Ruel Just ‘Made it Awkward’
Ruel’s new single, “Made it Awkward,” which releases November 21, might be the best metaphor for his exploding career trajectory. It’s a song about oversharing,…
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Haiku by Lera Lynn
Magazines, like people, need a quiet place. Especially SPIN, cast as it is with so much strutting egos and talk of great sounds. Hence here—amidst…
Posthumous Mac Miller LP, ‘Balloonerism,’ Due In January
The late Mac Miller‘s unreleased 2014 album Balloonerism will finally see the light of day on Jan. 17. The artist, who died of a drug…
3rd Bass Has Reunited—and No, Hell Has Not Frozen Over
The old adage “better late than never” certainly applies to former Def Jam Recordings hip-hop group 3rd Bass, who recently announced their reunion after years…
The Vinyl Countdown
This first appeared in our September print issue. But not all of you managed to snatch an issue from the stands before hordes of ravenous…
Coachella 2025: Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, Travis Scott
The 2025 edition of the Coachella festival will be headlined by Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott. The long-running event in the…
Wilco’s ‘Ghost’ Reborn On Deluxe 20th Anniversary Reissue
Wilco‘s 2004 project A Ghost Is Born, which won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album, has been beefed up with extensive archival material for a…
Mack Luchey’s Spirit Still Lives on at Doris Records
In contrast to the lake effect clouds darkening the Buffalo skies in the middle of the day, I recognized the radiant turquoise and yellow paint…
A Day in the Life of… Grace Bowers
It was Slash, the top-hatted, sunglasses-wearing guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, who inspired Grace Bowers to pick up a guitar at age 9. But it…
Watch The Trailer For Redd Kross Documentary ‘Born Innocent’
Brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald helped put SoCal punk on the map in the late 1970s as teenage miscreants in Redd Kross, and now their…
Everything Is Recorded Announces Guest-Packed Third Album
Everything Is Recorded, the heavily collaborative recording project of XL Recordings head Richard Russell, will release its third album, Temporary, on Feb. 28 through the…
Band Aid Organizers Prep ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ Megamix
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Band Aid Ethiopian famine relief single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” organizer/producer Trevor Horn has blended elements…
Road Work: Post Malone/Coachella, Sabrina, Elvis Costello
* Post Malone let the cat out of the bag today (Nov. 19) that he will be one of the 2025 Coachella headliners by including…
Apple Boards First Authorized Fleetwood Mac Doc
Apple Original Films will distribute the first authorized documentary on Fleetwood Mac, which is being directed by Frank Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You…
Every Cure Album, Ranked
Robert Smith has been the only consistent member of the Cure since the band formed in 1978, and he’s an icon in his own right.…
Hear Al Green Cover R.E.M.’s ‘Everybody Hurts’
After breaking a five-year hiatus from releasing music with a late 2023 cover of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day,” soul icon Al Green is back today…
ENDLESS SUMMER
Bobbie Allen grabs a framed movie poster off the wall and holds it up to the camera. It’s from Halloween, with Michael Myers standing at…
Sam Louis Channels His Y2K Youth on 8 Ball
Toronto singer-songwriter Sam Louis’s first proper studio album, 8 Ball, is comprised of eight songs of eclectic alt-pop. The album title, however, also alludes to…
Nobody Was a Bigger Pulp Fan Than Mark Webber. Then He Joined the Band.
Mark Webber’s musical and life journey has taken some unusual turns. Growing up in the north of England, he became an ardent fan of Pulp,…
Beyoncé Booked For Netflix Christmas Football Halftime Show
Beyoncé will perform material from her 11-time Grammy-nominated country album Cowboy Carter live for the first time as part of NFL Christmas Gameday, which will…