Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. On later Cure albums, Robert Smith’s songs started getting longer, and so did the instrumental intros, with the band frequently establishing a groove for a minute or two before Smith begins to […]
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, Tom Stern’s bio-doc chronicling the chaotic yet culturally significant career of San Antonio, Texas’ Butthole Surfers, was much-lauded at South By Southwest earlier this year for its revelatory examination of the band—which lives up to its title with a humorous, heartfelt, and unflinchingly honest approach. It’s also […]
Along with crisp air, colorful leaves, shorter days, and cozy sweaters, the change of season always brings fresh new music. Autumn 2025 is no exception, as we spotlight four rising indie artists carving out their own space with innovative songwriting, distinctive sounds, and tracks you’ll have on repeat well past Thanksgiving. Presented by TuneCore Accelerator, […]
Post Malone, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson will headline the annual Stagecoach festival on April 24-26 at Empire Polo Club in Indio, Ca., as part of a wildly diverse lineup that moves ever farther from the event’s country roots. Although genre mainstays such as Bailey Zimmerman, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green, Lyle Lovett, Wynonna Judd, […]
The list of “bitchin’” things in music is select: Camaros, summers, pretty lives. Meditative, drone-filled music built on synths, drum machines, and woodwinds usually does not fit the bill. Yet the Chicago trio Bitchin Bajas (possibly named after the late, lamented Subaru coupé utility vehicle) makes a strong case for the bitchin-ness of their aggressively […]
The Cure, Doja Cat, the xx, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Addison Rae and My Bloody Valentine lead another drool-worthy lineup for the Primavera Sound festival, which will take place June 4-6 at Parc del Forum alongside the Atlantic Ocean in Barcelona. Both the xx and My Bloody Valentine have been inactive since 2018, while the Cure […]
Neil Young is bringing back his Harvest Moon benefit concert at the Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes, Ca., and will welcome Beck and Lana Del Rey for the 2025 edition on Oct. 25. Young launched the event in 2019 as the successor to his annual Bridge School Benefit concerts, which he organized with his […]
Portugal. The Man will return this fall with their 10th studio album, SHISH, which will arrive Nov. 7 on the band’s new label, KNIK. The singles “Tanana” and “Mush” are out now and can be sampled below. “‘Mush’ is survival, connection and ambition,” frontman John Gourley says. “Rural life with moments of danger and absurdity, […]
** U.K. duo Goldfrapp‘s 2005 album Supernature will be reborn this fall in a 20th anniversary edition loaded with remixes, rarities and unreleased live radio session recordings. The set is due Nov. 21 from Mute/BMG and is led by a new remix of “You Never Know” by Goldfrapp’s Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Remixes by […]
Ken Vasoli connects with Taijuan Walker. A lot of Phillies fans, including plenty in the crowd around us at Citizens Bank Park, don’t have much faith in him as one of the starting pitchers in a team with World Series aspirations in the business end of the season. Walker’s having a tough night so far. […]