In 2006, Weird Al Yankovic paid homage to the alt-pop duo Sparks in his parodied “Virus Alert” on his Straight Outta Lynwood album. Having already appeared in the Sparks documentary, directed by Edgar Wright earlier this year, Yankovic dropped an accordion cover of the Mael brothers’ “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us.” […]
Taylor Swift and Saweetie will be joining Ed Sheeran as the musical guests on this month’s episodes of Saturday Night Live. November on SNL! pic.twitter.com/LqwRCeUdxY — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 2, 2021 With Jonathan Majors hosting, Swift is set to perform on November 13. Her appearance on the show is the day after […]
Like the “ethical” (their word) psychotropic drug industry, the music recording business exists to discover, refine, and distribute new product to alter minds and enhance well-being. So when a euphoric sound makes its way into anyone’s ears — let alone the best new music I heard in years — without the benefit of professional dispensers […]
Pavement is set to tour after a 10-year hiatus from the road, and just announced they are adding stops throughout North America on their 2022 world tour. Tickets for their U.S. and Canada jaunt go on sale Friday, November 5 on the band’s website. Having disbanded in 1999, Pavement first returned to the stage in […]
A year after releasing the best selling Sing Backwards and Weep, Mark Lanegan picked up his pen will be releasing Devil in a Coma, a book about his brutal battle with COVID earlier this year. The former Screaming Trees frontman said he was left “completely deaf” for a bit and “slipping in and out of […]
Spiritualized are back. The group announced plans to release, Everything Was Beautiful, their ninth studio album on February 25, 2022. Following the 2018 And Nothing Hurt, which was thought to be the final Spiritualized album, Everything Was Beautiful is available for pre-order in various box set formats, and on light pink vinyl. Today, the band dropped the record’s first track […]
Is mankind hurtling to its ignominious end, like so many lemmings over a cliff? Simon Neil is sure he’s seen the telltale signs. And the gallows-humored Biffy Clyro anchor isn’t afraid of covering the extinction topic on his trio’s surprise, lockdown-sculpted new album, The Myth of the Happy Ever After. With no apology, it opens […]
Mick Jenkins’ third studio album, Elephant in the Room, confronts the issues that haunt his relationships with others, wedging between him and the world. Across the album, the Chicago MC’s deft flows and cool delivery explore the unspoken barriers in his personal and professional life. At some points, Jenkins himself appears as the titular elephant […]
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. The guitarist released his latest solo album, Brighten, last Friday. Lipps and Cantrell discuss the record along with how Chris Cornell’s daughter, Lily Cornell Silver, brought him to tears, his relationship with Eddie Van Halen, […]
Enjoy where you are right now. That’s the aphorism rendered on a tall wall at the 27 Club, located in Cleveland’s Flats district. And while the more cynical folks descending upon the city for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies might snort and roll their eyes at the sentiment, it fits the vibe […]