Though the ideas behind Bastille’s fourth album, Give Me the Future, were mostly conceptualized during the pre-pandemic time, it’s hard to deny the album’s parallels to the world as it’s developed over the last couple of years. At the time, the multi-platinum pop-rockers were fresh off the success of 2019’s Doom Days, and Bastille were […]
It’s a new year and the newly-engaged Machine Gun Kelly seems to have a fresh outlook on life: Hello, world? You don’t fucking suck! MGK’s new song “emo girl” is the low-caps song for all of his high-caps feelings for his girl who still looks cute when she looks “half-dead.” WILLOW brings the pop-punk street […]
“Raw,” “free,” “loosey-goosey” — these are adjectives no one would use to describe Animal Collective‘s Painting With, an album so bright and intense it often feels like staring into a solar eclipse without the proper eyewear. Six years later, Animal Collective has returned with Time Skiffs, which feels more like gazing casually into a psychedelic forest […]
When Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland battle in the main event of the UFC Fight Night card this weekend, it’ll be a classic clash of styles reminiscent of the early days of mixed martial arts. On one side, the Swedish-born Norwegian Hermansson will undoubtedly be looking to bring the fight to the ground, where he […]
Name Dana Colley Best known for Sax in Morphine and Vapors of Morphine Current city Somerville, MA Really want to be in Barcelona eating ham. Excited about Vapors of Morphine’s newest album Fear & Fantasy (released in September 2021). My current music collection has a lot of Jazz/African/Turkish/Dub. And a little bit of Classical. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to […]
After years of fan anticipation, Mitski has finally released her new album Laurel Hell. Alongside the album release, Mitski unveiled a Victorian-inspired video for “Stay Soft,” a song appearing on the new album. The video features her wandering through a succulent, but haunting, garden. Inspired by Romanticism and paintings from the Victorian era, the video […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers are back. A little over two years after announcing they reunited with on-again, off-again guitarist John Frusciante, the alt-rock veterans unveiled their first new song since 2016 and there’s an album to boot. Titled Unlimited Love, the record is out on April 1 and sees the band reunite with producer Rick […]
Liam Gallagher has a new album on the way, that much we know. The always outspoken ex-Oasis singer has been teasing a new single from his upcoming third solo album, and it has arrived with a surprise. The album, titled C’mon You Know and was revealed last October, was produced by Greg Kurstin. Today, he […]
Wallows have a new album on the way. Dylan Minnette and company have shared the details for their forthcoming second studio record, Tell Me That It’s Over. The band also shared the latest song from the album, “Especially You,” and its video. [embedded content][embedded content] “It’s about when you’re in the early stages of a […]
This article originally appeared in the March 1998 issue of SPIN. Angels are God’s designated hitters. They’re represented in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, among many other religions; they pretty much show up anyplace people put out a punch bowl and a turntable. Messengers of supreme beings, keepers of the gate, angels are the ones who […]