Although official numbers are still being confirmed, Zach Bryan broke the record for largest U.S. concert last night (Sept. 27) in front of 112,000 fans at Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mi., just edging out the 110,905 mark set by George Strait in 2024 in College Station, Tx. “This […]
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder revived his side band, Earthlings, for the first time in two years last night (Sept. 26) to close the first night of his annual Ohana festival in Dana Point, Ca. The group, which also features guitarists Andrew Watt, Josh Klinghoffer and Glen Hansard, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith […]
Name X Ambassadors (Intro completed by Sam Nelson Harris) Best known for My moustache. Current city Los Angeles. Really want to be in A cabin in the woods learning how to be a cobbler or some shit because the entertainment industry is sooo wacky and I often wanna run away from it all. (But who am I kidding? I’d […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. On later Cure albums, Robert Smith’s songs started getting longer, and so did the instrumental intros, with the band frequently establishing a groove for a minute or two before Smith begins to […]
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt, Tom Stern’s bio-doc chronicling the chaotic yet culturally significant career of San Antonio, Texas’ Butthole Surfers, was much-lauded at South By Southwest earlier this year for its revelatory examination of the band—which lives up to its title with a humorous, heartfelt, and unflinchingly honest approach. It’s also […]
Post Malone, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson will headline the annual Stagecoach festival on April 24-26 at Empire Polo Club in Indio, Ca., as part of a wildly diverse lineup that moves ever farther from the event’s country roots. Although genre mainstays such as Bailey Zimmerman, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green, Lyle Lovett, Wynonna Judd, […]
The list of “bitchin’” things in music is select: Camaros, summers, pretty lives. Meditative, drone-filled music built on synths, drum machines, and woodwinds usually does not fit the bill. Yet the Chicago trio Bitchin Bajas (possibly named after the late, lamented Subaru coupé utility vehicle) makes a strong case for the bitchin-ness of their aggressively […]
The Cure, Doja Cat, the xx, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Addison Rae and My Bloody Valentine lead another drool-worthy lineup for the Primavera Sound festival, which will take place June 4-6 at Parc del Forum alongside the Atlantic Ocean in Barcelona. Both the xx and My Bloody Valentine have been inactive since 2018, while the Cure […]
Neil Young is bringing back his Harvest Moon benefit concert at the Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes, Ca., and will welcome Beck and Lana Del Rey for the 2025 edition on Oct. 25. Young launched the event in 2019 as the successor to his annual Bridge School Benefit concerts, which he organized with his […]
Portugal. The Man will return this fall with their 10th studio album, SHISH, which will arrive Nov. 7 on the band’s new label, KNIK. The singles “Tanana” and “Mush” are out now and can be sampled below. “‘Mush’ is survival, connection and ambition,” frontman John Gourley says. “Rural life with moments of danger and absurdity, […]