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1. Bad Skin Is Ready To Conquer the World

   Fueled by punk attitude, vibrant riffs, and unrelenting energy, the Montreal foursome Bad Skin is something to behold when they take the stage with hot pink attitude and platform boots. With big personalities, a commanding stage presence, and songs in multiple languages, Bad Skin’s ability to win over crowds isn’t hard to understand. As a […]

2. The Strokes’ Nick Valensi Taking ‘Temporary Break’

   Valensi is being replaced by ex-Longwave leader Steve Schlitz.

3. The Prodigy Plots First NY Show Since 2009

   U.K. electronic outfit the Prodigy will play its first show in New York since 2009.

4. Jeff Parker’s ‘Happy Today’ Glows In Slow Motion

   The L.A.-based guitarist is focusing on his solo career and plentiful side hustles.

5. Beartooth Keeps It Heavy On ‘Pure Ecstasy’

   Beartooth is entering a new era -- and a notably more collaborative one.

6. New York Listening Tour

   My mother always told me, “With one behind, you can’t sit on the whole world,” and I really took it to heart. She was memorialized this weekend in The New York Times (skip to 9:10 for my tribute to her and my grandmother). But since I’ve been back in New York, I’m feeling a global […]

7. 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Mark Reznicek of Toadies

   Name  Mark Reznicek (some people call me Rez) Best Known For  Being the drummer for the Toadies since 1991. I was also the drummer for Eleven Hundred Springs, the long-running North Texas country band from 2002 to 2008, while the Toadies were broken up/on hiatus. Some people might also know me as the co-creator/co-author of the graphic novel Buzzkill,...

8. WERE THE ’90s REALLY THAT GREAT AFTER ALL?

   Growing up on a soundtrack split between new wave shimmer and hair metal swagger — shaped by the UK’s weekly chart show Top of the Pops, and later by Dial MTV’s daily countdowns — my teenage years blurred by in a rush of synths, solos, and the unshakable belief that no music could ever rival […]

9. Deep Cut Friday: ‘Footsteps’ by Pearl Jam

   Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Eddie Vedder didn’t just make a demo tape to get his life-changing gig as Pearl Jam’s lead singer. He made an entire rock opera in the style of one of his heroes, […]

10. Snapped: Ultra Music Festival Miami Is a Dance Music Crown Jewel and It’s Here to Stay (A Photo Essay)

    Bookended by the Miami skyline and the waters of the Biscayne Bay, Ultra Music Festival Miami is a vibe unlike any other. Its seven stages are mindfully bento-boxed within Bayfront Park’s topography, allowing for relatively short walks between sets while also avoiding sound bleed. Ultra just locked in another twenty years with the City of […]