Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant covers Low’s “Everybody’s Song” as the lead single from his next album, Saving Grace, which will be released Sept. 26 through Nonesuch. The project features a new band comprised of vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo/string player Matt Worley and cellist Barney Morse-Brown, who spent…
The allure of the late Jeff Buckley is on full display in a new trailer for the documentary It’s Never Over, which, as previously reported, will be released theatrically in the United States on Aug. 8 and will be available on HBO and HBO Max in the winter under the Music Box series umbrella. “I…
Here’s your litmus test for Laura Jane Grace’s latest: What’s your reaction to the lyric, “Does your god have a big, fat dick, ’cause it feels like he’s fucking me”? If you laughed or pumped your fist in the air, this album is for you. More from Spin: SAGE ON STAGE Jeff Tweedy Triples Up…
In the 1980s, David Lowery co-founded and fronted the alternative band Camper Van Beethoven and composed its best-known song, “Take the Skinheads Bowling.” In the ‘90s, he founded and fronted the nearly mainstream Cracker and co-wrote that band’s alternative smash “Low.” Robert Christgau once called him a “major wiseass.” But in conversation, Lowery comes off…
“I will now sell five copies of The Three E.P.s by the Beta Band.” With those legendary words, John Cusack’s Rob Gordon put on “Dry the Rain” in the adaptation of High Fidelity. Not only did copies of the Scottish band’s 1998 collection fly off the shelf in the movie scene, but within a month…
Musicians often live and breathe their work. Between writing, recording, producing, practicing, and performing, there may not always be time to think about much else, even the money to be made from music, or how much has to be spent to sustain a career. But as the saying goes, failing to plan is often planning…
For the first and last time, venerated L.A. rock bands X and Los Lobos will join forces for a historic co-headlining tour that gets underway in Denver on July 19th. The extensive ’99 Years of Rock n’ Roll’ Tour of North America runs through late November and not only celebrates the respective 48- and 51-year…
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has rounded up 30 new songs for his latest solo album, Twilight Override, which will be spread across three different discs upon their Sept. 26 release by the band’s dBpm Records. The tracks “One Tiny Flower,” “Out in the Dark,” “Stray Cats in Spain” and “Enough” are available to sample below. “When…
I don’t remember how I discovered the British-invasion-inspired band HOA, but I was confused when I came across one of the group’s 2024 singles, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow (I Love You).” The music sounded uncannily like the Beatles and the band even looked like them. In the video, HOA are huddled together in a cramped living…
Travis Scott is adding heft to last night’s (July 13) surprise release of the Jackboys 2 compilation with an official video for “Dumbo,” which was directed by Gabriel Moses. In it, an oft-shirtless Scott admires a series of lovely ladies, puffs on a joint and has an animal tattooed onto his back. “Dumbo” made its…
