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1. Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires Fest Returning In ’26

   Eaux Claires, the festival founded by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner in 2015, will stage its first edition in seven years on July 24-25.

2. Peter Gabriel Salutes Josh Safdie For ‘Touch’ Sync

   Peter Gabriel has thanked director Josh Safdie for including his 1982 song...

3. 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Samara Joy

   Name  Samara Joy Best known for  Never being home. Current city  New York, my hometown. Really want to be in  Paris or Italy, eating the best food and playing with local musicians! Excited about  Playing at the NY Philharmonic with my band, as well as debuting their newest orchestrations! May 16 if you’re in town 🙂 My current...

4. Stevie Nicks, Lorde, Eagles Are In Jazz Fest Groove

   Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart Kings of Leon, Lainey Wilson, Teddy Swims, Lorde, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers and David Byrne will headline this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

5. Festival of the Year: III Points Miami

   Some festivals offer at least the illusion that a ticket holder can see a bit of every act on the bill. But III Points Miami increasingly goes for sensory overload, with more than 150 acts on 12 stages packed into just two days over October 17 and 18 this year—and that’s not even counting the […]

6. Deep Cut Friday: ‘Jewel’ by T. Rex

   Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The music of T. Rex has often been used in films and television to evoke the stylish swagger and debauched effulgence of the British glam rock scene that frontman Marc Bolan led […]

7. Caro Kelley Finds Her Voice by Losing It: The QUIET Brilliance of 2025’s Most Overlooked Album

   One of 2025’s most stunning records arrived without fanfare last May. QUIET, the latest full-length album from Munich-based, German-American singer-songwriter Caro Kelley, is a soul-pop masterwork that deserves to be heard. Across eight impeccably crafted originals, Kelley reveals an artist who has fully come into her own: confident, boundless, and writing songs with the purpose […]

8. Wrapped: More Than Just Music

   I love Wrap Season. It’s a reminder of who we actually are. The data is astounding, as YouTube and Amazon jumped in this year to join Apple and Spotify. Although there are lingering questions about the transparency and legitimacy of the algorithms that got us here, there are always interesting insights. I was expecting more […]

9. Concert Stuff Group Turned Forty Years of Know-How Into the Engine of Modern Touring

   Fans walk into a concert thinking about the moment the lights drop, not the rows of trucks that got everything there. They chase the setlist, not the cords and scaffolding lining the backlot. The headliner gets the scream, but somebody else has already built the entire world the crowd steps into. After forty years of […]

10. Feed the Fire: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong on Their New Album, PRS Partnership, and Playing 200 Shows a Year

    Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is a unique star, a bright constellation within the multiverse of jam bands. This Maryland-bred quartet fuses funk, rock, and electrifying showmanship into what they call “high-energy psychedelic funk.”  Since forming in 2009 at the University of Maryland, they’ve built a devoted following through relentless touring (as many as 200 shows […]