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The Sparks Effect: Ron and Russell Mael’s Enduring Magic

Ron and Russell Mael smile indulgently at me like affectionate uncles. “The Sparks Brothers”—as filmmaker Edgar Wright dubbed them in his 2021 documentary—find my flustered, haphazard interview style amusing. I’m…

How Crankdat Beat Burnout With Flame-Throwing Middle Fingers and a Fan-First Mission

When the world was opening back up after the pandemic, Christian Smith, better known as Crankdat, found himself considering walking away from music altogether. At that point, he'd been touring…

The Kooks Go Back to the Beginning

Hugh Harris says that we’re nostalgia hunters. When he says “we,” it’s not clear whether he’s talking about himself and his Kooks bandmate, Luke Pritchard, or “we” as in all of…

Introducing the new Uncut: Nick Drake, a free 15-track CD, The Who, Black Sabbath, Pulp, Brian Eno and more

When is the end really ‘the end’…? For some bands, it seems, bowing out can be interpreted in many different ways, some more definitive than others. The original lineup of…

Chuck D Is Calling You Out

Chuck D is prepping for a busy summer. Following a Public Enemy performance in Napa Valley and another at Boston Calling at the end of May, Chuck, Flavor Flav, and…

New Book on Bob Dylan Explores the Artist’s Most Influential Period of Music

During the 1960s, Bob Dylan was many things to many people: a folk music icon, a civil rights activist, and a singing revolutionary. He released a dizzying array of landmark…

Every Album by the Who, Ranked

Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, sprawled across his bed atop a polar bear hide. (Credit: Shepard Sherbell/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)The Who were not the first nor the biggest of…

CHVRCHES Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry Shares Her Touring Essentials

Lauren Mayberry stirred a bit of concern among CHVRCHES fans last year when she began releasing music ahead of her debut solo album, Vicious Creature. But there’s no need to…

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: JJ Julius Son of KALEO

Name JJ Julius Son of KALEO.Best known for My fashion sense, my charming personality, my love of fine wine and Aperol Spritz, plus a tune I wrote called “Way Down We Go.” More from Spin:…

GIRLS IN WAITING

In September 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan, two young sisters, Parwana and Khorshid were killed by a suicide bomber meant for the American military. Their 8-year-old sister Mursal survived. There were…

The Sparks Effect: Ron and Russell Mael’s Enduring Magic

How Crankdat Beat Burnout With Flame-Throwing Middle Fingers and a Fan-First Mission

The Kooks Go Back to the Beginning

Introducing the new Uncut: Nick Drake, a free 15-track CD, The Who, Black Sabbath, Pulp, Brian Eno and more

Chuck D Is Calling You Out

New Book on Bob Dylan Explores the Artist’s Most Influential Period of Music

Every Album by the Who, Ranked

CHVRCHES Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry Shares Her Touring Essentials

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: JJ Julius Son of KALEO

GIRLS IN WAITING

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