There’s not much that Willow Smith hasn’t done. Actor? Check. Talk show host? Check. Artist? Check. But at 20, the artist who goes simply by WILLOW, is ready to try something new: being a rock star. But her foray into the genre is nothing less than authentic. Even since the release of her debut single […]
One would think that the “hook” of Tom Scharpling’s memoir, It Never Ends would be the fact that he a) was institutionalized for depression and eventually reinvented himself and b) changed his last name from Giuliano — combining the names of two polarizing heroes: Al Sharpton, who Tom admired for his willingness to be a […]
This article originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of SPIN. It is the end of one of the world’s grandest athletic events. Seventy-eight nations have sent their best to this wintry city, and now just two champions remain, facing each other at last. The hours of practice and the years of work all come […]
The Foo Fighters are gearing up to release their Bee Gees cover album HAIL SATIN! next week, and to get us excited they’ve fully transformed into the Dee Gees in a video for “You Should Be Dancing.” The special LP was created for Record Store Day and will feature one side of Bee Gees tunes […]
In May, Sneaker Pimps revealed their return by announcing Squaring the Circle — their first album in 18 years. Now, the ’90s trip-hop pioneers have shared the first two singles off the project: “Fighter” and the title track. “Fighter” sees co-vocalist Simonne Jones take the lead, while “Squaring the Circle” sees her dueting with founding […]
This time last year, Margo Price released the great That’s How Rumors Get Started. So, what better way to celebrate the year anniversary of her album than to release a new EP? That’s exactly what the singer-songwriter is planning on doing. Titled Live From the Other Side, the collection is out next Friday, July 16. It […]
Not too long ago, details were revealed of a massive box set for George Harrison’s classic solo debut album All Things Must Pass. The first song from that set has been released, and it’s a good one. For the first time, you can hear “Cosmic Empire,” and the story behind the song is almost as […]
Name Mike Peters, MBE Best known for Big hair in the ‘80s—and more recently for saving lives one concert at a time through our Love Hope Strength Foundation. Current city Dyserth, North Wales. Really want to be in I would love to be back in Los Angeles on the beach and running up and down […]
When Nick Gross and Travis Mills first entered the music business, reality was an afterthought. It was 2006, the height of Laguna Beach fascination, when a 17-year-old Gross signed his first major-label deal, due in large part to his bandmates’ newfound celebrity (See: pseudo-scripted romances) on the tastemaking MTV show. The group, an Incubus-adjacent outfit […]
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, on July 30 (via Darkroom/Interscope Records), Billie Eilish just dropped “NDA,” a brand new single complete with a self-directed video. The track is the latest tune from Happier Than Ever (and it also happens to fall directly after the first single, “Your Power,” on the album […]