Danielle Ponder grew up in a musical family. Her father, a pastor, has music pouring out of him, singing in church and at home on their piano. She had a family band, formed when she was 16 with her cousins in a house they all lived in together in the suburbs. But 16 was a […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, The Chicks, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, Flume, Paramore and Lil Nas X lead the lineup for this year’s ACL Festival, which will be held the weekends of Oct. 7-9 and 14-16 across nine stages at Austin’s Zilker Park. Lil Nas X’s participation comes after he tweeted last month that he wouldn’t […]
U2 frontman Bono has announced a Nov. 1 release date for his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, which is “the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him,” according to publisher Alfred A. Knopf. The book is so named because […]
(Editor’s note: SPIN contributor Marissa R. Moss’s book, Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed, is out today. Moss interviewed 70 sources for it, which traces how difficult it is to win when there are so many obstacles to clear. In this exclusive excerpt from Her Country, […]
The wacky world of the little yellow Minions from the Despicable Me film franchise will be enhanced by the suitably eclectic soundtrack to the movie Minions: The Rise of Gru, which hits theaters July 1. The film is set in the 1970s and tells the origin story of super-villain Gru, so it’s only natural that […]
Hailing from The Bronx, The Martinez Brothers are widely known for their extended DJ marathon sets in Ibiza and at the legendary Club Space in Miami. They never prepare their sets ahead of time, preferring to feel the vibe and pick up on the energy of the crowd. As producers, they’ve released major club records, […]
Angel Olsen has announced that her forthcoming album Big Time will be released alongside an accompanying film made in collaboration with director Kimberly Stuckwisch. Stuckwisch previously worked with Olsen on the video for her collaboration with Sharon Van Etten, “Like I Used To.” As part of Amazon Music’s Pride Month programming, the film will premiere […]
Olivia Rodrigo continues to pay tribute to her influences while on tour. The teen pop superstar covered No Doubt’s 1995 classic “Just a Girl” at her shows at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia over the weekend, days after she was photographed with No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani at the Met Gala in New York. […]
Kevin Morby grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb roughly 20 minutes outside of downtown Kansas City. We’ve both lived here at different points in time, and as we chat in Union Station, a historic landmark in the heart of the city, we instantly make connections over high schools, street intersections, and formative memories. The […]
Jethro Lazenby, a model and the son of musician Nick Cave, had died at the age of 31. No cause of death was announced. Cave confirmed his son’s passing in a statement today (May 9). “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” he said. “We would be grateful for […]