Director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were murdered by their adult son Nick at their Los Angeles home, according to multiple reports. Per TMZ, the couple were discovered Sunday afternoon (Dec. 14) and appeared to have “suffered lacerations consistent with a knife. The Los Angeles Police Department and Robbery Homicide Division are investigating. Nick…
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. The music of T. Rex has often been used in films and television to evoke the stylish swagger and debauched effulgence of the British glam rock scene that frontman Marc Bolan led…
Peter Gabriel has thanked director Josh Safdie for including his 1982 song “I Have the Touch” in the upcoming Timothée Chalamet-starring film Marty Supreme, even though he hasn’t yet seen it. The movie features Chalamet as a 1950s-era rising table tennis star alongside Gywneth Paltrow and Odessa A’zion and will be released on Christmas Day….
Eaux Claires, the festival founded by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner in 2015, will stage its first edition in seven years on July 24-25 in Vernon’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wi. The venue has yet to be announced, but speculation centers on Eau Claire’s 2,856-capacity Carson Park baseball stadium rather than…
Once a year, the Bajas come to Tubby’s, and every time, it’s one of the best nights of the year. Every Bitchin’ Bajas track carries the chance of being lost forever inside its all-encompassing tones and zones. There are many reasons for this. Part of it is the illusion of time all of their compositions…
Name Samara Joy Best known for Never being home. Current city New York, my hometown. Really want to be in Paris or Italy, eating the best food and playing with local musicians! Excited about Playing at the NY Philharmonic with my band, as well as debuting their newest orchestrations! May 16 if you’re in town 🙂 My current music collection has a lot…
Some festivals offer at least the illusion that a ticket holder can see a bit of every act on the bill. But III Points Miami increasingly goes for sensory overload, with more than 150 acts on 12 stages packed into just two days over October 17 and 18 this year—and that’s not even counting the…
Fans walk into a concert thinking about the moment the lights drop, not the rows of trucks that got everything there. They chase the setlist, not the cords and scaffolding lining the backlot. The headliner gets the scream, but somebody else has already built the entire world the crowd steps into. After forty years of…
I love Wrap Season. It’s a reminder of who we actually are. The data is astounding, as YouTube and Amazon jumped in this year to join Apple and Spotify. Although there are lingering questions about the transparency and legitimacy of the algorithms that got us here, there are always interesting insights. I was expecting more…
Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart Kings of Leon, Lainey Wilson, Teddy Swims, Lorde, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers and David Byrne will headline this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which runs from April 23-May 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course. As of now, this is Nicks’ only confirmed show of 2026 and her first…
