Canadian singer/songwriter and Lilith Fair co-creator Sarah McLachlan will bring forth a new album, her first in more than a decade, this fall. Better Broken arrives Sept. 19 as her debut release for Concord Records and is led by its title track, which is out now in tandem with a Lauren Wade-directed music video. “A lot of…
Robert Glasper will open the Los Angeles incarnation of the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club on Aug. 14, leading a stellar initial lineup of shows running through early 2026. Blue Note, which already has nine different locations around the world including its flagship downtown New York venue, is launching in L.A. with a 200-capacity main…
If you’ve ever had a hankering to pore over nearly every word Jack White has written over the past two decades, circle Oct. 21 on your calendar for the release of Collected Lyrics and Selected Writing Volume 1, which rounds up lyrics from his solo recordings plus the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and other collaborations….
Real life has always been the inspiration behind the songs of S.G. Goodman, and some experiences are just more ridiculous than others. Last year, the Kentucky singer-songwriter had just finished some European dates and was flying back home from Spain, and for the first time found herself on an especially low-budget airline. There were people…
Justin Vernon portrays both a limousine driver and a divorce attorney in the new video for the Bon Iver song “From,” which was directed by Asher Weisberg. In the ’80s VHS production style-inspired clip, the artist helps turn disaster into dancing, with help from a nutritious donut and two cans of Old Style beer. The…
Taylor Swift gave her first public performance since the fall 2024 conclusion of her Eras Tour last night (June 24) at Nashville’s 1,200-capacity Brooklyn Bowl, as she hopped onstage during a Kane Brown-led benefit for an impromptu version of her hit “Shake It Off.” See fan-shot footage below. Last night’s event, Tight Ends & Friends,…
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull was born in Hampstead in 1946, and by the mid-’60s, the singer and actress had become the teen queen of hip, swinging London, rubbing elbows with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote “As Tears Go By,” the song that established her as a pop star…
Back in 2003, when people still bought CDs in the waning days of the analog era, Meat Puppets singer-guitarist Curt Kirkwood, Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh, and Ziggens bassist Jon Poutney recorded 13 new songs in a southern California studio. They called themselves Volcano. The band was a casual extension of Kirkwood and Gaugh’s previous trio,…
Joel Savoy doesn’t remember exactly when he first heard the music of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco—the electrified and electrifying mix of Louisiana Creole music and hard-hitting blues—who was born 100 years ago June 25. More from Spin: James McMurtry Gives Us the Protest Album We Need The Evolution of Luke Spiller Tropical Fuck…
In case you missed it, Luke Spiller, frontperson of British rock group the Struts, released a solo album earlier this year—and it’s an absolute stunner. Titled Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes and Wine, it’s an orchestral, theatrical masterpiece that lays bare Luke’s soul. Crafted alongside ubiquitous guitarist-producer Jason Faulkner (St. Vincent, Beck, Air)…
