Richard Ashcroft is always dressed for the occasion. When he appears on my screen from his home in the U.K., he’s wearing a leather jacket with a sheen to it and the requisite shades covering a third of his face. He has an instinct for wardrobe that makes for vivid descriptions. The last time I…
The meaning of the word Samsara (the cycle of death) may imply the opposite of Nirvana (the circle of life), yet the New York band of the same name is not unlike the iconic grunge band that still defines an era of misfit musicians from the 90’s. Yet the alt rock band, SAMSARA’s musical oscillation…
Eric Nally is starting to like the idea of not wearing shoes. “There’s some kind of energy from the earth that just makes me feel recharged,” Nally says from Cincinnati, where he’s lived almost his entire life. He’s backlit in a soft purple glow in his home studio, with a couple of pillar candles sitting…
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…
