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1. Robyn’s ‘Sexistential’ Surveys Middle-Aged Desire, Doubt

   Eight years is a long time to wait for a Robyn album, especially when her absence has only made her fingerprints more visible across the contemporary dance-pop world.

2. Surfbort Is Stuck In This World and Making the Craziest Most Of It

   Dani Miller of Surfbort has an impossible dream. It’s a fantasy to go back in time, mainly to rescue some of her musical heroes who were gone long before she was born. A lot of them are in the notorious “27 Club,” whose membership is a rollcall of sainted rockers who perished for one reason […]

3. Dapper Group Wants to Connect Africa to the World Through Music

   Damilola Akinwunmi witnessed a full circle moment last December as his company, Dapper Live, broke the Guinness World Record for “the largest orchestra for an Afrobeats concert.” The groundbreaking show, labeled “Trench Symphony,” featured 80-plus orchestral members performing alongside scene stars like T.I Blaze, TML Vibez, Bhadboi OML, Rybeena, Lasmid, Cazulee,...

4. Ice Cold Facts

   “I should have trademarked that back in the day.” Ice-T is referencing the title of his 1991 solo album, O.G. Original Gangster, a term that has since become common vernacular, and one he’s been using for nearly 40 years. The pioneering gangsta rapper, who shot to notoriety with his 1987 debut, Rhyme Pays, and became […]

5. THE INDOMITABLE BELINDA

   You might’ve heard Bad Bunny namecheck “Mariana” and “Silvana” in “VOU 787.” Those aren’t random names — they’re from the classic Mexican telenovela Cómplices al Rescate, twins played by the multitalented, mononymous Belinda. And just in case it wasn’t clear, he mentions her directly on “Perro Negro,” praising her...

6. Roots Picnic Rounds Out With Badu, Kehlani

   The Roots Picnic has filled in the rest of its 2026 lineup.

7. Neil Diamond Conjures Third, Final Rick Rubin LP

   Neil Diamond is returning with one last chapter from his long-running collaboration and commercially successful run with Rick Rubin.

8. ‘Lipps Service’ Welcomes Peaches, The Hives

   Provocative Canadian artist Peaches and Swedish rockers the Hives are the guests on the...

9. DJ GQ takes Miami’s Caribbean sound from local clubs to SiriusXM’s Tuff Gong Radio

   Gary Hardie, known professionally as DJ GQ, recently hosted a Bob Marley birthday celebration from a SiriusXM studio in Miami Beach, moving between the mixing console and the microphone throughout the broadcast. Between songs, he cued classic dancehall records, interviewed Quino McWhinney of Big Mountain, and entertained a small live audience gathered for the taping. Hours later,...

10. Deep Cut Friday: ‘Africa Talks to You’ by Sly & The Family Stone

    Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Two of 1971’s most iconic soul albums fit together as a question and an answer. After Marvin Gaye released his thought-provoking opus What’s Going On in May of that year, Sly & […]