SPIN is proud to partner with the Playing For Change Foundation to present SOUND & SOUL, an electrifying night of music and purpose. The event takes place on February 18th at Belly Up Aspen and promises an exciting opening set by DJ Naka G and a headlining performance from electronic standout Gryffin. Known for turning […]
By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far beyond its point of origin. The song crossed over to pop radio, reached audiences who did not think of themselves as blues listeners, and introduced King to an entirely new generation. It also became the single that […]
Name Tom Lea, violist from Vitamin String Quartet Best known for Being a lovable classically trained viola player who loves ‘90s hip-hop and all things soulful. Current city Los Angeles. Really want to be in Anywhere in Japan. I haven’t been there since I was touring with my old band Rhye in 2018 and I really cannot wait to […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Warren Zevon kicked around the music industry for a decade before becoming a star. He wrote commercial jingles and songs for the Turtles and Murray McLauchlan, played in Phil Everly’s band, and […]
It’s been a busy news week. The Grammys. The upcoming Super Bowl. The Winter Olympics kicking off. That insane Australian Open final. We’re swimming in “water cooler moments”—the kind of cultural events everyone is supposed to care about. And I love seeing great artists, colleagues, and teams win. With hundreds of awards, the Grammys are […]
Bad Bunny has been readying himself for his headlining performance at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 8) in Santa Clara, Ca., by “eating Smashburgers” and thinking about the details so much that it is causing him insomnia. The Puerto Rican superstar told Apple Music today that “last night I couldn’t sleep […]
The Black Keys cover songs popularized by George Thorogood, R.L. Burnside, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup and Dr. Feelgood on their 14th studio album, Peaches, which is due May 1 from frontman Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label through Warner. Their cover of Thorogood’s “You Got To Lose” is out now in tandem with an E.J. […]
Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor gets a lift from a wide range of guests on his new solo album, Paris in the Spring, which will arrive March 13 on Night Time Stories. They include Air’s Nicolas Godin, the Avalanches, Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside, Étienne de Crécy, Lola Kirke and Pale Blue’s Elizabeth Wight. The track “Out of […]
One of the delights of the prior Ratboys album, 2023’s The Window, is that I could recommend it to almost any indie rock fan. You like beautiful Americana? Ratboys. Fuzzy alternative rock? Ratboys. Pop-punk? Ratboys. Occasional noisy jams? Ratboys. It was such a fun grab-bag that I figured it couldn’t last. I assumed The Window […]
Some albums arrive on the scene with fireworks and a tagline. REDEMPTION enters the chat by saying the thing that was never said out loud. Karey Lee Woolsey, a singer-songwriter releasing music under the name Karey Lee, released the record on January 2. The entry point is plain: these songs come from lived time. Marketing […]