Bourbon & Beyond kicked off its fourth non-consecutive edition on Thursday night (Sept. 15) in Louisville, Ky. Along with 1 Million Strong and the Phoenix, SPIN hosted an afterparty that featured a DJ set from Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast. With hundreds of revelers in attendance, Zauner curated a set of songs from the era […]
‘As you’re a girl it might be better if you go talk to her – she doesn’t trust guys. Please!’ That was all well and good, but I didn’t really know what any of them looked like, or which one had taken the band name to heart and run away. But I didn’t have to […]
Common will make his Broadway debut later this year in Between Riverside and Crazy, previews for which will begin Nov. 30 at the Hayes Theater. The opening is set for Dec. 19. The production will be directed by Austin Pendleton (also well-known as an actor in The Muppet Movie and My Cousin Vinny) and was […]
If you ask the folks behind Rocksmith+, the first thing they want to clarify is that it’s not a video game like Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Yes, the software is usable on video game consoles, but rather than being an arcade-y plaything, Rocksmith+ is a subscription service designed to teach users to play an […]
Ahead of its first tour since 2018, Paramore has also teased a new song, “This Is Why,” which will be released on Sept. 28. A teaser of the song was posted on Paramore’s Discord channel last week, followed by a separate TikTok clip. The track can be pre-saved here. The cover art for “This Is […]
Noah Cyrus gets up close and personal in the new video for her country-flavored song “I Just Want a Lover,” drawn from her album The Hardest Part, which is out today via RECORDS/Columbia Records. As the title suggests, Cyrus takes herself to task for past relationship mistakes as she sings, “I just want a lover […]
Name Tyler Marenyi / NGHTMRE Best known for Bass music artist and DJ with effortlessly nice hair (hah sarcasm kinda) Current city Los Angeles Really want to be in I love the West Coast of the U.S. I think I’ll be there forever if my family is there. Amsterdam and Sydney are two places I […]
The onset of the pandemic separated most of us from our routines and normal sources of support. It hurt, but it wasn’t always bad. The members of Chicago indie-pop band Divino Niño are among those who found freedom in the isolation. They exited 2020 with an album that’s fun, thoughtful, and possibly even healing, by […]
There are few bigger indie success stories in the past 20 years than Death Cab for Cutie. The group, founded in Bellingham, Washington in the mid-’90s, began like many underground acts — with witty and intricate songs recorded on a budget. But they quickly displayed a penchant for radio-friendly rock anthems that tapped into a […]
The pandemic impacted lives around the world in different ways. For Blag Dahlia, the contumacious singer of storied punk band The Dwarves, it’s been incredibly prolific. “I kind of had an explosion of creativity,” he says. “I just made a bunch of creative shit because that’s what I do. I kind of hit the wall […]