Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Few bands have married the harsh clang of industrial rock to sugary pop ...
In February 2014, I tuned in to the BRIT Awards to watch my newly minted friends Rudimental’s performance. I didn’t expect to get knocked out by Ella Eyre, the featured vocalist on their chart-topping ...
Venezuela's most notorious export is sold as a dire threat to America, but the glory days are behind the gang An anti-government protester in Venezuela, a country whose dysfunction and near-collapse ...
"I was told to keep Karan off my lineup or I wouldn't get my permits," says Surrey festival director Tarun Nayar about local boy made huge, Karan Aujla, pictured here accepting a JUNO award earlier ...
In collaborations with marquee artists like Flume and Vince Staples, KUČKA has proven indispensable. Rappers and fellow producers have played with her voice, high-pitched and malleable, like a ...
What Redd Kross have brought to the punk rock zeitgeist is immeasurable and uncompromising. Literal brothers in sonic arms, Jeff and Steve McDonald (singer/guitarist and bassist/singer, respectively) ...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that, on the second outing of his Ghosted trio, Oren Ambarchi had ditched his guitar. Ghosted II—which also features Swedes Johan Berthling (bass) and Andreas Werliin ...
When tomorrow’s jazz historians are pondering our current era in their rent-controlled spaceships, they’ll see a state of the music divided into two schools, or two pathways to achievement. Down one, ...
Should I have brought a real pillow? A blanket? It’s too late to do anything about it. I’m already driving toward Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center, an inflatable camping pillow rolled into a tote ...
Paul Wall and Termanology pose for photographer Nyjee Evans during the 'Start, Finish, Repeat' album release party at Gold Bar NYC. (Photo credit: Nyjee Evans, provided courtesy of Termanology) Paul ...
bbno$ and Yung Gravy for our September 2023 cover shoot. Creative Direction byDanny Klein. Photos by Shane Smith. What a year. Amidst so much loss and heartbreak, music offers both reflection and ...
If you go to a gig with Piper Ferguson, expect to play second fiddle to her camera. Whether she has a photo pass or not, Ferguson captures essential music moments at every turn. A quarter century ...