“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 […]
The Weeknd has dropped out of his planned headlining slot at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday (Sept. 27) in New York’s Central Park and will be replaced on the bill by Cardi B. “I regret to share that, due to personal reasons, I am unable to perform at Global Citizen,” the Weeknd (real name: […]
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 […]
Roxy Music released its final album, Avalon, in 1982, capping off a decade that saw the group morph from the shimmering art rock of its debut to something more majestic but wearier. Seven years had passed since the group’s last masterpiece (Siren). The uneven Manifesto (1979) and Flesh + Blood (1980) felt like a group […]
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 […]
On the heels of a collaboration at the MTV Video Music Awards, rising U.K. star YUNGBLUD and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Aerosmith are crossing the generational divide again with a five-song EP, One More Time, which will be released by Capitol on Nov. 21. The lead single, “My Only Angel,” is out now. […]
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,” […]