank Turner on the Hangout Stage; Phantogram, Lake Street Drive and Rubblebucket on the Palladia Stage; My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Tove Lo and MisterWives on the Surf Stage; Kopecky and Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the Salt Life Stage; The Lone Bellow on the BMI stage; and Robert DeLong in the Boom Boom Tent.

  • Hangout Festival 2015: Day 2 Hightlights From Zac Brown Band, Skrillex, Father John Misty & More [PHOTOS]

    The 2015 Hangout Music Festival kicked off Friday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and today we bring you the highlights. We saw Zac Brown Band, Future Islands, and Sylvan Esso on the Hangout Stage; Skrillex and The Mowgli's on the Surf Stage; Father John Misty and ODESZA on the Palladia Stage; Adventure Club and Beats Antique in the Boom Boom Tent; and Strand of Oaks on the Salt Life Stage. Check back tomorrow for the best things we saw on Day 3!

  • Hangout Festival 2015: Day 1 Hightlights From Foo Fighters, Win Butler, Jenny Lewis & More [PHOTOS]

    The 2015 Hangout Music Festival kicked off Friday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, and today we bring you the highlights. We saw Trampled by Turtles, Jenny Lewis, Spoon, and Foo Fighters on the Hangout Stage; Joywave and Cold War Kids on the Palladia Stage; Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires and Paramore on the Surf Stage; Halsey and Houndmouth on the BMI Stage; and Arcade Fire's Win Butler as DJ Windows 98 on the Salt Life Stage. Check back tomorrow for the best things we saw on Day 2!

  • Junk Mail: Snoop Dogg, 'BUSH' Album Review

    Snoop Dogg’s new Pharrell-produced album BUSH has arrived. Although he adopted the monikers Snoop Lion and Snoopzilla for his past few projects, he’s back as Snoop Dogg for this effort, despite the fact that album isn’t very rap heavy. With Pharrell helming the production, I was expecting a sound closer to “Beautiful” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” however Snoop turned BUSH into a tribute to the funk and R&B of the ‘70s and channeled the spirit of an OG. I applaud the album for its cohesion, but only a few songs really grabbed me. I definitely see this as more of a background album for chilling out than for getting hyped or dissecting lyrically. What did you guys think?

  • Blanca Experiments in First Pop Album Away from Group 1 Crew

    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. This week we look at the self-titled solo debut of former Group 1 Crew member Blanca Callahan.
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