Netflix will explore the early period of the Red Hot Chili Peppers career in the aptly named documentary The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which will premiere March 20. Per Variety, the film will focus on the formative role of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died of a drug overdose in 1988. The…
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance this afternoon (Jan. 30) in Minneapolis during a Tom Morello-organized daytime benefit concert for the families of slain protestors Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during which he live debuted his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” and then dusted off his 1995 track “The Ghost of Tom Joad” for…
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Morrissey was an obsessive music lover before he was a rock star, starting a Sparks fan club as a teenager and writing many letters to the editor that were published in British…
Name Chris Cester, Lead Singer of LA-based band Mystic Knights. Best known for The handsome and often misinterpreted drummer for Aussie Rock Band Jet Current city Los Angeles, California. Really want to be in I would move to Kauai in a second, I miss the wild weather and rain, you just see it coming over the water, like that…
Fulton Lee has been releasing music since 2016, but it wasn’t until he posted a short video on social media in 2023 promoting his song “Alright” that he became a viral sensation. In it, Lee stands on a street corner holding a handwritten sign that says, “Stand here if you had a bad day,” with…
This is the biggest week of the year in music. As the Grammys take over Los Angeles, there are a series of major shmoozes leading up to the big show on Sunday. If there are people you need to see, a lot of ground can be covered in one week. It’s great to see so…
** Beck has dropped a surprise digital release dubbed Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, which rounds up six previously released singles, soundtrack cuts and covers in tandem with unheard original recordings of Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You in the End.” The project will be released on opaque red…
My Morning Jacket has unveiled an album of 14 acoustic recordings on Bandcamp dubbed Peacelands, proceeds from which will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee. The project was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Shawn Everett and includes a blend of originals (“I’m Amazed,” “State of the…
Thundercat will roar back on April 3 with his fifth album, Distracted, which will arrive exactly six years since its predecessor, It Is What It Is. The Greg Kurstin-produced project is led by first single “I Did This to Myself,” which features Lil Yachty. Other high profile guests on the Brainfeeder album include A$AP Rocky,…
Every January, NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants) converges on Anaheim, drawing more than 75,000 attendees to experience the products and services of over 3,500 brands across the music, professional audio and live sound industries. Although the massive, multi-day 2026 event has already come and gone, NAMM 2026 left us fixated on a number…
