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1. “They were the Unfab Four”: ‘Ramones’ Turns 50

   “They were the Unfab Four,” Craig Leon laughs. Co-producing the Ramones’ 1976 debut album was like stepping into a strange Bizarro World-meets-the-Beatles for the producer. Co-produced with the Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone (Tommy Erdelyi), the sessions were close to entering that alternate DC Comics universe that ran from the late 1950s through the late...

2. Jethro Tull’s 1984 Album ‘Under Wraps’ Gets a Lavish Reissue

   “Melodies and lyrics arrive from a mysterious place, almost as if I’m channeling something else,” says Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson. “I always liken it to sitting in a quiet place when a little butterfly comes into your orbit. It flutters by and you want to catch it and not let it escape. You’ve got […]

3. Marisa Anderson Reaches Beyond Musical and Man-Made Borders On New Album

   Marisa Anderson has long been a Portland, Oregon, icon, lending authenticity and a gritty Americana sensibility to Stumptown’s vibrant music scene. Often, Anderson resides in the same musical landscape once inhabited by the late, great Michael Hurley. But rather than explore American landscapes with wry and touching lyrics, Anderson searches with her guitar, sometimes in […]

4. 2026 Summer Festival Guide

   Once music festival season gets started each year, the rest of the summer can be a blur. You know there are tons of festivals of all shapes and sizes going on across the country—you remember seeing all those lineups trickle out earlier this year—but with so many options at your disposal, it can be hard […]

5. Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney Say Adios To ‘Late Show’

   Stephen Colbert closed out The Late Show last night (May 21) the same way he spent much of the past decade reshaping it...

6. Ed Sheeran Parts Ways With Warner Music

   Ed Sheeran is parting ways with Warner Music Group after a 15-year run that saw him become one of the most commercially dominant artists of the modern era.

7. Mike D’s ‘Got’ Another New Song

   Mike D’s unexpected solo era keeps getting more and more interesting.

8. Stella Lefty Levels Up For Fall Tour

   Stella Lefty’s ascent from internet buzz to full-blown breakout is translating at the box office. The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter sold out her first North American headline tour within minutes this week, forcing the addition of second nights at New York’s Webster Hall and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre after demand crashed presales almost instantly. According to […]

9. Simon Joyner Is Beginning to See the Light

   Last year, Simon Joyner released a 7-inch with a cover of a Bob Dylan song and a Lou Reed cut, from John Wesley Harding and The Velvet Underground, respectively. It was a casual, off-the-cuff affair, made quickly to offset tour expenses, but it must have sparked something within the Omaha singer-songwriter, as he later expanded […]

10. Deep Cut Friday: “Never Bought It” by Dinosaur Jr.

    Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Dinosaur Jr.’s seventh album Hand It Over is one of those great records that just landed at the wrong time. The band’s last two albums had both spun off Top 5 hits […]