Name Tom Johnston Best known for Being a singer, guitar player, songwriter for the Doobie Brothers. Current city Marin County, north of San Francisco a little bit. Really want to be in Dublin, that’s a great town. I really like Dublin. Excited about Our new album, Walk This Road. We’re starting the U.S. version of touring on that right now. We’ve been over in […]
Cha Wa is a traditional Mardi Gras Indians greeting in New Orleans that means “here we come” or “we’re comin’ for ya.” Appropriately, a hearty shout of “CHA WA!” is the first thing I hear out of “Spyboy” Irving “Honey” Banister Jr.’s mouth when he and two of his bandmates appear on my Zoom screen. […]
*SPIN helped curate the soundtrack to this film. About a month and a half ago, a friend of mine I’ve known since seventh grade died unexpectedly. I immediately called our mutual friend, Bryan, to tell him the bad news, and we grieved together. So, when I watched filmmaker Brian Brightly’s new independent film, The Wake, […]
In the middle of a rainstorm in Miami, Mau y Ricky are finding shelter in the place where they feel most at home—the recording studio. After nearly a decade of penning multi-platinum hits for themselves and other artists, the Latin superstars are opening a new door to more creative control with their EP La Llave, […]
Tom Hanks made his directing debut in 1996 with That Thing You Do!, a fictional saga of a one-hit-wonder 1960s band punningly called the Wonders. The title song, written by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger, captures the ’60s zeitgeist in a tidy two minutes and 43 seconds. But Hanks chose it after a wide audition. […]
Somewhere deep in the archives of the lime-green, forum-shaped headquarters of Mutato Muzika, Mark Mothersbaugh is digging up the distant past. The building houses his music production company on the Sunset Strip, but also the entire recorded history of Devo, the groundbreaking art-punk new wave band he co-founded with Jerry Casale back in the 1970s. […]
Frederick Mark Linkous was born into a family of coal miners in Virginia in 1962, and in the ’80s he moved to New York City and then to Los Angeles in search of success in the music industry. Linkous’s gift for riffs and hooks is readily apparent in the two albums he recorded as the […]
Dominique Fils-Aimé’s music makes indoors feel like outdoors—capturing the fresh, natural, rejuvenating version of being in nature. The singer-songwriter sits cross-legged on a blue couch, a slouchy sweater casually slipped off her shoulder, revealing a tank top underneath. An array of plants has unintentionally arranged itself into a halo behind her head. Her hair is […]
Joining forces amongst the Eel River’s majestic California Redwoods, Dirtybird Campout and Northern Nights Music Festival took over Cook’s Valley Campground for “an extraordinary weekend of music, art, cannabis, wellness, and community.” Fusing Dirtybird’s signature house/techno/tech-funk with Northern Nights’ unique music curation and one-of-a-kind cannabis experience, dance music fans were treated to the familiar “surprise […]
Name Geoff Wilkinson Best known for If you’ve never met me—“Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia).” If you have met me—my natural wit and charm, of course! Current city London. Really want to be in London (although like most Brits I still dream of living next to the sea—we do live on an island after all). Excited about The new (all instrumental) Us3 […]