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 songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. More from Spin: Music That…
A funny thing happens about two-thirds of the way through “Mistral,” the gospel-tinged fourth track on Fuubutsushi’s new album Columbia Deluxe (July 11): Someone yells “Woo!” The eruption of hoots and hollers on a live album shouldn’t be unusual, even if the deeply chill energy of the chamber jazz quartet usually evokes contemplation instead of…
Name Alex Gaskarth / All Time Low! More from Spin: Fuubutsushi Comes Alive Deep Cut Friday: “Kill All Your Friends” by My Chemical Romance Deftones To Deliver Their ‘Private Music’ Next Month Best known for Holding the High-Score on the local Dave and Busters Ms. PACMAN machine. Current city Baltimore, MD. Really want to be in Osaka, Japan – absolutely…
Nearly 40 years into their career, Deftones are arguably more popular than they’ve ever been thanks to a fresh wave of late ’90s/early 2000s nostalgia, a fanbase that seems to get younger by the year and the Sacramento, Ca.-reared hard rock band’s biggest tour ever, which sold out venues such as Kia Forum in Los…
Fresh off what was billed as his final live performances as a solo artist and as a member of Black Sabbath last weekend in Birmingham, England, Ozzy Osbourne has set an Oct. 7 release for his second memoir, Last Rites, from Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group. According to a statement, the book will include the…
Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down. The 83-year-old Beatle will embark on a fall North American leg of his Got Back tour, starting Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, Ca. Dates are on the books through Nov. 24-25 in Chicago. Got Back will visit a range of arenas, amphitheaters and even the new,…
In April 1993, celebrating our 8th anniversary, like we’d forgotten to do it the month before (entirely possible) because the launch was March 1985, we ran a cover of upcoming actress Adrienne Shelly kissing Evan Dando of the Lemonheads. I mean, really kissing. No-one, we were delighted to discover, had ever shown two people with…
A lot has changed for Hannah Dorothy in the last five years. The former professional surfer was forced to hang up her board after a career-ending injury. But when one wave closed out, another opened—this time in the world of songwriting. What began as a creative outlet during the pandemic has catapulted Hannah from a…
Nick Hexum thought he was going to die. During 311’s self-financed tour to support their first major label album, 1993’s Music, the group’s lead singer and guitarist was driving the band to a gig in rural Missouri in an old RV they had borrowed from drummer Chad Sexton’s father. Hexum noticed that the vehicle started…
This jazz-rooted, seven-piece London combo first whetted the palettes of forward-looking music connoisseurs with their 2019 self-titled EP, and became word-of-mouth sensations on the strength of their 2022 full-length debut Could We Be More. Now, in a development sure to please the thousands of new ear canals currently ingesting Kokoroko’s entrancing, groovy sounds, Tuff Times…
