As part of our 35th anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at #22. From Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK here is Radiohead. CREDIT: Troy Augusto/Newsmakers Few could have predicted that Radiohead — who arrived during the grunge era with their biggest hit, “Creep,” a snarling document of self-loathing — […]
As COVID-19 cases continue to break records on a daily basis in the United States, Jeremih is the latest in a lengthy list of musicians who’ve tested positive for the virus. As TMZ reports, the R&B singer is in the Intensive Care Unit and hooked up to a ventilator while battling the disease. Though it’s […]
Fourteen years after filing for bankruptcy and shuttering its windows in the United States, Tower Records is back. Well, sort of. The iconic music retailer is doing what so many others have done in 2020 and gone virtual — selling vinyl, cassettes, CDs, and Tower Records merch online. The new website also features events and […]
Run The Jewels shared their contribution to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack, “No Save Point,” on Thursday, but waited to unveil its video until the Adult Swim Festival on Friday night. During their segment, El-P and Killer Mike discussed working on the highly anticipated new video game, and how that shaped the way they wrote the track. “I wanted to feel […]
While this year saw brands like Fender report record sales numbers, things aren’t going so well for the retailers. On Friday, Guitar Center announced it was planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and a prepackaged plan could be approved as early as this weekend. The move is part of the music instrument retailer’s plan […]
We’ve all experienced a moment in time when we felt like this isn’t real. When we question: Did this actually happen? Is it really over? There have been deaths, the last-ever episode of our favorite TV shows and celebrities who have gone so far off the deep end, we become enamored and can’t help but […]
As part of our 35th-anniversary, we’re naming the most influential artists of the past 35 years. Today, we’re at #23. From Chicago, Illinois here is Kanye West. CREDIT: Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images You can’t discuss the last two decades of rap without mentioning Kanye West. Navigating the club or […]
If there’s one thing Post Malone enjoys as much as being the human embodiment of Bud Light, it’s Fleet Foxes (or Nirvana). His fandom is pretty clearly documented in his social media over the years, and he even had J. Tillman (who played drums for the band before transforming into Father John Misty) write “Myself” from […]
Looking to satisfy your hunger for more new music? Well, you’re in luck because SPIN Daybreaker is back to feed your discovery frenzy with another spectacular roundup. We’re back this week with an indie + pop overload that’ll catapult you into the most musically diverse soundscapes of this generation. This bright bunch of artists provides […]
System of a Down has been super busy of late, dropping “Genocidal Humanoidz” and “Protect The Land,” the band’s first new songs in 15 years. The politically motivated tunes were inspired by the conflict between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, and they raised nearly $600,000 to aid those in SOAD’s Armenian homeland. But there’s another conflict at […]