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The lineup will also sport Sex Pistols with new singer Frank Carter, Johnny Marr and Marky Ramone.
Author: SPIN Staff
Posted: May 12, 2025, 4:00 pm
“See if you can spot this one,” Eric Clapton told the small audience in a Windsor television studio in January 1992, just before he began playing a dramatically different arrangement of one of his signature songs. Three seconds into the slower but still somewhat identifiable version of the opening riff of his 1970 Derek and […]
Author: Al Shipley
Posted: May 12, 2025, 3:00 pm
Sam Beste has played with Amy Winehouse, Beth Orton, and MF Doom, but as the Vernon Spring, the British pianist-composer-producer takes a more experimental route.  On his second album, Under a Familiar Sun, Beste layers, loops, and strings together field recordings, vocal samples, spoken word, and spare piano melodies, forming an allusive/elusive collage. Beste keeps […]
Author: Reed Jackson
Posted: May 12, 2025, 2:00 pm
In late October of 2024, Primus and their fans were shocked when longtime drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander abruptly announced that he was leaving the trio. Primus—which also features ubiquitous bassist/singer Les Claypool and guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde—had been here before. This was the third time Alexander quit the band. He was the drummer on their […]
Author: Brian Ives
Posted: May 12, 2025, 2:00 pm
A 12-inch vinyl EP version of the project is available for preorder exclusively for members of Pearl Jam's Ten Club fan organization.
Author: Jonathan Cohen
Posted: May 12, 2025, 11:20 am
The Weeknd began his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour last night (May 9) in front of 60,000 fans...
Author: SPIN Staff
Posted: May 10, 2025, 6:06 am
Several items have already been sold, including numerous Didjits LPs and dozens of CDs.
Author: SPIN Staff
Posted: May 10, 2025, 2:21 am
Måneskin frontman Damiano David is the latest guest on the SPIN Presents Lipps Service podcast.
Author: SPIN Staff
Posted: May 10, 2025, 2:00 am
The music career of the man called Swamp Dogg has been like no other, with highs and lows, big hits and weird side trips, sometimes getting himself dropped from one label or another. He always bounced back. He’d begun in the 1950s playing traditional R&B, releasing his first record at 12 as Little Jerry Williams […]
Author: Steve Appleford
Posted: May 9, 2025, 3:00 pm
Name  Paul Leary Best known for  Guitarist and occasional vocalist and bass player for Butthole Surfers, and producer of Sublime’s self-titled album. I was also the guitar player for The Crowd Pleasers, my elementary school band in 1965. Current city  Austin, Texas Really want to be in  I love living in Austin because I like hot weather and early morning […]
Author: Liza Lentini
Posted: May 9, 2025, 2:00 pm