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1. Mumford & Sons Surprise With Hozier, Dessner On ‘SNL’

   Mumford & Sons welcomed Hozier, producer Aaron Dessner and vocalist Sierra Ferrell as surprise guests during their performances...

2. Radiohead Decries ‘Let Down’ Use In ICE Video

   Radiohead is promising a fight after its classic song "Let Down" was used without permission in a post on...

3. Nine Inch Nails Reimagine ‘Tron: Ares’ Soundtrack

   Nine Inch Nails have surprise released a reimagining of their Grammy-winning...

4. Codefendants Rage Against The Algorithm With Jakob Nowell

   Punk trio Codefendants rage against algorithm-driven social media alienation with a little help from Sublime's Jakob Nowell...

5. Side-Eyes of the World: Pat Metheny’s Latest Group Returns

   It’s tempting to call Side-Eye III+, the first full-band album from Pat Metheny in five years, a return to form, but that would inevitably lead to the question: Which form? Over his more than five decades in music, the guitar virtuoso has pioneered, explored, and refined dozens of styles, while forging an unmistakable personal sound. […]

6. Mitski Makes Something out of ‘Nothing’ 

   Typically, when a publicist sends you an advance copy of an album, it’s accompanied by anecdotes from the musician as context for your first listen. For Mitski’s latest, though, I was given two quotes—one from Big Edie of Grey Gardens and one from Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House—and a series of New Yorker […]

7. 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Colin Blunstone of the Zombies

   Name  Colin Blunstone Best known for  Last Zombie still performing!!! Current city  Working (near), Surrey, U.K. Really want to be in  New York or Amsterdam. Both have wonderful atmospheres, great energy, you can’t fail to have a great time!!!!! Excited about  I’m recording a new album…I’m still alive!!!! My...

8. Where Did All the Southern California Festivals Go?

   The Southern California music festival calendar was once reliable and abundant. But in 2026 the year-round lineup cycle feels strangely quiet with the exception of one highly-anticipated beachside blast. In previous years, organizers on the SoCal festival circuit ran like a clock. Fall brought “tease” season and winter meant line-up drops. Spring delivered sellouts and […]

9. The Cultural Shift Around Aging

   I’ve been deeply interested in the health and wellness space for as long as I can remember. Over time, I’ve realized that health is my number one core value in all its forms: mental, physical, and emotional. Without health, I cannot achieve the other things I want in life. So, prioritizing it feels non-negotiable and […]

10. Deep Cut Friday: ‘Ballad of the Devil’s Backbone’ by Todd Snider

    Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Todd Snider, who died in November at the age of 59, was as much a storyteller as he was a folk singer, but he always presented himself as an unreliable narrator of […]