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 […]
Polite and cheerful Chechen mobster NoHo Hank is so singular a character that it’s easy to forget that Anthony Carrigan, the actor who portrays him on the HBO comedy Barry, actually hails from Boston. When SPIN caught up with Carrigan about what’s in store for the upbeat murderer on the series’ third season, it seems […]
It was just two months ago that Claire Cottrill was serenading a New York City crowd in the middle of a makeshift living room. The affair would have been low-key except for the fact that the indie-rock star— who goes by Clairo—was performing for nearly 6,000 people at Radio City Music Hall. “I remember soundcheck […]
Sitting in the mostly-enclosed former midcentury Firestone Tire shop that has since been transformed into All Season Brewing in Los Angeles, Tim Kasher wouldn’t be anyone’s first guess when picking who was the biggest rock star among the crowd. On a Friday afternoon filled with LA’s finest yoga pants, tight t-shirts and oversized sunglasses, Kasher’s […]
Anitta is taking over the world. Last month, Brazil’s resident superstar became the first artist from her country to hit No. 1 on Spotify’s Global 200 chart. Today, she’s set to make her live debut at Coachella. To add to her recent successes, Anitta also released her new album, Versions of Me, earlier this week. […]
Chris Farren knows a lot of music and merchandising. First, he served as the frontman for the Florida-based punk act Fake Problems for nearly a decade. For the past eight years, he’s been releasing indie rock albums under his own name, building up a rabid fan base via his captivating online persona and social media […]
It’s late morning in early April and Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe – otherwise known as Lucius – look like Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe. This is only a notable thing because when they perform together, they don’t so much appear as themselves but as two arms of the same whole: voices twisted and wrapped […]
During the past year, Joe Purdy has basically started his life anew. It began with a move from his longtime home of Los Angeles to Taos, New Mexico eight months ago. Then he signed with a new management team. In March, he released Coyote, his first studio album in six years. Why all these major […]
At 10 a.m. on a Monday morning, the members of Wallows — Braeden Lemasters, Cole Preston, and Dylan Minnette — caught their first glimpses of themselves as our Zoom call began. “Oh, I look dead, holy fuck,” Minnette says. “Dude, I feel you,” Preston agrees. “I woke up and looked in the mirror, and I […]
Aerosmith started whatever day Steven walked in the door, says Joe Perry, his Boston accent flattening those r’s into ah’s. As in Steven Ty-lah. It’s refreshing that after 50 years in one of the most successful bands in history, Perry still sounds like he really doesn’t give a fuck. Like he would be just as […]