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1. Michael Stipe Debuts ‘Rooster’ Theme On ‘Kimmel’

   The band also featured Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Pearl Jam touring instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer, Jane's Addiction/AC/DC bassist Chris Chaney and longtime Queens of the Stone Age member Troy Van Leeuwen.

2. Afghan Whigs Relinquish ‘Control’ On 10th Album

   That sense of perspective aligns with what Dulli recently told SPIN about reaching the band's 40th anniversary.

3. Evil Island Snags Rare Guy Picciotto Vocal For Debut LP

   The Blood Brothers' 2024 reunion tour appears to have sparked more than nostalgia.

4. Rostam is Ready to Tell His American Story

   The name “Batmanglij” was heard around our house often when I was growing up. I remember thinking, “How come these friends of my father’s have ‘Batman’ in their name? What kind of Iranian name is that?” My knowledge was too limited to understand theirs was a very Iranian/Persian name, certainly more so than mine. Years […]

5. Peet’s Coffee x SPIN Sessions: Where Coffee Culture Meets Music Culture

   Music-loving coffee drinkers have long known the importance of shifting a sluggish moment into a second wind. There’s always been a need for masterfully curated playlists designed to turn up the energy, reduce fatigue and sharpen mental focus in the late afternoon.  Peet’s Coffee has teamed with SPIN magazine in an all-new nationwide search for […]

6. ALTERED STATES

   If asked which band is Norway’s best-kept secret, the too-protean-to-pin-down Sister Sonny or the instantly accessible Demonstration Tapes, just say “yes!” As Bandcamp tells us, the Demonstration Tapes, which came together in 2023, “consists of Fredrik Færden, Lars Heintz, and Pedro Carmona-Alvarez — all former members of the ’90s band Sister Sonny, who...

7. Like Father, Like Son: Dweezil Zappa Celebrates 20 Years of Frank Zappa Live

   Twenty years after first bringing his father’s groundbreaking music back to concert stages, Dweezil Zappa will mark the milestone later this year with his all- new DZ20: Like Father, Like Son Tour. The extensive North American trek launches October 22 in Phoenix and concludes December 5 in Las Vegas and celebrates two decades since Dweezil […]

8. Phoebe Bridgers Playing MSG For A Buck This Week

   Phoebe Bridgers' increasingly ambitious pop-up tour has officially reached arena scale.

9. Mastodon Honors Brent Hinds With ‘Your Ghost Again’

   "Your Ghost Again" arrives alongside a video assembled from archival footage spanning his years in the group.

10. New Age for Iceage

    Recently, that other long-running music magazine published a list of the 100 Greatest Punk Albums and their picks left me pondering the exact boundaries of punk (which, admittedly, is not a very punk thing to do). Like, if a band’s first album is punk, are they a punk band for life?  I asked this again […]