No “Kidding”: Alex Warren Expands Latest LP

No “Kidding”: Alex Warren Expands Latest LP

Red-hot singer/songwriter Alex Warren is adding 10 new songs to his 2024 album You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) and is rechristening the package as You’ll Be Alright, Kid. The new edition is out July 18 from Atlantic and includes the smash single “Ordinary” plus his new Jelly Roll collaboration, “Bloodline.” Per the label, the…

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Superchunk ‘Key’ Up For 13th Album, Tour

Superchunk ‘Key’ Up For 13th Album, Tour

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…

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Failure Documentary Heading To Hulu

Failure Documentary Heading To Hulu

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…

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Best Albums of 2025 (So Far)

Best Albums of 2025 (So Far)

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…

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The Budos Band Take Seven Steps to Heaven

The Budos Band Take Seven Steps to Heaven

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…

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