Having recently signed on to direct a film version of the Replacements biography Trouble Boys, musician and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has directed the first music video for the classic 1973 George Harrison single “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth).” The stop-motion animation project was meticulously assembled by 20 animators from Toronto-based…
Saddled between the New Jersey and Pennsylvania borders, and located in Orange County, New York, Port Jervis is one of those fantastic small cities that in recent years is experiencing a much-deserved renaissance. To look around reveals a striking mix of old and new; peaked Victorian facades and Gothic Revival architecture mixed with chic eateries…
In one of the more transformative events of 2025, the Your Shot DJ Academy & Competition opens up the world of DJ instruction and live set performance to a group who typically would not have access. For the homeless, deaf and disabled, Your Shot democratizes DJ culture “by empowering young people to step behind the…
“Christmas in Hollis” almost didn’t happen. According to Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, when Bill Adler, Def Jam Recordings’ first publicist, presented him, Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell, and Joseph “Run” Simmons with the opportunity to participate in the 1987 charity album, A Very Special Christmas, they were skeptical. The project featured some of the most influential…
Sometimes even Mike Dirnt must escape from loud noises. The Green Day bassist and founding member has just been running around his Bay Area house shutting windows and doors, after gardeners unexpectedly turned up the blowers just when Dirnt was about to jump on the phone. “It was dead silent here until about five minutes…
With a name like 2DeadBoyz, the connection to Outkast, whose 1996 single “2 Dope Boyz (in a Cadillac)” is a staple in the Southern hip-hop icons’ catalog, isn’t lost. The duo—comprised of Flatbush Zombies rappers Zombie Juice and Meechy Darko—was heavily influenced by André 3000 and Big Boi, something they freely discussed backstage at Red…
“I said, ‘You know what? You can go %$@# yourself,'” says Lera Lynn. (Photo by Alysse Gafkjen) “I don’t appreciate things without an erotic charge,” says Lera Lynn, a singular wanderer on the Americana borderlands of country. “I know people really love Taylor Swift, but there’s no sex in that music — no sex or…
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….
