XTC’s Andy Partridge on Mocking Hypocrisy With ‘Respectable Street’
“Feel free if you wanna have a drink,” says Andy Partridge over Zoom, lounging on his couch with an unplugged electric guitar and a glass of evening wine. “I know…
Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie on the ‘Pain’ (and Gain) of Remastering This ’80s Classic
Robin Guthrie is in what appears to be his kitchen, a Welsh dresser against the light-blue wall behind him, and a rustic-style table with a collection of odds to his…
Bose X SPIN Team Again For ‘Decades Of Sound’
60 years of Bose. 60 years of legendary music. Join us on a journey through time for a landmark celebration of six decades of groundbreaking sound. Together, we’ve created the…
‘Decades Of Sound’: Punk, Disco, Reggae Rock The 1970s
With the Beatles a thing of the past and the counterculture revolution aging into different forms of expression, rock music in the 1970s evolved into an even more sophisticated and…
Keane’s Tom Chaplin Reflects on ‘Hopes and Fears’… and Friendship
“It’s a very rainy summer in the U.K.,” Tom Chaplin tells me, as he sits on a couch in his home studio in Kent, England. I’m talking with Chaplin—the frontman…
The Hard Quartet Releasing Self-Titled Debut In October
Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly‘s new band the Hard Quartet have at last confirmed their debut album, a self-titled project arriving Oct. 4 from Matador Records. The group’s second single, “Rio’s Song,”…
The Music of Big Star Gets What it Deserves
Rock’s history is filled with success stories, both the gradual kind and the so-called “overnight” varieties. But that history also has stories of richly deserving artists who saw their path…
Texas rapper S7GMA puts his life into his work with ‘Now’
SAN MARCOS, Tex. — Texas rapper S7GMA knew at a young age that he needed to get away from his birthplace if he was going to survive, and he’s putting…
Snapped: Mochakk Calling, Sao Paulo (A Photo Essay)
To date, Brazilian DJ/producer Mochakk has clocked over 160 shows in 29 countries, including a DC-10 residency and a 5000 capacity sold out Cercle show at the Plaza de España…
To the Moon Unit Zappa and Back
When Moon Zappa and I arrange a place to meet to discuss her memoir, Earth to Moon, she requests the San Fernando Valley, which I wasn’t expecting. This is the…
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