The next great breakout act might not come from a label pipeline. It could come straight from the fans. Which is why SPIN has joined forces with artist-support platform Tipify to launch Road to Austin, a new discovery program spotlighting independent and emerging musicians. The multi-week initiative will culminate in a live SPIN x Tipify […]
Tame Impala will return to North America starting in July for a fresh round of touring with support from Djo and Dominic Fike, per a teaser post on Instagram. So far, only the cities have been revealed, with dates and venues expected to be announced imminently. The shows come in continued support of the Kevin […]
Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers will be back this spring with their fifth album, everyone for ten minutes, which will be available May 22 from Dirty Hit. The lead single, “you and forever” is out now in tandem with an Alex Lockett-directed video starring Antonoff’s wife, actress Margaret Qualley. “Despite the moments where it briefly peers into […]
When Karen Bella sat down to record “Living on the Great” during the early days of the pandemic, she didn’t set out to create anything grandiose. Her friend and producer, Teddy Kumpel, who has worked with big names like Nine Inch Nails, and Joe Jackson, had casually suggested she send over anything she was working […]
Flea puts his own instrumental spin on Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You,” which is accented by strings arranged by Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott and upright bass from Anna Butterss. It will be found on his debut solo album, Honora, due March 27 on Nonesuch. “When that record came out, it really blew me away,” Flea […]
Kevin Morby settles into the friendly confines of the National’s Aaron Dessner’s upstate New York studio Long Pond on Little Wide Open, his eighth studio album. The LP is led by the single “Javelin” and will be released May 15 through Dead Oceans. An extensive 2026 tour is also on the books. “Little Wide Open is […]
** ROSALÍA shines amid a desert backdrop in the new Noah Dillon-directed video for “Sauvignon Blanc,” which was first released on her 2025 Columbia album LUX. Instrumentals and a cappella versions of the song have also been newly made available on Spotify and Apple Music. The cover star for Vogue‘s spring issue, ROSALÍA will stage […]
Singer/songwriter Alana Springsteen is the guest on the latest installment of the Lipps Service podcast, speaking with host Scott Lipps about the Feb. 13 release of her new single, “back to self,” the as-yet-untitled parent album of which will arrive later this year through Santa Anna Records. Springsteen digs into her experiences touring with Keith […]
In the summer of 1985, Queen seized the world’s attention with their Live Aid set, and Freddie Mercury commanded the entire crowd at Wembley Stadium to clap their hands in unison to “Radio Gaga.” Eight-and-a-half months later in the spring of 1986, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, […]
Rapper Baby Keem will make a long-overdue return Feb. 20 with his sophomore pgLang/Eerie Times/Columbia album, Ca$ino, which features his cousin Kendrick Lamar on the song “Good Flirts.” A nine-minute behind-the-scenes film can be sampled below about the artist, who has also confirmed an extensive global tour. Ca$ino is the follow-up to the 25-year-old Keem’s […]