On a stage draped with pieces of gauzy white fabric, Cate Le Bon enters to a mesmerizing wall of sound. Like the rest of her band, she is dressed in white, and swaying behind the microphone as she begins a song called “Jerome.” Her voice rises softly from the swirling, surreal music, with lyrics grappling […]
Having just debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his long-awaited album The Fall Off, rapper J. Cole has announced his most extensive world tour since 2017-2018. The arena trek will begin July 11 in Charlotte, N.C., and will pause briefly after a Sept. 23 show in Fayetteville, N.C., before resuming in Europe […]
Tool is hoping to release a new album in 2027 and support it with a residency at the next-level Sphere in Las Vegas, drummer Danny Carey told Spiral Out in a video interview. It would be the follow-up to 2019’s Fear Innculum, which was the band’s third consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Responding […]
Manchester Orchestra drummer Tim Very has passed away at the age of 42 from unknown causes, according to a social media post from the band. “The most beloved human being any of us were lucky enough to know in this life. We’ve all been dreading sharing this news as we are all still in absolute […]
Cory Wong is in full professional podcaster mode. Seated in his Minneapolis studio with headphones on, he looks into a giant microphone stationed on his desk nearly as often as he looks into the camera. It’s a classic podcaster stance—and hardly surprising, given that over the last six years he’s hosted more than 100 episodes […]
Gogol Bordello makes music that is best experienced with a crowd. The band’s frenetic, Eastern European-flavored brand of punk is tailor-made for the mosh pit. Ever since breaking out with their Steve Albini-produced 2005 album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike, the Eugene Hütz-fronted collective has played bigger rooms to larger crowds around the world. However, […]
Aaron Shaw is one of the “Friends” in Carlos Niño and Friends, and the song titles on the saxophonist and flautist’s new album reflect some the vibey California positivity of that Los Angeles percussionist’s crew: “The Path to Clarity,” “Echoes of the Heart,” “Jubilant Voyage,” “Inner Compass.” Niño shows up to do his customary rattling, […]
Johnny Blue Skies, the current nom de plume of the singer formerly known as Sturgill Simpson, is eyeing a March 13 release for his second studio album and first with his band the Dark Clouds, Mutiny After Midnight. The project will be released only on vinyl, CD and cassette by High Top Mountain Records/Atlantic Outpost. […]
New York metal vets Life of Agony turned heads by including a cover of ’80s Breakfast Club soundtrack staple “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” on their 1995 album Ugly, but had never played the Simple Minds-popularized song live until last year. Below, SPIN premieres an in-concert clip of “Don’t You” recorded in Europe and directed […]
What an interesting week for content. Beyond the Benito Bowl–where the shared emotion of the performance and watching it live together felt like the biggest play of the game, everything else was… kind of meh? Until after the game, that is. That’s when it actually got interesting. The commentary. The memes. The coded explanations. The […]