Last year, when helping assemble SPIN‘s 50 Best Albums of 1971, I wondered if that year could have been popular music’s absolute peak. Now I’m asking myself that same question all over again. As I built a spreadsheet for 1972, gathering our writers’ votes alongside my own weird choices, I was once again struck by […]
There are multiple Nic Cages on display in the new meta action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: the financially struggling actor with a penchant for lavish purchases and hotel stays that would bankrupt the budget of Vermont; a less-than-attentive father who means well but is quickly losing the patience of his teenage daughter; and, […]
It’s been exactly 585 Fridays since Rebecca Black released “Friday.” In that time, she’s gone from a 13-year-old with pop star dreams to one of the most eternal and viral internet sensations of all time to an electronic alt-pop singer capable of putting on one of the most over-the-top and ridiculous Coachella DJ sets in […]
Name S. Carey Best known for The guy who showed up to Justin Vernon’s first show as “Bon Iver” and told him he knew all the parts and could play with him that evening. Current city Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Really want to be in Backpacking and fly fishing my way through Patagonia. Excited about New solo record, Break Me Open, […]
Guitarist Marcus King will release his next album, Young Blood, on August 26 as his first in a new deal with Rick Rubin’s American Records/Republic. The project re-teams the 26-year-old phenom with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. who previously produced King’s 2020 solo album, El Dorado. Both that album and Young Blood were recorded at […]
Mike Leonard, the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the Bleeding Hearts still remembers one of the last times he saw Bob Stinson, the late, great founding guitarist of the Replacements and for a short stint, Leonard’s bandmate in the Bleeding Hearts and roommate. “He was sitting by Lake of the Isles [in Minneapolis],” Leonard recalls in a recent […]
Artist Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Albritton on May 24, 1947) died on April 21, 2022 after a long illness. A release confirmed the news of her death. The self-described “recovering groupie” and sculptor gained fame for creating plaster casts of the erect penises of famous people. By the end of her career, Albritton had […]
Madeaux is a Miami based singer, songwriter, producer, and sonic visionary. He has a unique sound featuring industrial house, techno, and rock in his music. Madeaux has received placements on Spotify editorials like Mint, Dance Hits, Friday Cratediggers, and Apple editorials like danceXL, Future Dance Hits, New In Dance. He’s currently working on his next […]
Book Club is a new monthly series exploring the literature that inspires some of our favorite musicians. Whether it’s a music biography that got them through the slog of tour, the poetry collection that eked into their most poignant lyrics, or the novel that sparked a rock opera, we’ll get to the bottom of it […]
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are collaborating together yet again. The duo announced their upcoming spoken-word record, Seven Songs. Seven Songs was recorded during the same time as the duo’s 2021 Carnage, but instead of pure music, according to a statement, the new record will feature “seven spoken word pieces set to music.” The album is out June 17 […]