Nearly 15 years after the release of their debut album, I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child, Manchester Orchestra have established themselves as a career indie rock band. As they prepare to release The Million Masks of God this Friday (April 30), the band has seen every album chart in the top 40 on the Billboard 200 since […]
Lana Del Rey isn’t slowing down. Last month, Del Rey released Chemtrails Over the Country Club (you can read our review here) and the next day, announced plans for the June 1 release of its follow-up, Rock Candy Sweet. As if that wasn’t enough, Del Rey announced on Tuesday night that she is going to drop a third album in 2021, […]
Britney Spears has stayed silent outside of a few vague Instagram posts about her long-standing legal conservatorship. But at a hearing on Tuesday, Spears’ attorney requested that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny schedule another hearing where Spears herself would address the court. Spears has been battling her father and conservator, Jamie Spears, in […]
It’s a well-known fact that COVID-19 changed the world – in, perhaps, the worst way possible. Thankfully, it seems as though we’re tip-toeing out of the woods and into a variation of normalcy. As far as silver linings go, it’s quite possible the pandemic inadvertently gave rise to some awesome alternatives. In the world of […]
A day after teasing a new single on Instagram, Billie Eilish has announced that her anticipated second album, Happier Than Ever, will be released on July 30. If that’s not enough Eilish news for one day, she also revealed that she’ll be sharing a new song from that collection on Thursday, April 29. “this is my […]
(Writer’s Note: Prior to this interview, I was aware of the accusations regarding Sonnier where he is accused of protecting a dangerous employee. An earlier version of this article declined to mention the accusations surrounding Adam Donaghey. You can read about that situation here.) A few years ago, my wife and I plopped ourselves on the […]
On Monday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! performance, the Flaming Lips revisited their past. The group’s set on the late-night show saw them perform at Oklahoma City’s Blue Note Lounge, which happened to be the first club they ever played at. Wayne Coyne and company — along with special guest Micah Nelson, youngest son of Willie — […]
Welcome to the first edition of Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN will spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, entertaining readers in the process. Purists, piss off! Everyone else, enjoy. Enough has been written about […]
Apparently, Counting Crows have the seven-year-itch …. to create new music. the band sharing “Elevator Boots,” the first single from the Crows’ four-song Butter Miracle, Suite One EP, which is out on May 21. “Elevator Boots” is a glam look at life on the road in a band, according to press materials, and was written by lead singer Adam Duritz. […]
Vulture has been doing this “Superlatives” series on and off for a while now, where they ask artists about their favorites and least favorites among their own music and mostly get very expected results. But their most recent one from last week caused quite a stir when Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong stated that he felt that […]