Michael R. Jackson is the author and composer of A Strange Loop, the hit Broadway show that I have not stopped thinking about. I left the play, stumbling onto a hot Avenue, bewildered, tickled, and ruminant. The play’s writing had a mastery to it, a hard rhythm that was still pulsing in my heart, and […]
Jack White has paid tribute to the late Loretta Lynn, whom he helped reach a new generation of listeners by producing her 2004 album Van Lear Rose. The project reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and won two Grammy awards the following year. Lynn died Tuesday at the age of 90. “I […]
Drake released a new album, Honestly, Nevermind, in June, but so far has only played four shows in support of it. That will change Nov. 11, when he will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem. Drake’s debut at the venue will be part of SiriusXM’s Small Stages series, which brought Pearl Jam and Red Hot […]
Rage Against the Machine have canceled their 2023 North American tour dates. In a message posted on their social media accounts, lead singer Zack de la Rocha said that he tore his Achilles tendon at the band’s second show of the tour in Chicago. The band previously canceled their European dates in August on account […]
Pearl Jam, David Byrne with Devo, R.E.M., Bob Weir, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Sleater-Kinney are among the artists contributing rare or previously unreleased music to Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All, a benefit compilation that will be available for only 24 hours on Bandcamp starting at midnight ET Friday […]
Legendary country music singer Loretta Lynn has died at age 90 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., a spokesperson has confirmed to SPIN. Lynn sold 45 million albums and scored 51 top 10 country hits in her career, including iconic songs such as “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Fist City” and “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ […]
Japanese Breakfast has recorded an acoustic take on Brandi Carlile’s “The Story” to soundtrack the fall 2022 brand campaign from the North Face. “It was a joy to take on the iconic ballad “The Story,’” Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner says. “I think the song captures the depths of human tenacity and the spirit of the […]
I was born in Detroit in the 1980s, and it was a wild place back then. My mom worked for Michigan Bell, like “Ma bell, got the ill communications” (Beastie Boys “Get It Together” ft. Q-Tip from Ill Communication). My parents got me out of there when I was young, and we moved to Pennsylvania […]
Grammy-winning guitarist and Black Pumas co-founder Adrian Quesada will release his second album of 2022, Jaguar Sound, Nov. 18 via ATO Records. Ahead of premiering songs from the album this coming weekend at the Austin City Limits festival, Quesada has shared its lead single, “Noble Metals.” “I just rode my bike every single day and […]
Depeche Mode will return to the live stage for a 2023 world tour, its first since co-founder/keyboardist Andy Fletcher’s death earlier this year. The Memento Mori trek, named after a new album arriving in the spring, will begin March 23 in Sacramento, Calif., and then hit Europe starting May 16 in Amsterdam. “We started work […]