This week has been chalked full of odd news about Lana Del Rey. From the U.S. Army’s Twitter account posting a quote of Del Rey’s to Pusha T making jokes about her on his Instagram, Del Rey has certainly had an interesting week on social media. While dropping in at Nikki Lane’s show in Austin […]
“The Road Goes On Forever, and the Party Never Ends,” sang roots-rocker Robert Earl Keen. And for over two decades, it’s been an apt summation of the Greensky Bluegrass life, on and off the stage — until 2021, when the road ended, and the party caught an early Uber. For chief songwriter/mandolinist Paul Hoffman, who […]
Wilco revealed the lineup for their Solid Sound festival this morning. The event will take place over the weekend of May 27-29 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts. In addition to Jeff Tweedy and company, Japanese Breakfast, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret, the Sun Ra Arkestra, among many […]
At his show in Athens, Georgia last night, Jason Isbell invited one of the town’s own legends, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, onstage at the Georgia Theatre for a rendition of the classic rock band’s “Driver 8.” Isbell covered the song on last year’s Georgia Blue covers album. In November 2020, he promised to cover a song from […]
Welcome to the future – like the past, and just as shitty. As the days turn into months and my ability to tolerate the unjust mundanities of everyday life thins with the knowledge of each new COVID-19 strain, this intro section has begun to feel like a method acting experiment in which I try to […]
Festival announcement season is upon us, and New York’s Governors Ball didn’t want to be left out in the cold. The massive three-day lineup is headlined by Kid Cudi, Halsey, and J.Cole, while featuring other notable acts like Migos, Beabadoobee, Glass Animals, Clairo and a whole lot of others. Perhaps the most unique name on […]
Just a year ago, The Weather Station released one of our favorite albums of 2021, Ignorance, and today singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman announced that she’s prepping its companion piece, How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars. “When I wrote Ignorance, it was a time of intense creativity, and I wrote more songs than I […]
Say this much for Damon Albarn, the guy’s got a sense of humor. As he was winding down his 17-song, 75-minute set at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, he addressed the elephant in the room: his much-discussed comments about Taylor Swift. In case you missed it somehow, Albarn caused quite the stir […]
In this week’s edition of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with none other than Failure. In his conversation with Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards and Kellii Scott, Lipps discussed the band’s new album Wild Type Droid and how things have gone since their 2014 reunion. They also traced the band’s origins and career […]
Damon Albarn is slated to perform at the Walt Disney Hall tonight in Los Angeles. Ahead of the one-off show, the Blur/Gorillaz frontman gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times. In it, he lofted praise upon Billie Eilish, saying that he thinks she’s “exceptional.” However, he didn’t think the same of Taylor Swift. Albarn […]