Duran Duran took the world by storm in the 1980s, but 2022 is shaping up to be a year to remember for the Birmingham band. In February, they netted their first nomination for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and released a deluxe edition of their excellent 2021 album, Future Past, featuring a new […]
During an intimate acoustic Beck performance at Nashville’s Basement East, Jack White pretended to be the “Where It’s At” singer at the beginning of the show. “Hello ladies and gentlemen, I’m Beck. I’m gonna play you one of my favorite songs from the 1990s that I wrote,” said White as he began the bit. White […]
Lorde unveiled her newest music video for the track “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen It All),” which is from last year’s Solar Power. The singer takes a trip to the beach to visit two younger versions of herself in this visual depiction of Lorde’s lyrics of growing up. The video is directed by Lorde […]
Arcade Fire were joined by none other than David Byrne for their final intimate show at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. They performed a cover of John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band’s “Give Peace A Chance.” This is the fouth time Byrne has joined Arcade Fire, with the previous appearances taking place twice in 2005 […]
Destroyer’s latest album, Labyrinthitis, started out as a dance record. It would have been “just like Donna Summer’s greatest hits,” frontman Dan Bejar explained in the album’s press materials. The Vancouver-based indie-rock outfit hasn’t exactly shied away from grooves before, but Bejar often suffuses those grooves with his own sardonic twist. It creates a set […]
Last year, Lollapalooza was the first major festival to return in the face of the pandemic. Today, it announced its lineup for the annual event in Chicago’s Grant Park. This year’s headliners include Metallica, Dua Lipa, J. Cole, Green Day, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby, and Kygo. More than 170 bands will perform […]
Bright Eyes recently detailed their Companion series releases that will be released over the course of the year. Today, the band unveiled a cover from the collection, Elliott Smith’s “St. Ides Heaven.” The song features Phoebe Bridgers as well. [embedded content][embedded content] Released ahead of Bright Eyes’ first North American tour in 11 years, the […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN will spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, entertaining readers in the process. Purists, piss off! Everyone else, enjoy. Do rich luddites exist? Or […]
PUP has released the last single, “Totally Fine,” off of their forthcoming record, The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND along with an accompanying video. The video and song show a satirized world of news media, corporate greed and conspiracy. [embedded content][embedded content] “Totally Fine” is the third single that has been unveiled off of the album’s release […]
Denzel Curry has released his latest single “Troubles,” which features T-Pain ahead of his forthcoming fifth studio album Melt My Eyez See Your Future. Alongside the song, Curry released an accompanying music video using an artistic juxtaposition between black and white shots and vibrant, eyecatching colors. [embedded content][embedded content] The song was produced by Kenny […]