Rapper Jack Harlow is preparing to make his cinematic debut in 20th Century’s reboot of White Men Can’t Jump. Calmatic is directing the reboot with a script written by Blackish creator Kenya Barris and Doug Hall. This is a revived take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy which starred Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as […]
At the BandLab NME Awards on Wednesday night, Robert Smith unveiled the title of the long-awaited, upcoming The Cure album. The Cure frontman spoke to NME backstage at the show and said that one of two forthcoming The Cure records is set to be released “real very soon.” “So I’ve been working on two Cure albums, […]
Two years ago, Jamil Rashad decided after three studio albums, he was done playing small. “I wanted to be in the conversation of artists like Leon Bridges, Black Pumas, the Thundercats of the world,” Rashad eagerly shares with SPIN. So in the summer of 2020, the North Carolinian soul-singer who goes by the name Boulevards, […]
Madonna and Sickick teamed up with Fireboy DML in their latest remixing of the pop legend’s hit “Frozen.” She had been teasing the remix for days on her social media platforms. Producer Sickick’s initial remixing of the song exploded on TikTok last year, and the duo invited Nigerian singer Fireboy DML, who recently released his […]
Today, SPIN announces its official SXSW Showcase at the 2022 festival in Austin. The event will take place on Thursday, March 17 at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q. The Lemonheads will headline the showcase with a set celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s career-defining record It’s a Shame About Ray. SPIN’s lineup will also feature rising acts spanning […]
The Weeknd‘s will be stopping at some of the most iconic stadiums in the U.S. this summer during the first leg of his massive world tour. The Afters Hours Til Dawn stint kicks off in The Weeknd’s own hometown of Toronto on Friday, July 8. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local on Thursday, March 10 via […]
Unlike the precision timepieces and artisan chocolates for which Switzerland is world-renowned, the music of Geneva-based instrumental sextet L’eclair morphs freely, never adhering too long to a singular genre or vibe. That blink-or-you’ll-miss-it compositional panache has helped make L’Eclair one of the most exciting European musical exports in recent memory, as evidenced by the group’s […]
Jack White and Q-Tip have teamed up to release new single “Hi-De-Ho.” The single will also appear on White’s forthcoming album Fear of The Dawn via Third Man Records on April 8, 2022. White also shared “Queen of the Bees” from Entering Heaven Alive as the B-side. A limited-edition “Hi-De-Ho” b/w “Queen of the Bees” […]
Being the lead singer of a strident rock band has virtues both public and personal. In his role as frontman for the perpetually influential post-punk unit Gang of Four, Jon King has generated his share of both intellectual napalm and rock history bona fides. But he seems positively giddy about his band’s latest acknowledgment. “Well, […]
Pixies have unveiled a new single and accompanying video for “Human Crime.” Pixies have only released only one other single since 2019’s Beneath The Eyrie. The accompanying video to “Human Crime” was directed by band member Paz Lenchantin, the bassist who has played with the Pixies since 2014. “The storyline is loosely based on an […]