While they continue to astonish audiences on their first North American tour in three years, Nine Inch Nails have unveiled the Maxime Quoilin-directed video for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” the lead single from their soundtrack to the upcoming film TRON: Ares. The latter is due Sept. 19 from Interscope, with the […]
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. Photo Courtesy of Tamar Berk […]
After high-profile team-ups with Joni Mitchell and Elton John, Brandi Carlile is going back to her own music on the new album Returning to Myself, which will be released Oct. 24 by Interscope/Lost Highway. The title track is out now, accompanied by a video from director Floria Sigismondi. Returning to Myself was produced by Carlile […]
When Ron Flynt began writing “Back to California,” the jangly title track and lead single of the first 20/20 album in twenty-seven years, he had no idea that the line “Not everybody wants to burn it down” would eventually be heard against the backdrop of the January L.A. wildfires. “Honestly, I thought that was a […]
Prior to meeting Mat Osman of Suede some three decades ago, I had already heard many positive things about him from colleagues who’d interviewed the bassist. We crossed paths on February 2, 1995, after Suede’s landmark show at the American Legion Hall in Los Angeles. He was approachable, warm, and inclusive. I gave him a […]
“Yeah, trumpet’s a motherfucker,” Theo Croker says with a chuckle when I express amazement at the range of sounds a skilled musician can get out of an instrument with just three valves. “Y’know, the pitch of the notes is determined by the shape of the aperture, which is the hole that you create with the […]
Updating a story first posted yesterday (Sept. 2), Radiohead will play four-night runs in five European cities this winter, their first since 2018. The group will visit Madrid, Bologna, Copenhagen, Berlin and London as part of the itinerary, tickets for which can be obtained here. “Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the […]
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in Barbados in 1988, the daughter of an accountant and a warehouse supervisor. But when American producer Evan Rogers discovered Rihanna and brought the teen singer to the attention of Jay-Z, then president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, she began a rapid ascent to multiplatinum success. Rihanna’s 2005 single […]
As I greet Bryan Adams on our phone call, he’s surprised that SPIN is doing a feature on him. “I didn’t know that SPIN was a big fan,” he says, as he heads to Italy to continue his world tour supporting his new album, Roll With the Punches. I’m confused and ask him to elaborate. […]
On May 21, 1998, I saw Garbage at what used to be The Palace in Hollywood. I wasn’t there for Garbage—I came for the opener, bizarrely, Talvin Singh—but I left singing Garbage songs. I knew all the singles. How could you not in the ’90s, when their music was everywhere? Even more than the songs […]