“Cool. Wow. Being interviewed by SPIN, full circle,” gushes filmmaker and former SPIN intern Chandler Levack while sitting in an empty office of Toronto’s Elevation Pictures. The Canadian company is distributing her new film, Mile End Kicks, which just had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Toronto-born Levack went from music […]
What happens in Quebec too often stays in Quebec. A case in point: Viviane Audet. Actress, singer-songwriter, musician, composer — she’d be a big fish in any-sized pond. But as Steve Martin once observed, “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.” The upshot: Her amazing projects have received decidedly limited coverage in […]
Was there ever a time before Margaret Cho? For as long as I can remember, the ever-relevant, effortlessly funny comedian—who also counts actor, musician, and entrepreneur on her résumé—has been part of the zeitgeist. A five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee, Cho leaves an impression any time she appears. My personal favorite is Cho as Lynne, […]
Director Lee Kirk is hoping you’ll have the time of your life watching his new film, New Years Rev—we’ve seen it with an apostrophe, too, though we’re told it doesn’t have one—the Green Day collaboration which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) September 13. The title doesn’t convey that it’s […]
Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G will headline the 2026 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which descends on Empire Polo Field in Indio, Ca., from April 10-12 and 17-19. See the complete poster below. The always-eclectic lineup pulls from nearly every music genre and era imaginable, with Italian DJ Anyma […]
As expected, after the overwhelming response to their North American tour in tribute of R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction and a 2024 run tackling Murmur, Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy will reprise the festivities next year in honor of the 40th anniversary of Michael Stipe and company’s Life’s Rich Pageant. They’ll be joined by their trusty band of Jon […]
It’s 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles and Mark Laita’s already been up for five hours. If you’re one of the over 6.6 million who subscribe to his YouTube channel, Soft White Underbelly, you’ve witnessed the heart-wrenching, disconcerting stories he’s captured in nearly 3,000 videos; up-close tales told by real people, many suffering from addiction and […]
Bad Bunny and Amazon Music are teaming for a variety of initiatives based in the artist’s native Puerto Rico, including a global livestream of a newly added Sept. 20 finale for his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí: Una Más residency at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan. The run began July 11 and […]
Paul McCartney will warm up for the Sept. 26 relaunch of his Got Back Tour in Palm Springs, Ca., with a performance three days earlier at the 4,500-capacity Santa Barbara Bowl. It will be the Beatle great’s first appearance at the historic venue, which will require fans to secure their phones in Yondr pouches for […]
Chuck Inglish today isn’t the same Chuck Inglish from 2022. He sounds noticeably different, like he’s weathered some recent storms that have reshaped his perspective on the world. Throughout the interview, it becomes painfully clear the Cool Kids co-founder has, in fact, been chewed up and spit out over the last three years, a period […]