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1. 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. […]

2. 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 […]

3. 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...

4. 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 […]

5. Deep Cut Friday: ‘The 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 […]

6. 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...

7. They’re Baaaack…

   It’s 3 a.m., and Chuck D is on a frigid bus from Belgium to France, where he’ll catch a ferry to London for Public Enemy’s sold-out concert at Royal Albert Hall. Fans don’t know it yet, but roughly 5,900 of them will be given a brand new PE album, Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment […]

8. Gnarls Barkley Ends 18-Year Hiatus With New Song, LP

   18 years after the release of its second album, Gnarls Barkley is back with a new single.

9. Jutes Talks ‘Dilworth’ On ‘Lipps Service’

   Canadian alternative artist Jutes is the guest on the latest installment of the Lipps Service podcast.

10. CHOOSING MY RELIGION

    Oisín Walsh, half of Irish duo Spearside, once toyed with the idea of becoming a priest. It was a calling he shared with many of the artists who influenced him, who he noticed had flirted with religious life. A few years back, he reached a crossroads and took his religious urges seriously enough to explore […]