This week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps sat down with one of our favorite indie rock bands: Sunflower Bean. In his conversation with singer Julia Cumming [who makes her second appearance on the show] and guitarist Nick Kivlen, they discuss the band’s origins, including Cumming’s beginnings in the anti-folk scene. The […]
Desert Daze is back for its 10th edition — and it’s quite a lineup. Tame Impala will mark the 10th anniversary of its Lonerism by heading to the California desert to play the album in full. Iggy Pop is also playing what’s billed as his only North American show in 2022 at the festival. The […]
It wasn’t always like this for Mike Tyson, this warm cuddly affection we have for him. He stepped into the public limelight as boxing’s brutal destroyer, who in 1986 became, at a precocious 20, the youngest heavyweight champion ever. He scared tough, experienced heavyweights out of their shorts, before he inevitably knocked them out of […]
Dave Stewart still vividly recalls the day he found out Eurythmics went to No. 1 in the U.S. with their 1983 single “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” He and Annie Lennox were in a hotel room in San Francisco, preparing to play a show, and received a phone call from their record label rep […]
Post Malone has announced a sprawling, 33-date Twelve Carat Tour across North America with special guest Roddy Ricch. The tour comes after Malone released his fourth studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache, with singles including “Cooped Up” and “One Right Now.” The Twelve Carat Tour kicks off on September 10 at the CHI Health Center in […]
As it did last year for the first time, Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival will extend to two weekends this fall at Doheny Beach State Park in Dana Point, Calif. As previously reported, the first weekend takes place September 30-October 2, with performances from Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Jack White and more. Vedder will headline again on […]
Last month, Radiohead side-project The Smile released their debut album A Light for Attracting Attention, which was produced by Nigel Godrich. We liked the album a lot, so much so that we named it the best album of 2022 to date. They previously announced (and are currently on the road) in Europe and today, the […]
Alicia Keys performed at the AO Arena in Manchester last night, and brought out hometown hero Johnny Marr to help her cover the Smiths‘ 1983 hit “This Charming Man.” Though the pairing may seem like an odd one, Keys and Marr actually have history together. In 2014, they recorded a song with Kendrick Lamar for The […]
Roddy Ricch was arrested in New York on Saturday while on his way to play the Governors Ball festival in Queens. As TMZ reports, the rapper and his crew were stopped at a security checkpoint, where law enforcement came across roughly nine rounds of ammunition and a large capacity magazine. He and two others were arrested. Roddy […]
Gear up folks, because this is going to be the summer of “Running Up That Hill” covers. Halsey treated fans at Governors Ball to their own rendition of Kate Bush’s newly-revived 1985 hit. “I’m sorry guys, I just had to do it!” the singer joked after the performance. Later, they took to Twitter to explain […]