While emo music might be most associated with sadness and heartbreak, those lovelorn artists couldn’t have written such songs without experiencing some serious romantic highs. Since it’s Valentine’s Day, we wanted to focus on the good parts of love more than the bad — although there’s still some unhappiness and resentment mixed in. (I mean, […]
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar took the Super Bowl LVI stage during halftime and unsurprisingly tore the house down. They stampeded through a slew of their greatest hits, with Dre and Snoop serving as the de facto emcees. The Super Bowl Halftime Show was befitting for the Big Game, […]
Kodak Black and two other people were shot following an altercation outside a Justin Bieber after party at The Nice Guy club in Los Angeles. As TMZ reports, the rapper was standing outside with fellow hip-hop artists Gunna and DaBaby, as well as other friends, when a fight broke out on the street that involved […]
(Editor’s Note: All of the Cincinnati Bengals fans are coming out in full support of their squad. Though that’s quite obvious since, you know, they’re in the Super Bowl, they can’t believe their team made it to the Big Game. After speaking with Andy Biersack earlier in the week, here’s fellow Cincinnati son Bootsy Collins […]
This article originally appeared in the May 1989 issue of SPIN. I do a talk show called “TALK-BACK with Bob Larson,” syndicated in nearly 200 markets. Not just any talk show. A religious talk show that presents the Christian perspective on topics ranging from sex to suicide, racism to rock ‘n’ roll. I’m a Christian. […]
Blessed (and weird) are the record store saints, who save God-forsaken disks from ending up in landfill graveyards, finding them venerating homes, instead. Unlike most independent record retailers following today’s standard playbook, replacing compact discs and used vinyl in their bins with virgin 12-inch vinyl re-issues and contemporary pressings, a few shopkeepers still operate shrines […]
Name Rickie Lee Jones Best known for Wearing a hat very, very well. Current city New Orleans, the floating city. Really want to be In a very warm blanket with hot chocolate and my sweetheart, watching the Northern Lights. Excited about I am working on an episodic TV show, based on characters in my book, situations, […]
Jack White knows we can’t get enough. The blue-haired rocker just unveiled yet another single, the title track of his forthcoming record Fear of the Dawn. It’s the B-Side to the previously released “Love Is Selfish” The track was released via White’s Third Man Records. A music video for the single was also directed by […]
The Head and the Heart released their latest single “Virginia (Wind In The Night),” the second single off of their upcoming album, Every Shade of Blue. This bittersweet track showcases the band playing to their strengths: a sturdy piano sound garnished with strings and perfectly paired with Jonathan Russell’s evocative lyrics. Russell drew inspiration for […]
Foals released their newest single “2am” in anticipation of their upcoming album Life Is Yours, following the release of their last single “Wake Me Up.” “2am” is an energetic pop tune that lives to be played in cars and through loud speakers. This single shows Foals taking a refreshingly upbeat direction. The clean guitar sound […]