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1. Lorde ‘Inspired’ After Parting Ways With Universal

   Lorde has parted ways with Universal Music Group, to which she has been signed in some form since she was 12 years old.

2. Power ‘Hour’: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Pens Memoir

   The book was co-written with Joe Layden and details Mustaine's multi-year battle with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.

3. Failure Finds A Different ‘Way’ On Latest Single

   Failure tips its hat in a goth-y direction on 'A Way Down,' the second single from its upcoming album...

4. Afghan Whigs Move Into A New ‘House’

   Afghan Whigs are previewing their as-yet-unannounced new Royal Cream/BMG album with the single...

5. Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart Go Beyond the Chamber

   All but one of the song titles on Body Sound, the debut album from experimental string trio Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart, line up nicely—a few words, usually two, usually nouns, separated by a vertical bar: “dawn | pulse,” “shadow | mess,” “fog | mirror.” The straight line in the middle means different […]

6. A Tribute to 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without, as It Turns 5 

   In August 2020, I joined SPIN as features editor on a two-month contract. I was hired, as I was told at the time, for my background in deep-dive pieces. If you look back at my author history on the SPIN site, I’ve written many really, really long features—my 2020 interview with John Mellencamp was 8,000 […]

7. PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

   Bootsy Holler moved to Seattle in 1992 and found not only a vibrant music scene, which she immediately set about photographing, but a nourishing culture where she could be accepted for her differences and for not being a “normie,” as she put it, something she had been “looking for my whole life at that point.” […]

8. JAŸ-Z Books Yankee Stadium For Anniversary Gigs

   The rap superstar, who has rarely performed in public since concluding his 4.44 Tour in late 2017, will play July 10-11 at New York's Yankee Stadium.

9. A Veteran, a Bank Robber, and an Eyebrow King All Walk Into a Retreat Center

   The opening notes of Alex Ebert’s haunting song “Truth” begin to play, and you already know this docuseries isn’t going to be like anything else you’ve watched before. The Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros frontman, who has spent his career writing music that feels ripped from the marrow of human experience, loaned the song […]

10. Mike Mills Rocks With R.E.M. Tribute In Indiana

    R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills made a surprise appearance last night (March 17) with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s R.E.M. tribute project...