The Beckhams aren’t letting old allegations dampen their spirit. Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham posted photos from her husband David Backham’s early 50th birthday celebration on Sunday, March 30, stunning in a sleek white slip dress that turned heads at the star-studded event at Cipriani Downtown Miami. More from Spin: Was 1997’s Spice World the…
Winter break is over here at NYCTaper! We return to our regularly scheduled program of bringing you sweet jams from bands you should be following. Today’s installment features Peel Dream Magazine! I was very excited for this show. One of my best friends and chief musical advisors had seen them earlier on this tour when…
Stephanie Lynn Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1948. After her family moved to California, she received a guitar for her 16th birthday, began writing songs, and met a guitarist named Lindsey Buckingham in high school. After Nicks joined his band Fritz, they opened for stars like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, eventually becoming…
Brooklyn-based Two-Man Giant Squid started off as an anonymous, experimental bedroom project by multi-instrumentalist Mitchell Vinokur three years ago. “I had no plans to play it out or be a band or anything,” says Vinokur over a video call. But he sent the album titled Abyssal Gigantism to some publications for coverage, which led to…
Teddy Swims is just back from the gym. Freshly showered in a sleeveless black T-shirt that shows off even more of his tattoos, the man born Jaten Dimsdale still has endorphins pumping when he sits down to talk with me. He’s midway through a European tour, having just wrapped up a show in Manchester, England,…
Stephan Jenkins has a cold. More from Spin: Kelp Me If You Can: Talking Reef Reforestation with Stephan Jenkins The ‘Cult’ of Third Eye Blind: Out of the Vein Turns 20 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind Well, he had a cold. He feels better today. It was more…
“Surfing has been in my life since before I can remember. The ocean, waves and music are really closely tied together for me,” says Australian acoustic folk-pop singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts. “They belong to each other. Surfing is a perfect mix of challenge and serenity. It’s a way to clear my head, push myself, and connect…
Turkish producer, performer, DJ and visual artist, SISSY MISFIT hails from Istanbul’s vibrant underground music scene. Though she originally crafted her sound there – a mashup of electronic, industrial, hardcore and pop – she now resides in London, where she’s been tapped for collaborations with Rick Owens, Dr. Martens and others in the scene. Her…
2000s-era emo/rock outfit Brand New will tour for the first time in eight years this summer, when the Jesse Lacey-led group will visit a combination of ballrooms, arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums. Dates begin May 30 in Seattle and run through June 25 in Pittsburgh. Brand New played a private warmup show in December in Nashville…
Billy Corgan will celebrate multiple Smashing Pumpkins milestones with concerts and reissues this year, but, for no apparent reason, he’s doing it without his longtime bandmates. Instead, Corgan will launch the solo endeavor Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, which will be rounded out by drummer Jake Hayden, bassist Jenna Fournier (also known as…
