With the breakthroughs of J Balvin, Maluma, and Karol G, Medellín, Colombia has become a hub for reggaeton music. Their frequent collaborator, Feid, has been keeping the world’s eyes on Medellín while putting his heartfelt touch on the genre that celebrates the city’s culture. After a year of performing around the world, Feid returned to […]
When ~Pourri founder and CEO Suzy Batiz conjured up the idea of a soundtracked campaign to promote the company’s non-toxic odor eliminators, she knew the song had to be funky, original, and a party-starter. So, the Texas-based founder called on the sultriest soul strutters from the Lone Star State she knew to craft “Funk Check!,” […]
Taylor Swift has continued with her cheeky “Midnights Mayhem With Me” TikTok series to reveal a fourth song title from her upcoming album, Midnights. The latest to be picked out of a spinning, bingo-like ball cage, replete with cheesy, retro theme music in the background, is “Midnight Rain,” which is the sixth song on the […]
Bigger has traditionally been better when it comes to the Foo Fighters, so it was no surprise the group outdid itself again on Tuesday (Sept. 27) at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum during the second of two tribute concerts for drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died suddenly on March 25. Having just staged a massive celebration of […]
Miley Cyrus rocked out with Def Leppard and members of the Foo Fighters tonight (Sept. 27) at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, performing “Photograph” as a duet with Leppard’s Joe Elliott. Beforehand, Def Leppard was joined by Grohl, Weezer drummer Pat Wilson and Foos guitarists Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett […]
Dave Grohl’s 16-year-old daughter Violet kicked off a star-studded tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins tonight (Sept. 27) at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles with a moving rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” backed by guitarist Alain Johannes. “This is the hometown shit tonight, so you’ve gotta make it loud for Taylor,” Dave […]
On the heels of this February’s Single Album, long-running punk outfit NOFX will release the appropriately named Double Album on Dec. 2 through Fat Wreck Chords. The 10-song effort was produced by Descendents leader Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore, and is led by the single “Darby Crashing Your Party.” [embedded content][embedded content] “I wanted to […]
“When I entered the eighth grade in the fall of 1992, it felt like Pearl Jam was the biggest band in the world,” writes Steven Hyden in his new book about the legendary band, Long Road: Pearl Jam and The Soundtrack of a Generation (Sept. 27). Hyden wasn’t too far off. In 1992, the band […]
There’s a new Ozzy Osbourne album out this month. There’s also a new Striborg album out: two and a half hours of oppressively bleak — and, at its best, downright chilling — “blackwave” courtesy of the Tasmanian loner known as Sin Nanna. I state these facts to demonstrate a simple point: The universe of what […]
Musician and producer Jerry Harrison joined Talking Heads in 1974 after several years with the Modern Lovers. Here he shares what he calls “the craziest” week on tour. As told to SPIN Managing Editor Liza Lentini. Jerry Harrison (Credit: Roberta Bayley/Redferns) There were two shows in Italy with Talking Heads. One, we were playing in […]