In September, the Pixies are set to release Doggerel, their first studio album since 2019’s Beneath the Eyrie. Today the, alternative rock veterans shared the latest single from the album with the rocking “Vault of Heaven.” The video for “Vault of Heaven,” which is directed by Charles Derenne, sees a semi-clothed Zorro-looking person who is […]
Legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier, an integral part of the Motown sound thanks to his songwriting contributions for Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha and The Vandellas and The Four Tops, died this morning (Aug. 9) at 81, according to an Instagram post from his son Lamont Dozier Jr. In 1962, Dozier joined brothers […]
The latest Blondie rarity to emerge from the upcoming boxed set Against the Odds 1974-1982 is the breezy “Mr. Sightseer,” a 1978 home recording seeing the light of day for the first time. The track was put to tape on a TEAC TCA-43 four-track reel-to-reel in the home of Blondie’s Chris Stein and Debbie Harry, […]
Veteran entertainer Olivia Newton-John died this morning (Aug. 8) at 73, following a long battle with breast cancer. A Facebook statement from her husband, John Easterling, added that John passed away surrounded by family and friends at her ranch in southern California. First diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, John beat the disease on a […]
As tipped here last month, K-pop superstars Blackpink will embark on a massive world tour starting Oct. 15-16 in Seoul. The Born Pink outing has dates on the books through June 21, 2023, in Auckland. Venues have yet to be announced. Ahead of the the tour, Blackpink will release a new single, “Pink Venom,” on […]
This week on SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with the viral crossover R&B-soul singer Teddy Swims, two weeks after Lipps broadcast his cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the podcast (Neal Schon gave his stamp of approval.) Swims talked about how growing up in Georgia and listening to Al Green inspired […]
The road into the volcano is lined with flowers. Millions of them. Hydrangeas to be exact, erupting from huge bushes like banks of blue clouds. “It’s like this pretty much all year round,” the driver says casually. “They change color, too. Soon they’ll be pink.” This news barely has time to register when the road […]
Nicki Minaj is slated to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The rap star will also perform for the first time in four years at the event, which will take place at 8 pm ET on Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. “Nicki has […]
Veteran indie rock group The Big Pink is releasing its first new album in 10 years this fall, led by the new single “Rage.” The Love That’s Ours arrives Sept. 30 from Project Melody Music and is the follow-up to 2012’s Future This. It will include The Big Pink’s two prior 2022 singles, “No Angels” […]
James Gavin already has three acclaimed biographies to his credit, books about Lena Horne and Peggy Lee, and his Chet Baker book, Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, was translated into more than a dozen languages. George Michael: A Life is the writer’s most intimate biography of all, and, he told […]