As the music industry navigates its rocky return, the alt-rock band Pixies made the decision to scrap its September U.S. tour, fully refunding fans for the tickets. “Regretfully, we announce today that we are canceling our 11-date U.S. September run,” the band said in a statement posted to its social media accounts. “We have determined […]
On this week’s episode of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps caught up with The Record Company. In the episode, the trio traces their beginnings how they met in a Craigslist ad to their fairly quick rise which included an opening slot for John Mayer at MSG less than 18 months after their formation. Since its beginnings […]
Yendry is not an artist to be boxed into any one genre. Yendry’s genre-bending sound is a reflection of the long road she’s traveled. With roots in the Dominican Republic and Italy, her music is influenced by the Latin rhythms of the Caribbean and the electronic edge of Europe. Bridging the gap between both sides […]
After teasing and slowly revealing details about it since the beginning of the year, Kacey Musgraves is finally back. Her fourth studio album, star-crossed, will be released on Sept. 10 on Interscope Records / UMG Nashville and will be accompanied by a film version that will stream on Paramount+ that same day. The film will […]
Brian Travers, the saxophonist and founding member of UB40, died on Sunday at the age of 62 following a lengthy battle with brain cancer. The band released a statement confirming the news on their social media platforms. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our comrade, brother, founding UB40 member and […]
SZA surprise-dropped three new songs today via an anonymous Soundcloud account. The profile is credited to “.” and based in “nowhere, United States;” however, the R&B star share a link to the self-released tracks, titled “Nightbird,” “I Hate You,” and “Joni,” on her official Twitter, writing: “dumping random thoughts” She later revealed that her astrology […]
On Saturday afternoon, the scene at Philadelphia’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping was much happier (and way less cringey) than it was in November, when Donald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani hosted a blithering press conference about voter fraud in front of the landscaping company instead of the intended Four Seasons Hotel. Laura Jane Grace, joined […]
This article originally appeared in the December 1989 issue of SPIN. Ian Stewart, 1975: The Beatles… I think they are nice lads who wrote pretty songs, but they are horribly overrated. In fact, most of the Liverpool groups were overrated, they were all musically inept completely. Some of them could sing, but they could never play […]
A Dead & Company concert turned deadly on Friday when a fan fell off a balcony at New York’s Citi Field, The New York Daily News reports. A police source told the outlet that the victim, a man described as a Brooklyn resident in his 40s, “attempted a body flip, fell, and landed on the balcony […]
Country legend Tom T. Hall has passed away at the age of 85. His son Dean confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: “With great sadness, my father, Tom T. Hall, died this morning [August 20] at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. Our family asks for privacy during this difficult time.” Hall was known as “the […]