5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Grace Potter
Name Grace PotterMore from Spin: It’s Festival Season! Does the Totem Friend Finder Actually Find Your Friends? Taylor Swift Buys Back Music Rights After Years-Long Dispute Alan Sparhawk Lets Go on…
Strange Life
“I’m not sure we should have agreed to this,” Stephen Malkmus muses during the extraordinary new documentary Pavements. “Has there ever been a good movie about a rock band?” There…
The Rumjacks Embrace Their History with ‘Dead Anthems’
The two rival gangs know shit is about to go down. More from Spin: Bruce Springsteen Boosts Mexican ‘Soldaderas’ On ‘Adelita’ Pavement Returning To Headline Levitation Fest Clipse ‘Sort Out’ First…
Inside our latest free CD – The New Sounds, 15 tracks of the month’s best music
Alan Sparhawk, Matt Berninger, Nathan Salzburg, Witch, Peggy Seeger and more feature on our latest free Uncut CD. Alan Sparhawk, Matt Berninger, Nathan Salzburg, Witch, Peggy Seeger and more feature on our latest free Uncut CD. The 15-track…
Fito Páez: ‘There Is Nothing More Important Than Love’
Last August I was transferring to Line 7 at Bellas Artes station on the Mexico City subway when I saw the flyer. Fito Páez, Zócalo, 7 Septiembre, 2024, Entrada Libre.…
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour drives into L.A.
“Los Angeles, Cali-motherfucking-fornia!” With this intro, followed by a roll call of local neighborhoods, Kendrick Lamar let everyone know just how happy he was to be back in L.A. And…
The ‘Supersonic’ Rise of J.J. Fad
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force released the trailblazing single “Planet Rock” in 1982. It eventually made its way from New York City to Rialto, California, where a then-teenaged Juana…
Chelsea Wolfe’s Gothic Heart
It was cloudy and drizzly when Chelsea Wolfe stepped onstage at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, California, where the lineup was dominated by a brooding crowd of dark wave,…
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Thomas Mack Lauderdale of Pink Martini
Name Thomas Mack Lauderdale Best known for The blonde Asian gay pianist/founder/bandleader of Pink Martini.More from Spin: Stereolab Disorients the Dream of the ‘90s The Sparks Effect: Ron and Russell Mael’s Enduring Magic See…
Snapped: Backstage Vibes at The Do LaB: Coachella’s Hidden Gem (A Photo Essay)
In 2006, the founders of The Do LaB collective (brothers Jesse, Josh and Dede Flemming) pitched an art installation project to the team at Coachella. After getting the go ahead…