Theo Lengyel, a founding member of the Bay Area experimental rock band Mr. Bungle, was arrested for murder yesterday (Jan. 2) in Northern California. KRCR…
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Houses of the Holy is on the turntable, but it’s “The Blue Danube” that is coming out of the stereo. “I only listen to classical…
Monday, January 1st Chris Lorenzo (left) and Justin Martin The Report The conclusion of San Francisco’s premiere New Year’s Eve weekend-long EDM festival, with weary-bodied…
Buddy Nielsen, singer and co-founder of emo/post-hardcore band Senses Fail, says many of the group’s albums are about “navigating substance abuse.” It’s a personal subject…
Sunday, December 31st The Report The peak of the weekend-long event with the indoor-outdoor venue packed with partygoers filling each stage area to maximum capacity…
Country singer/songwriter Charley Crockett has teamed with Willie Nelson for a new duet, “That’s What Makes the World Go Around,” which was co-written with Kullen…
Saturday, December 30th (All photos credited to David Chiu) The Report San Francisco’s premiere retro-futuristic New Year’s Eve event, a three-day long, winter wonderland block party.…
On Friday (Dec. 29) Paula Abdul filed a lawsuit in in Los Angeles County Superior Court against former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe, claiming he…
Veteran music journalist Rob Harvilla is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast, speaking with host Scott Lipps and SPIN editorial director…
Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever…
Name Austin Millz Best known for The guy from Harlem who makes dance music. Really want to be in Tokyo having sushi, then shopping then listening to music…
Singer/guitarist Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie and drummer Victor DeLorenzo formed Violent Femmes in 1981, developing their unique folk-punk sound in the coffee shops of…
Scott Holiday is all about being “present,” including while on tour with hard rock band Rival Sons. And sobriety is crucial to that mindset. “In…
Considering the depths of his pandemic-era depression and crippling writer’s block, the National‘s Matt Berninger is somewhat incredulous at all the magic he and his…
Sitting on the back patio of Stories Books & Cafe in Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood, Destroy Boys make it very clear that they never…
While working on his 2023 full-length debut Angel Face, the then barely 20-year-old Stephen Sanchez discovered his alter ego – a swooning, nostalgic crooner he…
When Hotline TNT principal Will Anderson logged onto Zoom with SPIN earlier this month to discuss his band’s 2023 album Cartwheel, he’d woken up in…
Earlier this month, the Killers released a greatest hits album led by the new song, “Spirit.” Clearly the group had more new music up their…
Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada of Austin-based rock duo Black Pumas are the guests on the newest installment of the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast,…
With all the sobering layoffs, the headache-inducing industry drama, the outright loss of so many vital publications (including several of our finest alt-weekly papers), and…