For one cruel moment it felt like we had David Bowie back. He went silent for nearly a decade after suffering a heart attack during a performance in Prague in 2004, resurfacing in 2013 with The Next Day, a strong collection of songs that felt like a comfortable, but not revelatory, coda to a multi-decade-long […]
From 1969 to 1979, a series of field recordings appeared on the Atlantic label under the title Environments. Song titles included “The Psychologically Ultimate Seashore” and “Dawn in New Hope, Pennsylvania” (which would have made a dynamite title for a Ween album), presenting painstakingly recorded sonic representations of places and the sound-worlds they produce. The […]
When electronic-ambient-new age pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was working on 1976’s Oxygene, in his makeshift home studio, he often had to tape down two preset buttons of his Korg drum machine to achieve the effect he wanted. Thanks to the breakout success of that record and its winning blend of bright keyboard melodies and warped analog […]
Music producer and DJ Jorge Duarte, better known as Jörgen, releases his first single, “Montañas Oscuras,” for SPIN Records today (August 1), available across all streaming platforms. “‘Montañas Oscuras’ was born out of pure inspiration,” says Jörgen. “After attending Skyline Festival in Los Angeles in 2025, where Marco Carola and the Martinez Brothers delivered unforgettable […]
It’s just after midnight and Chicago’s Bottom Lounge is packed. Some kids are wearing ‘Hellfire’ merch shirts, referring to the fictional Dungeons and Dragons club from Netflix’s multi-Emmy nominated thriller Stranger Things. It’s the rare occasion where love for a TV show spills into support for a real band — Joe Keery’s psychedelic rock project […]
Art Moore’s Taylor Vick is a daydreamer. “I recently learned that some people, if you tell them to close their eyes and imagine an apple, there’s no image that appears,” she says. “For me, I very clearly see shit in my mind — eyes open or shut. I can often get lost in that.” This […]
Collective Soul had a lot riding on 2020 that no one knew about. In 2019, the Georgia band released their 10th studio album Blood, which was designed to be the first half of a double album. The double-album would get released in 2020, marking the band’s 25th anniversary. A special reissue of their debut, Hints, […]
May the fourth be with you. Beach Bunny travels far, far away in their latest video for “Karaoke,” featuring none other than lawyer-turned-space-commander Saul Goodman. That’s right: Bob Odenkirk makes an appearance in the clip. [embedded content][embedded content] In the video, Trifilio and her space squad are fitted up in Star Wars-inspired cloaks. They watch […]
On the heels of his acclaimed 2021 EP Welcome to Dreamland, film composer-turned-singer/songwriter Joseph Reuben has released a new double single, “LOVECHASER / “Gimme Love.” The tracks were co-mixed by FKA twigs collaborator Lee Avant, while the cover art features supermodel Daisy Lowe. Powered by Reuben’s soulful vocals and sleek production, the new songs extend his […]
Jamie xx has shared his first new single in two years. The high-energy repetition of “LET’S DO IT AGAIN” creates a perfectly catchy summer tune. The single has been refined over the past year during Jamie’s DJ sets since 2021. [embedded content][embedded content] “I started making this tune last year, just as it felt like […]