Walking up to DJ Jazzy Jeff’s Delaware home, it’s nearly impossible not to recall a scene in the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” where his character, Jazz, gets tossed out of Uncle Phil’s house—by Uncle Phil. More than three decades have passed since the beloved ’90s sitcom’s debut and in that time, Jazzy Jeff has established […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The Cranberries’ 1994 album No Need to Argue is their most popular release, selling seven million copies in the U.S. alone. And it’s been expanded multiple times with the addition of demos, […]
When Walt Disney died in 1966, his creative vision did too. The studio that had produced the animated classics Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, Dumbo, and Fantasia began focusing on live action, leading the company into genres that it had never approached before. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), The Black Hole (1979), […]
The A24 film The Moment, which is based on an original idea by Charli XCX and will also star the U.K. pop maven, has revealed its additional cast. Due in theaters next year, the movie will feature Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Jamie Demetriou, Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott, Kate Berlant, Arielle Dombasle and Hailey Benton Gates. […]
Dua Lipa has been peppering her in-progress North American arena tour with surprise guests and covers, and her just-concluded four-night run at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum was no different. At the final show last night (Oct. 8), the artist welcomed Gwen Stefani for a duet on No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak,” and the night before, she […]
Independent artists often spend countless hours trying to “crack the Spotify code.” Many experiment with the DIY route, plead with curators for playlist placements, or turn to third-party promotion services, only to end up with inflated numbers and little real engagement. In such a crowded space, skepticism toward music marketing services is understandable. The industry […]
The music industry is a rapidly evolving sector. Over the past several years, its pace has only grown even more accelerated, as streaming sites and social media platforms have yielded instantaneous results for users, only increasing their appetite for new music tenfold. As a result, many modern artists feel the constant need to release new […]
Without specifying who is doing what, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed the roster of presenters and performers for its 2025 induction ceremony, which will be held Nov. 8 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater and will be streamed live on Disney+. Among them are Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John, Doja Cat, Missy Elliott, […]
He tells me he can walk on water. And for a split second, I believe him. This is Robert Finley after all, a musician whose career cackles in the face of predictability, and instead redefines the trope of the artist playing the long game. A sharecropper’s son who as a boy missed school to work […]
“Ride this train to Roseburg, Oregon,” says Johnny Cash in his gravelly intro to “Lumberjack,” the third track of his 1960 concept album, Ride This Train. Over the blare of a rail whistle, Cash continues: “Now there’s a town for you — and you talk about rough.” Rough this southern Oregon town still can be, […]