Radiohead are postponing their shows planned for tonight (Dec. 1) and tomorrow in Copenhagen to allow frontman Thom Yorke to recover from “an extreme throat infection which has made it impossible for him to sing. Treatment is underway.” The dates are being moved to Dec. 15-16, and tickets “will be automatically transferred to the new […]
Bartees Strange performs on August 9, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Credit: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) Arsenio Orteza, Senior Editor Everything’s Better, The 1910 Chainsaw Company The band’s name is a riff on the 1910 Fruitgum Company, a late-’60s bubblegum act that scored three Top Fives, none of which are as catchy or diverse as any of […]
“You guys are so happy right now, I feel bad for what’s about to happen,” Noah Kahan jokes from the center of Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway’s stage. It’s a running joke for the musician, but although he plays music that makes people want to cry, his New England-inspired poetry is more powerful than […]
“Oh, I get to know somebody in the first five minutes,” says Lynn Goldsmith, the creator of some of the most memorable portraits from the ‘70s and for decades after, shooting major artists from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, Blondie to KISS. “If you want them to stay longer than planned,” she adds of her […]
“Mothers who use cannabis are better mothers,” says David Lucito, who for decades has been preaching the multitudinous wonders of weed. Unfortunately, David says, while he grew up in a “loving Catholic household” in Opelousas, Louisiana, his parents were “very anti-drug.” Growing up in such an environment, it took him 19 years to break free […]
Name Jorma Kaukonen Best known for Founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. And, husband and world traveler and general philosopher. Current city Athens, Ohio… Home of Ohio University. Really want to be in My dream city is Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. I would be drinking espresso and enjoying the local seafood caught that day followed by a […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. It may have been the most profitable international merger in rock history. In 1974, the long-running British band Fleetwood Mac joined forces with the members of the American folk rock duo Buckingham […]
Lists like this are set up to fail, and, in line with the inevitable, this one fails too. But we never kidded ourselves, nor intended to kid you, that we could succeed in definitively choosing the 40 greatest, most important, creative, and successful music makers in the last 40 years. Many great artists didn’t make […]
My Chemical Romance have secured a drool-worthy slate of opening acts for their summer 2026 European stadium shows, which begin June 30 in Liverpool, England, with support from Echo & the Bunnymen. From there, Idlewild will open July 4 in Glasgow, while Skunk Anansie (July 8), Joan Jett (July 10) and Sunny Day Real Estate […]
Good lord, how is it already that time of year again? Friendsgiving to Thanksgiving to Black Friday to Small Business Saturday to Cyber Monday to Giving Tuesday. Bang-Bang-Bang! I’m here for the spectacle and gearing up for some glorious gluttony. Today, I’ve got a quick rundown of some music, culture, and gifting moments you should […]