Let’s get this out of the way first: None of David Bowie’s songs appear in Stardust. This might seem like a cinematic Achilles’ heel, particularly given the movie’s time frame: just before the birth of Bowie’s most famous alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. However, not resorting to the jukebox musical techniques, or forcing actors to sing […]
“Dad’s coat,” one bubble reads. “Brother’s shirt, Mom’s pants,” read little arrows, tracing the origins of the tuxedo flailing across the screen. The belt, however, belongs to the body it’s on. As does the song it dances to and these helpful tidbits from the accompanying “pop up” music video — all from the restless imagination of […]
Gone Is Gone may be billed as a “supergroup” of sorts, but the Los Angeles-based quartet sure doesn’t want the negative connotations that go along with the title. For bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders (Mastodon), drummer Tony Hajjar (At the Drive-In), guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) and multi-instrumentalist Mike Zarin (composer and founder […]
As part of our 35th anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at #12. From New York City, here are the Beastie Boys. CREDIT: L. Cohen / Contributor “Just when you think you know the answers, I go ahead and change the questions.” The Beastie Boys embodied that […]
Another year, another Grammys controversy. Now that the entire internet has spent the better portion of the day discussing all the ways in which The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys, the artist himself chimed in with his thoughts on the matter. “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…” […]
For fans of Scottish indie duo Arab Strap, today brings arguably the best news since the group reunited in 2016. The band will release their seventh studio album (and first since 2005’s The Last Romance), As Days Get Dark on March 5, 2021 via Rock Action Records. “It’s about hopelessness and darkness,” the band’s Aidan Moffat said […]
The guitar always meant a lot to Machine Gun Kelly. Even as a solidly successful hip-hop star, he passed his time on the tour bus tripping on acid and watching classic Nirvana shows, noodling around on guitar. Turning to guitar-based music may not seem like the best career move for a 30-year-old rapper, eking out […]
Beyoncé leads the nominee list for the 2021 Grammy Awards, earning nine total. Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Roddy Ricch follow with six apiece, and Brittany Howard is up for five. Swift and Lipa earned Album of the Year nods for folklore and Future Nostalgia, respectively. The category’s other nominees are Jhené Aiko (Chilombo), Jacob […]
Brody Dalle from the Distillers, Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance, Tucker Rule from Thursday, Adam Turla from Murder by Death, and GG from Soul Glo are in the giving spirit this Thanksgiving season. The musicians teamed up for a punky version of Annie Lennox’s “Walking on Broken Glass” in the latest installment of Two […]
“The idea behind the whole thing was basically to recreate a full Not In This Lifetime concert experience,” Slash tells SPIN, then laughs. “You know, I sound like a fucking salesman now…” Perhaps so. But at least the product the guitarist is promoting is a pretty killer one — the new Guns N’ Roses Not […]