This new ongoing series is about the business of music with a SPIN twist. Not since the dawn of the Internet, Napster, and streaming services combined has there been such curiosity and horror over the music industry’s latest challenge: AI. Every day brings a new headline pondering whether we are on the precipice of a…
Robyn has lifted a seven-year hiatus from new music with the fresh single “Dopamine,” which arrived with little warning today (Nov. 12) from new record label Young. The track was co-written with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund and Taio Cruz, and produced by Robyn and Åhlund. “Everyone has a phone where they see their heart rate,…
Adele will make her acting debut in Cry to Heaven, an adaptation of the 1982 Anne Rice novel directed and produced by fashion maven Tom Ford. Production is underway in London and Rome, with a fall 2026 release in the offing. Set in 18th century Venice amid a backdrop of opera, Cry to Heaven will…
Kanye West called Erick Sermon sometime in May 2023 and wanted the EPMD co-founder to hop a flight to Los Angeles to work on a new project. Sermon’s ailing mother, Belinda, was in hospice care at the time and knew about the trip but didn’t want to hamper her son’s opportunity. Sermon protested but was…
Gwen Stefani, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Fleet Foxes, St. Vincent and Sharon Van Etten have all contributed exclusive tracks to the Amazon MGM holiday movie Oh. What. Fun., which will premiere Dec. 3. An accompanying soundtrack is out the same day from Sony Music Masterworks. Directed by Michael Showalter, Oh. What. Fun. stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a…
Sabrina Carpenter will return to her acting roots by starring and producing in an as-yet-untitled musical inspired by the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland. The project will be released by Universal Pictures and both directed and adapted for film by Lorene Scafaria. Carpenter has never been the top-billed star of a major movie, but…
Gina Birch never thought of calling herself an artist. Which seems like a strange attitude for this restless musician, painter, and filmmaker who first made her mark as a founding member of the Raincoats, a lasting spark from London’s musical underground of the late 1970s and a personal favorite band of Kurt Cobain and Kathleen…
London-reared, L.A.-based musician Arlo Parks will play her first shows in more than a year next month, during which she plans to debut some fresh songs and other surprises. “I’ve spent the past few years in the studio exploring new sonic palettes, world building and experimenting,” she wrote on Instagram. “I’ve always wanted to show…
Sublime will honor the 30th anniversary of their classic self-titled debut album during an April 17-18 stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver, and will perform the LP in its entirety for the first time ever at the first of the two gigs, SPIN can exclusively reveal. Tickets go on sale Friday (Nov. 14). Sublime…
“And” is the first word Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath sings on “Nod,” the opening track from Ricochet, released in August. It’s also the first word he sings on the next song, “I Want It All.” But that wasn’t a deliberate strategy, judging from McIlrath’s surprise when I point it out. “Oh yeah, I didn’t…
