For music hounds, every day is Record Store Day, especially at the end of the week after you get your paycheck.  And while those who live that milkcrate life likely akin the official RSD to going out drinking on St. Patrick’s Day, the fact there are two dates attached to this shopper’s holiday proves how […]

Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold once lost a high school talent show after performing an Elliott Smith cover, but audiences are sure to be more accepting of his...

Fellow buzzy singer/songwriters MJ Lenderman and Role Model share the stage on the next episode of ...

Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska has been getting a lot of attention lately, with the Scott Cooper-helmed biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition both released in October. In 1984, Springsteen released Born in the U.S.A., his first political album, a commentary on national identity, disillusionment, and patriotism through the eyes of Vietnam […]

Bassist Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason began playing music together as teenagers while studying architecture at the London Polytechnic. By the end of 1965, they had been joined by keyboardist Richard Wright and singer/guitarist Syd Barrett. Barrett named the band Pink Floyd in homage to two favorite blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. […]

Name  Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3. Best known for Being one of two dudes who can’t really dance, sings just OK, used to be slightly handsome, but can still rock a fuckin’ party. — Nat Current city   Los Angeles. — Sean Boulder, CO. — Nat Really want to be in   Margeritaville. — Sean Anglet, […]

I bought my first copy of Let It Be when I was 15 and it unlocked my lifelong love of the Replacements. Soon I was hunting down albums, bootlegs, zines, T-shirts—I even agreed to clean my high school biology teacher’s snake and guinea pig tanks for several weeks to borrow his VHS tape of a […]

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Beyoncé got a prestigious co-sign from Prince early in her career, when they performed the opening medley together at the 2004 Grammys. The most Prince-influenced music of her career came later, though, […]

In business, growth is a continuous game. Where is the blue sky? Where is the next opportunity to put points on the board? One reliable answer to both questions is…sports!  The sports industry as a whole is growing both horizontally and vertically. It’s an exciting time for fans. There are a lot of learnings for […]

Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary "Mani" Mounfield has died at the age of 63.