Name  James Atkin Best known for  Singer for the band EMF. Current city  Yorkshire Dales, U.K. Really want to be in  Back in the tour van visiting a new town or city every day. Excited about  The new EMF releases and heading back to the U.S. for Spring tours. My current music collection has a lot of  The wife jokes that I struggle to discover […]

Maintaining an air of mystery in our all-access digital world is nothing short of an anomaly. But staying anonymous? That’s a miracle. Yet somehow, Ado has done so for the past five years, ever since debuting with her first viral hit “Usseewa” in 2020. Her newest single “Magic” comes out on Halloween. What we know […]

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Many artists have made songs popularly associated with Halloween, from Michael Jackson to Oingo Boingo. But there’s perhaps no band whose entire catalog suits spooky season better than British goth rock trailblazers […]

Pulling back the curtain for a moment, one of the perks of reviewing albums is that when you fall in love with a new album, you have an outlet to shout about it. But sometimes it’s a double-edged sword, as writing a review also forces you to put into words why you love an album […]

My focus is the intersection of entertainment, brand partnerships, and technology. I’ve been running an indie boutique called Nue Agency for nearly two decades. It started as a talent agency finding and developing artists with the belief that we had to think differently to help our artists break. I had tremendous success representing talent such […]

A similar collection for singles from the band's 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, was released last year.

Melissa Auf der Maur will chronicle her unique experiences playing bass during formative eras for both Hole and Smashing Pumpkins in her memoir..

Musician/producer/songwriter Butch Walker is the guest on the newest installment of the Lipps Service podcast.

Enviable collaborations with the likes of Elton John and Joni Mitchell have inspired and elevated Brandi Carlile’s musical profile in the last several years. And at this point, the multi-Grammy award winner could easily coast along via the connections she’s made, putting out more duets and tributes, or songwriting for superstars and legends, like her […]

In an industry obsessed with finding the next trending TikTok sound, Vanessa Silberman is creating and pioneering an avant garde counter-culture. The music industry veteran with over 24 years of experience has built A Diamond Heart Production into something refreshingly authentic in the face of artifice and algorithmic homogenization. Her company is a genuine artist-focused […]