Steven Paul Smith was born in Omaha in 1969 and raised outside Dallas, moving to Portland, Oregon, as a teenager to live with his father—or perhaps more pointedly, to get away from his abusive stepfather. In high school, Smith began to go by a first name that he felt suited him more, Elliott, and recorded…
Four Tet, Orbital, Paul Oakenfold, Mogwai and Deftones frontman Chino Moreno are among the artists crafting remixes for the aptly named Mixes of a Lost World, which recasts material from the Cure’s acclaimed 2024 comeback album Songs of a Lost World. The new volume is out June 13 from Fiction/Capitol, and the Cure are donating…
Genres are once again effortlessly obliterated in the music of the impossible-to-classify Richmond, Va.-based Butcher Brown, whose fifth album in as many years, Letters From the Atlantic (Concord) is a deeply felt sonic tour of influences hailing from up, down and all around the Atlantic Ocean. The journey begins at sunrise on Virginia Beach with…
It’s not exactly everyone’s dream to see their mom getting cozy with another celebrity — let alone one in bunny ears. But when Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus hard-launched their romance on Easter, the 59-year-old English actress’ son, Damian Hurley, handled it like a pro. Taking to Instagram on Sunday, April 20, Elizabeth shared…
Just one day after waving to thousands from his popemobile on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis has died. The Vatican confirmed that the 88-year-old passed away Monday, April 21, following a long battle with double pneumonia and other health issues. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,”…
Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s Grand National tour was already the first all-stadium hip-hop outing of all time before it had even played a note, and the spectacle lived up to its billing last night (April 19) at its kickoff show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The 50-plus-song extravaganza in front of some 50,000 fans…
After several days of uncharacteristic public drama, the Who have rehired drummer Zak Starkey, who was let go earlier this week following a 29-year-stint filling the late Keith Moon’s shoes. Starkey, 59, is the son of Beatles great Ringo Starr. In a post on the Who’s web site, guitarist Pete Townshend says, “News flash! Who…
The light in Domino Kirke’s Brooklyn home gives her a halo-like shimmer. It picks up the delicate and intricate henna-style designs of the tattoos on her hands. These elements track with Kirke, who brings a serenity and spirituality to her multipronged life as a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, doula, and most importantly, mother. She has the…
Name Peter Morén from Peter Bjorn and John among other things More from Spin: The Many Lives of Domino Kirke Exclusive: Sublime Unveil First Two Covers From Expanded Tribute LP Daryl Hannah Takes Us Behind the Scenes of ‘Coastal’ with Neil Young Best known for That whistling one-hit wonder! Rocking out more live than on record. Current city Stockholm, Sweden….
Travis Kelce has something to say to the husbands of Taylor Swift fans. Especially when it comes to Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson’s partners, who couldn’t stop raving about Swift’s July 2024 Eras show in London. Andrews and Thompson recently featured their respective husbands Jarrett Stoll and Steve Cundari on their Calm Down podcast, during which…
