Beloved rock-pop stalwarts Cheap Trick have released a new single, “Light Up the Fire,” ahead of the lineup’s 20th studio album, In Another World, which arrives April 9. Produced by Julian Raymond, it’s Cheap Trick’s first new LP since 2017’s double-header of We’re All Alright! and Christmas Christmas. A limited-edition picture disc of In Another World […]
If you’ve missed seeing Palaye Royale live over the last 10 months of the pandemic, then this is the most exciting hologram-related news since Tupac made a surprise appearance at Coachella in 2012. On Feb. 9, the band is launching their new Curse of Calypso augmented reality experience that brings their world into fans’ homes (and […]
The last handful of years has been the best time in history for Hitman fans, as the Danish developers at IO Interactive breathed new life into the franchise after it had only seen one new title in the previous decade. The World of Assassination trilogy that began with 2016’s Hitman and concluded with last week’s […]
Juliana Hatfield has stayed busy the past four years (to put it mildly) with cover albums (Olivia Newton-John and the Police) and a pair of her own releases (2017’s Pussycat and Weird in 2019). Keeping up that prolific pace, the alt-rocker has announced Blood, her 19th studio album overall. Blood promises to get weird, with the subject matter addressing, […]
In December, Death Cab For Cutie released The Georgia EP, serving up covers of bands including R.E.M., Cat Power and TLC, and last night (Jan. 26), they turned in a tender socially-distanced live version of a song from that record – TLC’s “Waterfalls” — on Jimmy Kimmel Live! A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many bands […]
Oakland, California-based duo tUnE-yArDs have shared a new song and animated video for “hold yourself,” off their just-announced fifth studio album, sketchy. The 11-track record, which includes last year’s single “nowhere, man,” arrives March 26 on 4AD. “This song is about feeling really betrayed, by my parents’ generation, and at the same time, really seeing how […]
DJ Drama was in no rush to return from his lunch break. Sandwiched between the outskirts of Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood and the sprawling campus of Georgia Tech University is Means Street Studios. This hub of hip hop recording has played host to a litany of stars since its 2013 inception. Playboi Carti, Gucci Mane, Lil […]
For fans of last month’s Jenny Lewis and Serengeti team-up for “Unblu,” the dynamic duo are back with another (very different) track. Although “Vroom Vroom” stays with a bit of the slower-paced, relaxing vibe of their original collaboration, it goes in an entirely new way with its retro-futuristic pop sound. It sounds less like floating […]
“The challenge was to find the balance of humor, darkness and sincerity,” says Auckland, New Zealand artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Perkins (a.k.a. Merk) of his new single/video “GOD,” premiering today, here on SPIN. “It had to come across as, not ironic, but playfully self-aware of the weirdness of this song while also being profoundly […]
Singing like a 19th-century pirate is one of the latest and oddest TikTok trends, and Jimmy Fallon and The Roots jumped on board (arggg) with their version of Olivia Rodrigo‘s viral hit “Driver’s License” in the style of a sea shanty. For the unfamiliar, a sea shanty is a traditional folk song once commonly sung […]