R.E.M. have assembled a new, five-track EP centered around their classic 1981 single “Radio Free Europe” to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the original Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcasts. It also comes ahead of tomorrow’s (May 3) World Press Freedom Day. The project is led by a new remix of the song by previous R.E.M….
“Hard to be happy when the world is getting heavy.” This line arrives during the refrain of the final song—“Big Doink”—but honestly, it summarizes the world’s need for Pet Symmetry’s latest album, Big Symmetry. Sure, it was born out of a different year’s tough times—namely 2021’s COVID pandemic and the interruption it inflicted upon touring—but…
“Hey, it’s the band. How you doing, guys? Where you guys at?” Evan Dando walks around his house, practically unable to stand still, wearing a black Jerry’s Kids T-shirt. Though his dirty blonde hair is still straight and long, his goatee has hints of salt and pepper. More from Spin: Ed Sheeran’s New Album, ‘Play,’…
With the singles “Azizam” and “Old Phone” already creating big buzz and viral moments, Ed Sheeran has confirmed a Sept. 12 release date for his new album, Play, through Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic. Sheeran says Play “was made as a direct response to the darkest period of my life. Coming out of all of that, I…
Wolfgang Van Halen and his Mammoth bandmates get a lot more than they bargained for in the video for their new song “The End,” which find the group’s high-energy rock music turning a club audience into violent zombies, werewolves and vampires. The video was directed by Robert Rodriguez and pays homage to his 1996 classic…
Bruce Springsteen trots out his best husky twang amid mournful slide guitar lines on “Faithless,” the third song to be released from his long-awaited collection of unreleased music, Tracks II: The Lost Albums. “Faithless” is the title track to one of seven unheard, complete albums contained in the set, which arrives June 27 from Columbia. Faithless…
“This ain’t a country tour. It’s a Beyoncé tour.” More from Spin: Lorde Sets June Release Date For New LP, ‘Virgin’ Kacey Musgraves Celebrates Lost Highway Deal With Hank Williams Cover Green Day, Hozier Set For Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival Emblazoned across one of the many new shirts at her merch truck, this statement also…
Kacey Musgraves is returning to the newly reactivated Nashville label Lost Highway, to which she signed in 2011 shortly before the imprint was absorbed by Mercury Records, which ultimately released her 2013 debut, Same Trailer Different Park. In celebration, the artist has covered the Hank Williams-popularized “Lost Highway” with production assistance from longtime collaborators Daniel…
Lorde has confirmed a June 27 release date for her next Republic album, Virgin, which was preceded last week by the single “What Was That.” That track was co-produced by Lorde in tandem with in-demand hitmakers Jim-E Stack and Daniel Nigro and is augmented with a video filmed in New York’s Washington Square Park. No…
The Alarm frontman Mike Peters has died after a three-decade battle with cancer, which prompted him to create the Love Hope Strength Foundation to sign up bone marrow donors at concerts. He was 66. The Alarm are best-known for ’80s hits such as “The Stand,” “Sixty Eight Guns,” “Rain in the Summertime” and “Sold Me…
