I have always admired and respected Jann Wenner, and still do. Yes, I know what he said in the New York Times about Black and female musicians, and that a day later he was unceremoniously dumped from ...

Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of ...

Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied ...

Now here' some lesser-known albums that you can really sink your proverbials into. Enjoy. (Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive via Getty Images) ...

It’s that time of the year once again, when we start reckoning with what everyone on our gift list will be getting for the holidays. Of course, the music lovers in your life should be the easiest to ...

Houses of the Holy is on the turntable, but it’s “The Blue Danube” that is coming out of the stereo. “I only listen to classical music on the radio, all the time,” says Zander Schloss, chopping some ...

Taylor Swift in Brazil, November 2023 (photo: Buda Mendes / TAS23 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management) You want to know what the Best Albums were? Here you go. Who is SPIN’s Artist of the Year ...

A strategic but unforced shutdown of the conscious mind can put the mouth in overdrive and birth a potent rapper. (Credit: Getty Images) One day in the third-grade lunch room I somehow discovered I ...

It would have been easy for Matt Johnson to build a legacy career based on his group The The’s six albums released through the ‘80s, ‘90s, and the year 2000. Instead, Johnson put an unintentional pin ...

Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of ...

B-Real drops a bombshell mere minutes into our interview. Cypress Hill’s 1993 juggernaut, “Insane in the Brain,” was initially written as a diss track aimed at “Treat ‘Em Right” rapper Chubb Rock.

Should I have brought a real pillow? A blanket? It’s too late to do anything about it. I’m already driving toward Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center, an inflatable camping pillow rolled into a tote ...