David Segal was born with arthrogryposis, a rare birth disorder that limits movements in multiple joints and ligaments in the arms, legs, hands, and feet. In Segal’s case, he was born with legs that were two different lengths, his feet backwards, hips out of alignment, and no muscles in parts of his body. Prior to…
In the rock-meets-cinema hall of fame, nothing rocks harder (or funnier) than track four on the Waterboys’ 2020 album Good Luck, Seeker, “Dennis Hopper.” And now Mike Scott, the group’s leader and sole constant member since its inception 42 years ago, has devoted an entire album to his celluloid hero. Titled Life, Death and Dennis…
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ first Future Ruins festival, which was to take place Nov. 8 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center and spotlight world-class film and TV composers, has been canceled. In a note on the event’s web site, organizers said, “unfortunately Future Ruins will not move forward this year. The…
With the likes of Vintage Culture, Damian Lazarus, Gordo, Colyn, Lee Foss, Arodes b2b AMÉMÉ, Kaz James and more gracing its decks at Burning Man last month, the AAPI-inspired art car did more than turn heads. It served as a cultural bridge between East and West. Concepted from the forms of the dragon, the phoenix,…
Bringing an inspired DJ set to the Pacific Northwest’s Deschutes County Fairgrounds, indie-electronic favorites Passion Pit joined Disclosure, Sylvan Esso, TroyBoi, Big Gigantic, Chromeo (DJ Set) and others for the storied Cascade Equinox festival. Passion Pit front man Michael Angelakos also joined up with hyperpop/dubstep artist Tracey Brakes for an epic b2b during the set….
Bad Boy Records mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in jail today (Oct. 3) on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — the only two charges still standing from his sex trafficking and racketeering trial this year. Combs, who previously pled not guilty to all charges, faced a maximum of…
Finneas puts the spotlight on his solo catalog during the 51st season premiere of the long-running PBS-televised concert series Austin City Limits, which airs tomorrow (Oct. 4). SPIN premieres two performances from the hour-long set, “2001” and “Starfucker,” below. “When I grew up, I did not have the channels on TV. My family could not…
Name Milo Aukerman Best known for Going to college, for some reason. Current city Newark, Delaware. Really want to be in Colorado, where I can go on hikes and practice with the Descendents (and record at the Blasting Room!). Excited to Go on tour to Canada in a few weeks. I’ve always secretly wished I was Canadian, and now more…
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The last few years of the Smashing Pumpkins’ ’90s run were a little chaotic. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was fired and then rehired, and bassist D’arcy Wretzky permanently left the band. Frontman Billy…
When a 10-year-old Freddie Ross Jr. stepped into the Pressing Onward Baptist Church — a little brick building on Danneel Street in New Orleans — he was mesmerized by the spirit he felt and the celebration he witnessed among its congregants. He knew it was a safe place. Young Freddie, known best now as Big Freedia,…
