Name Harper Simon Best known for Nobody knows anything about me! That’s why I’m so excited to do this interview with Liza Lentini for SPIN! Fun fact: I own a fur storage facility in Ronkonkoma, Long Island and play alto sax in a Henry Mancini tribute band! Current city Los Angeles Really want to be in Siwa Oasis in […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Music critics have a habit of tearing down idols as soon as they’ve built them up, and some great sophomore albums have become collateral damage in that process. Patti Smith was anointed […]
Swedish singer Lykke Li is back tonight (Feb. 13) with the new single “Lucky Again,” which presages the May 8 release of her first album in four years, The Afterparty (Neon Gold/Futures✦). The nine-song, 24-minute project was written in Los Angeles and recorded in Stockholm with a 17-piece string orchestra and what’s said to be […]
Dijon, Daniel Caesar, Lil Yachty and Aimee Mann are atop the bill for the returning Eaux Claires, the festival founded by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner that initially ran from 2015-2018. As previously reported, this year’s edition is set for July 24-25 at the 2,856-capacity Carson Park in Vernon’s hometown of […]
Tame Impala will return to North America starting in July for a fresh round of touring with support from Djo and Dominic Fike, per a teaser post on Instagram. So far, only the cities have been revealed, with dates and venues expected to be announced imminently. The shows come in continued support of the Kevin […]
Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers will be back this spring with their fifth album, everyone for ten minutes, which will be available May 22 from Dirty Hit. The lead single, “you and forever” is out now in tandem with an Alex Lockett-directed video starring Antonoff’s wife, actress Margaret Qualley. “Despite the moments where it briefly peers into […]
Flea puts his own instrumental spin on Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You,” which is accented by strings arranged by Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott and upright bass from Anna Butterss. It will be found on his debut solo album, Honora, due March 27 on Nonesuch. “When that record came out, it really blew me away,” Flea […]
Kevin Morby settles into the friendly confines of the National’s Aaron Dessner’s upstate New York studio Long Pond on Little Wide Open, his eighth studio album. The LP is led by the single “Javelin” and will be released May 15 through Dead Oceans. An extensive 2026 tour is also on the books. “Little Wide Open is […]
In the summer of 1985, Queen seized the world’s attention with their Live Aid set, and Freddie Mercury commanded the entire crowd at Wembley Stadium to clap their hands in unison to “Radio Gaga.” Eight-and-a-half months later in the spring of 1986, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, […]
Rapper Baby Keem will make a long-overdue return Feb. 20 with his sophomore pgLang/Eerie Times/Columbia album, Ca$ino, which features his cousin Kendrick Lamar on the song “Good Flirts.” A nine-minute behind-the-scenes film can be sampled below about the artist, who has also confirmed an extensive global tour. Ca$ino is the follow-up to the 25-year-old Keem’s […]