When electronic-ambient-new age pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was working on 1976’s Oxygene, in his makeshift home studio, he often had to tape down two preset buttons of his Korg drum machine to achieve the effect he wanted. Thanks to the breakout success of that record and its winning blend of bright keyboard melodies and warped analog […]
Name Nick Ghanbarian, Bassist Best known for Being the tallest member of Bayside standing at 5’9” and liking Star Wars and wrestling way too much. Current city Orange County, California. Really want to be in Tokyo! I’ve only been once and the band has never performed there. I’d love to add it to the list of places we’ve played. I just want […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Death Cab For Cutie’s fifth album Plans recently turned 20. The Seattle band’s major label debut was their first and only album to go platinum, powered by the radio hits “Soul Meets […]
You just released Magickal. So many great collabs. The opening track with Jem Cooke sets the tone. We recorded face to face on this record in Mark Ralph’s studio in London and she’s a proper professional. I like to think that the album will stand the test of time. It’s not going to be something […]
A day after releasing the second preview single from their fifth album, Tame Impala have confirmed further details about the project, which is dubbed Deadbeat and will be released Oct. 17 as the first in a new deal with Columbia Records. See the cover art below. Mastermind Kevin Parker conceived the album and recorded all […]
Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds was driving between 63 and 68 MPH on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a 35 MPH zone when he was killed in an accident last month in Atlanta, according to a report from local police. The musician, who was 51, died hours later from blunt force injuries at Grady Memorial Hospital. Hinds […]
With several No. 1 hits already in her native Holland, Davina’s second album, Higher, released last September, is taking her global. It’s a beautiful record, blending pop with a sharp edge, to cut the sweetness. “If there is a sweet lyric, then I like the melody darker and rougher to balance it out,” she tells […]
Think of your favorite artist’s music tour. You probably have in mind first the beat and rhythm of their music, their soulful lyrics, the lights on the stage, and the joy of the crowd of your fellow fans. What you don’t usually get to see is all the work put in behind the scenes to […]
Beauty School Dropout has been a band for barely half a decade, but they’ve already played the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When SPIN caught up with the busy Los Angeles quartet of singer Cole “Colie” Hutzler, guitarist Brent “Beepus” Burdett, producer-guitarist Bardo Novotny, and drummer Colton Flurry, they were fresh off a July […]
Bruce Springsteen fans are in for another bonanza of rarities with Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition, which arrives Oct. 17 from Sony Music a week ahead of the film that portrays its creation, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The four-disc boxed set is led by a previously unheard electric trio version of “Born in the U.S.A.,” […]