That’s Them In The Spotlight
On a chilly Thursday night in February, Michael Stipe took the stage at the 40 Watt in Athens, Georgia. Peter Buck was already there playing guitar and Stipe just wanted…
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols
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Deep Cut Friday: ‘Between a Laugh and a Tear’ by John Mellencamp
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.The duality of pleasure and pain, of comedy…
B-Real Breaks Down How “Insane in the Brain” Made Cypress Hill Superstars
B-Real drops a bombshell mere minutes into our interview. Cypress Hill’s 1993 juggernaut, “Insane in the Brain,” was initially written as a diss track aimed at “Treat ‘Em Right” rapper…
20 Years Later, the Soundtrack of ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Still Echoes
I was 21 when Brokeback Mountain was released. I have such fond memories of going to the gay bar in my hometown of Minneapolis and dancing to bass-driven remixes of…
Elbow Keeps Going ‘Til the Wheels Fall Off
The irony isn’t lost on Guy Garvey that he had to get good and drunk to write a song called “Sober.” “Isn’t it perverse?” he says with a chuckle. The Manchester…
Daron Malakian: ‘I’m Blessed to Have Both Scars and System’
In a big empty house high in the hills near Glendale, California, Daron Malakian is singing along to an old outlaw country tune. It’s called “Waymore’s Blues,” a classic Waylon…
Introducing the new Uncut: David Bowie, a Bowie posterzine, a 15-track Sounds Of The New West CD, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemonheads, Joan Shelley and more
I guess there are probably worse jobs to return to after a fortnight’s holiday. I arrived back at my desk a few days ago to be greeted by a swathe…
The 7th Uncut New Music Playlist Of 2025
I'm not long back from holiday with a pretty substantial pile of upcoming releases to work through. This playlist includes some pickings from the first batch - as usual, a…
Underground and Overwhelmed: Pop-Up Rave Culture Is Losing Control of Its Own Revolution
Once upon a time, throwing a rave required genuine connections to and knowledge of the underground scene. Today, all you need is a TikTok account, a patch of pavement and…