• ARIA Awards 2015 Nominations: Tame Impala, Vance Joy, Hermitude, Courtney Barnett Lead List

    The Australian version of the Grammys, the ARIAs have unveiled the nominations for its 2015 awards. Strictly for Australian acts and their achievements, except for one category devoted to international superstars, the nominations cover some names that have grown to be know across the world. Among those who have racked up multiple nominations across multiple categories include Vance Joy, Courtney Barnett, Hermitude and Tame Impala.

  • Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Answers "Should Music be Free" in BBC Interview

    Between the gaining popularity of music streaming services and ever-declining CD and MP3 sales, there's a lot of discussion floating around about how we'll pay for art in the future. Kevin Parker, frontman of the Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, weighed in on the debate this morning in a BBC Radio 6 segment answering the heady question - should music be free?

  • Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Helps You Sleep With 'Bedtime Mix' Playlist

    Phil Taggart invited Tame Impala's Kevin Parker onto his BBC Radio 1 program late Sunday night to pick some tunes designed to get listener's minds off the coming Monday grind and help them fall asleep with Parker's "Bedtime Mix," which included Frank Ocean, Panda Bear, Air, Gotye, King Crimson, Kaftwerk and The Flaming Lips.

  • Tame Impala 'Currents' Tops First UK Prog Rock Albums Chart

    The Official Charts Company has kicked off a Prog Albums Chart, with Perth, Australin band Tame Impala heading the pack and taking the number one spot on the first ever countdown with their third and latest studio album, 'Currents.' Prog Magazine will publish the innovative chart, which will coincide with this year's September 3 Progressive Music Awards to be held at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

  • Prince Says "It's a Bad Time For Music," Cites Lack of Creativity

    Prince has always been critical of the music industry, but usually that criticism is directed at labels and the bureaucratic, political machine that runs the industry, not the artists themselves. Now he's turned his eye to artists though and in an interview with 'The New York Post' he cited his concerns about the lack of creativity in pop music today as why "it's a bad time for music."

  • Tame Impala Threatened with Lawsuit Over 'Currents' Track "Eventually"

    After previously facing legal battles concerning missing royalties, it seems Tame Impala has found itself in the midst of a new lawsuit. This time, front man Kevin Parker has been threatened by Samm Culley, a member of 70s funk group Skull Snaps, for allegedly sampling drums from the band's "It's a New Day." The Australian rockers recently released their third studio album, 'Currents,' where the so-called sample can be found on the track titled "Eventually," which saw early arrival ahead of the album's July 17 debut.

  • Photo Recap of Lollapalooza 2015: A$AP Rocky, Sam Smith, Charli XCX and More

    Lollapalloza packs about as much variety into a music festival as possible, ranging from Paul McCartney to The Weeknd, from Metallica to Bassnectar on the headlining stages. The rainbow of colors on display onstage makes for a photographer's paradise, and Music Times was among the publications that sent our shutterbugs to gather images from the party. Writer Ryan Book tried his best not to look out of place in the photo pit over the weekend.

  • Future, Jason Isbell and Tame Impala Have Career-Best Albums Sales Weeks

    Future's 'Dirty Sprite 2' was expected to top the Billboard albums charts, but not even the emcee himself could have predicted just how well the album would do: DS2 moved 131,500 actual albums, more than double what Honest sold during 2014. Needless to say, it was the performer's best sales week to date.

  • Future's 'Dirty Sprite 2' Leads Billboard 200; Alan Jackson and Jason Isbell Rep

    Future found the secret to moving more albums with his 'Dirty Sprite 2': Don't give people time to think about it. The album topped the Billboard 200 with more than 147,000 equivalent copies sold, just two weeks after the album was announced. It's been a little more than a year since he released Honest, and he more than doubled the sales of that effort. The quick-release method has helped other rappers Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill get to the top of the charts as well during 2015.
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