Kendrick Lamar Releases Surprise New Album, ‘GNX’
Kendrick Lamar is the latest superstar artist to drop a new album with little to no warning with GNX, which arrived worldwide at noon ET today (Nov. 22). The 12-track…
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Mark Webber of Pulp
Name Mark Webber Best known for Being an internationally recognized curator of avant-garde cinema, and guitarist in Pulp. More from Spin: Nobody Was a Bigger Pulp Fan Than Mark Webber. Then He…
Ruel Just ‘Made it Awkward’
Ruel’s new single, “Made it Awkward,” which releases November 21, might be the best metaphor for his exploding career trajectory. It’s a song about oversharing, and that’s exactly how the…
Haiku by Lera Lynn
Magazines, like people, need a quiet place. Especially SPIN, cast as it is with so much strutting egos and talk of great sounds. Hence here—amidst the hurlyburly, the din, the…
Posthumous Mac Miller LP, ‘Balloonerism,’ Due In January
The late Mac Miller‘s unreleased 2014 album Balloonerism will finally see the light of day on Jan. 17. The artist, who died of a drug overdose in 2018, shelved Balloonerism…
3rd Bass Has Reunited—and No, Hell Has Not Frozen Over
The old adage “better late than never” certainly applies to former Def Jam Recordings hip-hop group 3rd Bass, who recently announced their reunion after years of bad blood. The public…
The Vinyl Countdown
This first appeared in our September print issue. But not all of you managed to snatch an issue from the stands before hordes of ravenous magazine freaks ran screaming through…
Coachella 2025: Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, Travis Scott
The 2025 edition of the Coachella festival will be headlined by Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott. The long-running event in the desert outside Palm Springs will…
Wilco’s ‘Ghost’ Reborn On Deluxe 20th Anniversary Reissue
Wilco‘s 2004 project A Ghost Is Born, which won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album, has been beefed up with extensive archival material for a slightly belated 20th anniversary reissue,…
Mack Luchey’s Spirit Still Lives on at Doris Records
In contrast to the lake effect clouds darkening the Buffalo skies in the middle of the day, I recognized the radiant turquoise and yellow paint of my destination immediately. The…