Days ahead of the release of his long-awaited new album, Tha Carter VI, Lil Wayne has announced plans for an extensive summer tour in support of it. The shows will start July 30 in Bristow, Va., and conclude Oct. 2 in West Palm Beach, Fl. Opening acts include Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington and NoCap. Tha…
After a test run earlier this year in Australia, longtime friends and fellow Canadians Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR will bring music from their hit collaborative album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U to Europe this summer. The $ome $pecial $hows 4 UK EU outing will begin July 20 in Birmingham, England, and run through Sept. 23 in Hamburg….
Superchunk sound as sprightly as their early days on “Is It Making You Feel Something,” the first single from the beloved North Carolina indie rock band’s 13th album, Songs in the Key of Yikes. The set will be released Aug. 22 on the band’s longtime label, Merge. “This song is about not second-guessing yourself in…
The Failure documentary Every Time You Lose Your Mind will enjoy wide release June 27 through Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. The night before, the influential trio will play a rare acoustic set before a screening at the Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles. Every Time You Lose Your Mind was directed by frontman Ken…
We’re halfway through 2025, and it’s been…well, eventful, to put it politely. But hey, at least there’s great music to get us through it all. Six months in, and we’ve discovered some pretty amazing new music; albums that have made us think, helped us escape, and have been emotionally cathartic. SPIN’s favorite albums of the…
When Alex Warren was a kid, he loved wandering around his house, singing. His mother would berate him for it, telling him he had no talent. So at age 18 when Warren performed “One More I Love You” on a talent show, his lack of confidence got the best of him, and he was instantly…
The Budos Band began as an instrumental jam band, and their seventh album—arriving five years after their last full-length, Long in the Tooth (playfully referred to as the group’s entry into middle age)—stays true to those roots. The Budos may not engage in winding guitar expeditions (sorry, Phisheads), but the way they raid dozens of…
In a move that ends a years-long, high-profile feud, Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums, which were sold by her label Big Machine to music mogul Scooter Braun in 2019 and later acquired by investment firm Shamrock Capital. In response, Swift began producing Taylor’s Versions re-records of her back…
If you’re a true music fan, you know that in April, Southern California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival marks the beginning of US festival season. In May, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas kicks into gear, and by June, festival season is happening in full force across the globe. The quest for seeing…
Name Grace Potter More from Spin: Alan Sparhawk Lets Go on ‘With Trampled By Turtles’ The Budos Band Take Seven Steps to Heaven Bruce Springsteen Boosts Mexican ‘Soldaderas’ On ‘Adelita’ Best known for Showing up in musical collaborations that make zero sense except that it’s happening and it’s too late to think about it so just ENJOY….
