Madonna spent the first 24 years of her career on Warner Bros. Records, but after nearly two decades with Interscope, the artist is returning to her original home. The first fruit of the deal will be Madonna’s new, as-yet-untitled dance album, which Warner will release at some point in 2026. “From being a struggling artist…
U2 will be honored with the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize during an Oct. 21 ceremony at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Ok., and group members Bono and the Edge will be on hand to accept. The award is given annually to artists who “best exemplify Guthrie’s spirit and work by speaking for the less fortunate through music,…
Annie Kuchenmeister was 16 years old when she and her sister, 11-year-old Nissa, formed the South Minneapolis band Loki’s Folly in 2017. With Annie on guitar and Nissa on drums, the duo started the band out of their love of Green Day and My Chemical Romance. But it was Minneapolis’ own, the Replacements, that was…
South African-born, Harlem, New York City raised, DJ/producer AQUTIE is unifying the dance world with her signature global African dance sound, incorporating elements of Afro house, AfroTech, gqom (a South African form of dance music), and amapiano, also a South African genre. And she’s about to tour the world. You just played Coachella for the…
Often, people become acquainted with musical instruments in childhood through Christmas presents, music school, or lessons from friends. But it also happens differently, when the instrument itself finds its musician, sometimes after many years of searching. This emotional phenomenon was experienced by double bass player, arranger, and music teacher Valentyn Korniienko. The musician, who discovered…
What happens in Quebec too often stays in Quebec. A case in point: Viviane Audet. Actress, singer-songwriter, musician, composer — she’d be a big fish in any-sized pond. But as Steve Martin once observed, “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.” The upshot: Her amazing projects have received decidedly limited coverage in…
“Cool. Wow. Being interviewed by SPIN, full circle,” gushes filmmaker and former SPIN intern Chandler Levack while sitting in an empty office of Toronto’s Elevation Pictures. The Canadian company is distributing her new film, Mile End Kicks, which just had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Toronto-born Levack went from music…
Acclaimed Stockholm-based artist/producer/composer Joel Danell, who records as Sven Wunder, is rarely absent from his studio without good reason. But for the past several weeks, he’s dedicated nearly every day to preparing for his first live performances in the U.S., which begin Saturday (Sept. 20) in Philadelphia as part of Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist’s…
After their final shows as a unit in December. the four members of Refused will all remain together in a brand new band. Drummer David Sandström broke the news on Instagram while announcing details of their last gigs in their native Sweden before the end of the year. “We ([guitarist] Mattias [Bärjed], [bassist] Magnus [Flagge],…
Yes, you’re reading this correctly: the Avett Brothers have teamed with eclectic Faith No More/Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton to form AVTT/PTTN, whose self-titled debut album will be released Nov. 14 through Thirty Tigers in association with Ramseur Records and Ipecac Recordings. The lead single, “Eternal Love,” can be sampled below. The musicians are said…
