Ravyn Lenae in the Radical Present
On the cover of her sophomore album, Ravyn Lenae dunks her reddened hair into her grandmother’s basement sink. The photo is sepia-stained, and the interior around her is crude and…
Every X Album, Ranked
Singer/bassist John Doe and guitarist Billy Zoom formed X in L.A. in 1977, just as the debut albums by the Ramones and the Clash debuts were inspiring the first wave…
The Professor Will Now Unpack—Pitbull, Ne-Yo, and Afrojack’s ‘2 the Moon’
Dr. Tom Zoellner is a tenured Professor of English at Chapman University, the author of numerous distinguished works of non-fiction, and an editor-at-large of the Los Angeles Review of Books.…
Charles R. Cross, Kurt Cobain And Jimi Hendrix Biographer, Dies At 67
Veteran music journalist Charles R. Cross, who wrote best-selling biographies of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix and founded the long-running Bruce Springsteen fan magazine Backstreets, died Aug. 9 of…
Mark Foster Talks Filling ‘the Well Back Up With Life’ to Create Art
More from Spin: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Mark Foster of Foster the People Hear Ezra Koenig and Foster the People’s Mark Foster Discuss Jeffrey Epstein Conspiracy Theories on…
Anyone Wanna Start a Rumor About girlfriends?
Travis Mills has heard the conspiracy theory about Avril Lavigne—the one where she actually died and in 2003 was replaced by someone named Melissa who looks enough like her to…
Every Van Halen Album, Ranked
This wasn’t easy, but it was fun – like most things with Van Halen. Ranking any great band’s discography is bound to irritate some fans, especially a band like this,…
Sabrina Carpenter Welcomes Kacey Musgraves At Outside Lands
Sabrina Carpenter is already dominating pop charts around the world this summer, but she got a little extra help from a friend last night (Aug. 10) at the Outside Lands…
Nine Inch Nails Tapped For ‘Tron: Ares’ Film Score
Nine Inch Nails will follow in the footsteps of electronic music legends Wendy Carlos and Daft Punk when they score the upcoming third film in the Tron franchise, Tron: Ares,…
Green Day Buff Up ‘American Idiot’ For 20th Anniversary Reissue
Green Day are already playing their iconic 2004 album American Idiot in its entirety every night on their ongoing summer tour, but the fun won’t end once the outing wraps…