5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Ben Burnley of Breaking Benjamin
Name Ben Burnley Best known for Writing and performing in my band Breaking Benjamin. Current city NYC Really want to be in Happy to be in NYC, especially around…
Category: SPIN
Replacements Guitarist Slim Dunlap Dies At 73
Musician Bob “Slim” Dunlap, who stabilized the Replacements between 1987-1991 following the departure of original guitarist Bob Stinson, died yesterday (Dec. 18) at the age…
Bruce Springsteen Teases 2025 Archival Releases
Bruce Springsteen has long teased the unheard riches in his studio vault, some of which will apparently see the light of day next year. Tucked…
GXTP Ignites the Rock Scene with Their Explosive Sophomore Album Reloaded
Emerging from the chaos of their 2020 beginnings, the music band GXTP, has once again proven their caliber, shaking up the rock world. Created during…
Native Son
When rapper/songwriter Kenny Mason released his debut single, “Hit,” in 2019, he was intentionally magnifying a version of Atlanta that many people outside of it…
2024’s Best Hip-Hop Albums by Women
In March, C-list rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden declared that “the girl rapper wave is over,” predicting that the recent period of unprecedented success and visibility for…
The Black Crowes Soar Again
“The Black Crowes are a work in progress,” Chris Robinson tells me in a virtual interview from Los Angeles, where he’s lived since 2015 when…
Tumbling Dice
Scattered across the New York City subway system, strewn between its millions of comers and goers, are thousands of long-term loiters, perpetual itinerants, and permanent…
Reznor, Dessner, Kneecap: Oscar Song, Score Shortlists Revealed
The shortlists are out for the Original Score and Original Song Oscars, and they’re packed with familiar names from the world of rock. Chief among…
Blue Note Jazz Club Expanding To Los Angeles
The legendary Blue Note Jazz Club, which already has nine different locations around the world including its flagship downtown New York venue, will expand to…
New Pavement Song Earmarked For Film Soundtrack
Pavement‘s first new song since 1998 will apparently see the light of day on the soundtrack from an upcoming film about the band, Pavements. Group…
‘You Are Safe Here, You Are Seen, and I Love Ya’: Billie Eilish Hits L.A. Hard and Soft
It’s one thing to inspire an audience to scream. It’s another to make them sit silently. But that’s what Billie Eilish did on Sunday night,…
Song of the Year: Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Starburster’
We can all agree that 2024 beat the shit out of us. We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again. Yet here we are, still…
The Worst Films of 2024
In her brief tenure as the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1968 to 1969, Renata Adler carved out a memorable blip…
Haiku by Sheila Chandra
Magazines, like people, need a quiet place. Hence here—amidst the hurlyburly, the din, the ruckus, the primping—we open for you a small garden in which…
SZA’s Long-In-The-Works ‘Lana’ Due On Friday
After a few false starts, SZA‘s long-in-the-works album Lana appears to be emerging Friday (Dec. 20). The project, a deluxe extension of her smash hit…
System Of A Down Expand 2025 Stadium Trek
System of a Down‘s 2025 schedule just got a jolt of international flavor. The influential rock act, who have assembled only 10 times since 2019,…
I.C.E. I.C.E. BABY
Alex Yu, whose stage moniker I.C.E. stands confidently for “I Create Entertainment,” started performing at age 10, entering a contest at a local Asian radio…
3 Questions with Les Claypool
What was it like collaborating with your son, Cage, on the song “Conspiranoia”? Well, you know, obviously, it’s always a wonderful thing to work with…
Metallica Goes Soft(ish) for a Good Cause
When the mosh pit is replaced by couches, you know you’re in for a different kind of Metallica concert. But the big donors’ comfy seats…