“My mom owned an antique store when I was a kid, so I think I just got into collecting old stuff from a young age,” says Caleb “Bones” Owens. “I love collecting a lot of things, whether it be guitars, motorcycles, or records.” Lately, Owens has been getting a lot of mileage out of those […]
There are times when a band comes along and takes possession of the moment — carries you along with them. I want to tell you my story of Oasis and why it matters today. Somewhere in the dregs of being a desperate, unsigned musician in San Francisco in the spring of 1994, I got a […]
When Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released their third album, Howl, in 2005, the reaction was polarizing. The trio had made their name with a fuzz-drenched wall of rock ‘n roll that quickly won over critics and audiences. But after two albums in that vein, they took a sharp turn. As Zac Crain put it in […]
Jake Kiszka didn’t need to put another musical project on his agenda. As Greta Van Fleet’s guitar player, Kiszka has been on an accelerating rocket ship since the group’s major label launch in 2017. But it wasn’t enough for Kiszka to play blistering live shows with his brothers in their Grammy-winning group. On their last […]
As hip-hop was first blooming, with small steps, into the mainstream culture, long before it was the Earth-straddling phenomenon it became, a small cohort of photographers was capturing it in its infancy in New York City. Joe Conzo took some of hip-hop’s first ‘baby pictures’ in the 1970s, including of early b-boys and b-girls, DJs […]
Name Ken Vasoli of the Starting Line Best known for Lifer song and dance man. Simultaneous professional bass player/semi-professional singer. Bleached hair 1999-2003. Current city Philadelphia, PA. Really want to be in I wouldn’t mind retiring in El Pescadero, Mexico. I would enjoy beach life with the family. Great eating and surfing, perhaps improving my skills at the latter. […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Bob Dylan’s sixth album Highway 61 Revisited, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, opens with the landmark single “Like a Rolling Stone.” The song that follows it on the album, “Tombstone Blues,” […]
In 2005, what began as a modest multi-venue, fan-driven punk event in Chicago has morphed into a large-scale outdoor event that continues to mark its territory as one of the most impressive independent music fests in the country. Over the years, it’s ballooned in popularity thanks to its anything goes and everything happens here reputation. […]
Annie Kuchenmeister was 16 years old when she and her sister, 11-year-old Nissa, formed the South Minneapolis band Loki’s Folly in 2017. With Annie on guitar and Nissa on drums, the duo started the band out of their love of Green Day and My Chemical Romance. But it was Minneapolis’ own, the Replacements, that was […]
Millions of years ago, a group of monstrous warriors from outer space was banished to Earth, where they proceeded to decimate the dinosaur population, fornicate with apes, and ultimately, create what would come to be the human race. These “Scumdogs of the Universe,” as they call themselves, were then frozen in Antarctica some time during […]