Name Steven John Fucking Kilbey Best known for Idiot savant (perhaps more of the former) behind Australian band The Church. A prolific renaissance bloke, knocking out records, paintings, poems, books, and now even comics. Still haven’t choreographed a ballet, but who knows? Current city Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia 2034. Really want to be in Bali. Sitting on a deck…
THEY are known by many names: The Bandylegged Riders of the Ill-Promised Sun, The Fireblack Breechclouts Hides and Wagonsheet, The Crazed and Sunchocked Bones of the Vanished Herds but most prominently, The Givers of Illness. I came across Ak’chamel awhile back while doing a deep dive of random tags on bandcamp. I can’t recall what…
For the second year in a row, Kendrick Lamar is the top nominee for the Grammy Awards — this time in nine categories, including Album of the Year for GNX and both Song and Record of the Year for “luther” featuring SZA. The 68th annual edition of the awards will be held Feb. 1 at…
Hunter Hayes is stepping into the 2025 holiday season in a major way. The Grammy-nominated, multi-instrumentalist and Platinum-selling artist has spent the past year in his Evergreen era – marked by genre-bending production, soulful storytelling, and a mission to celebrate growth. This December, Hayes will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 50th Anniversary of the Gatlinburg Fantasy…
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Vinyl singles have historically featured the most accessible and radio-friendly song on the A side, but every now and again, DJs and music fans have flipped the record over and decided they…
Kelvin “Pos” Mercer—also known as Posdnuos or Plug One of pioneering hip-hop trio De La Soul—was flipping through television channels when he stumbled across the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky starring Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, and other jazz greats of that era. He instinctively knew that was going to be the title of the…
There is a quote attributed to the late Athabascan elder and ambassador of indigenous Alaskan culture, Howard Luke. It’s about the concept of Gaalee’ya. “Gaalee’ya is a luck that you get by learning to live right with the land and the animals, including people, and everything around you, to respect everything.” We shouldn’t have to…
** Bass virtuoso Thundercat brings his signature style to a cover of the 1980 Diana Ross classic “Upside Down,” which is out now in collaboration with the game Candy Crush Saga and Brainfeeder. The track arrives in tandem with a playable in-game music video featuring “bursts of color” and other surprises. Fans can also obtain…
Charli xcx has let the cat out of the bag regarding her contributions to the upcoming remake of Wuthering Heights, for which her songs will also double as her next album. The first single from the project is “House” featuring 83-year-old Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale, which will be out Monday (Nov. 10). The film,…
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. In November, we hope to…
