Bartees Strange performs on August 9, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Credit: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) Arsenio Orteza, Senior Editor Everything’s Better, The 1910 Chainsaw Company The band’s name is a riff on the 1910 Fruitgum Company, a late-’60s bubblegum act that scored three Top Fives, none of which are as catchy or diverse as any of […]
“You guys are so happy right now, I feel bad for what’s about to happen,” Noah Kahan jokes from the center of Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway’s stage. It’s a running joke for the musician, but although he plays music that makes people want to cry, his New England-inspired poetry is more powerful than […]
Charlie Puth, Brandi Carlile and Coco Jones are suiting up for the Super Bowl LX pregame festivities, which will set the tone for the Feb. 8 culmination of the NFL season at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Ca. As previously reported, Bad Bunny will headline the game’s Apple Music Halftime Show. Puth will belt out […]
“Oh, I get to know somebody in the first five minutes,” says Lynn Goldsmith, the creator of some of the most memorable portraits from the ‘70s and for decades after, shooting major artists from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, Blondie to KISS. “If you want them to stay longer than planned,” she adds of her […]
“Mothers who use cannabis are better mothers,” says David Lucito, who for decades has been preaching the multitudinous wonders of weed. Unfortunately, David says, while he grew up in a “loving Catholic household” in Opelousas, Louisiana, his parents were “very anti-drug.” Growing up in such an environment, it took him 19 years to break free […]
Sabrina Carpenter took to Instagram to wax poetic following the conclusion of her 14-month Short n’ Sweet Tour, which encompassed the release of two different albums (last year’s Short n’ Sweet and this summer’s Man’s Best Friend) and definitively established her as an arena-level headliner around the world. “This show really was everything I’ve dreamt […]
Familiar tunes from Tiffany (“I Think We’re Alone Now”), ABBA (“Fernando”), Michael Jackson (“Rockin’ Robin”), the Psychedelic Furs (“Pretty in Pink”) and Yello (“Oh Yeah”) help enliven the soundtrack to the just-released fifth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, the first volume of which is out now digitally from Legacy Recordings. As expected for a show […]
Name Jorma Kaukonen Best known for Founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. And, husband and world traveler and general philosopher. Current city Athens, Ohio… Home of Ohio University. Really want to be in My dream city is Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. I would be drinking espresso and enjoying the local seafood caught that day followed by a […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. It may have been the most profitable international merger in rock history. In 1974, the long-running British band Fleetwood Mac joined forces with the members of the American folk rock duo Buckingham […]
It’s that time of the year once again, when we start reckoning with what everyone on our gift list will be getting for the holidaze. Of course, the music lovers in your life should be the easiest to get for, or so you might think. Sure, it’s easy to just give someone an Amazon gift […]