Legacy Recordings to release a new Whitney Houston live album, The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban), recorded in 1994. Featuring many of the singer’s greatest hits, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves […]

Ariel Houston Unveils Emotional Odyssey in “Lose You”
Renowned artist, activist, and mental health clinician Ariel Houston unveils a soul-stirring journey with her latest single, “Lose You,” released on January 30, 2024. This track is more than a song; it’s a profound exploration […]

Crystal Starr Unleashes Powerful New Pop Masterpiece
Rising star Crystal Starr has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned with in the modern pop landscape. Her latest single “Part-Time Lover” isn’t just another catchy tune – it’s a masterclass in […]

Top 40 pop soundtracks – the definitive movie playlist
From thrillers to chillers, sci-fi to rom-coms, cinema would be nothing without music – here Classic Pop picks the Top 40 Best Movie Soundtracks We’ve looked at all eras of classic pop to chart the […]

Top 40 80s debut albums
We take a look at the best debut albums of the 80s… Debut albums are often the purest example of any artist’s work. It can be the result of years of dreaming, planning and writing, […]

One-Hit Wonders – Best Of The 80s
One-hit wonders are like love affairs – intense, but alas, all-too-brief. Here’s Classic Pop’s rundown of the greatest one-shots ever to earworm their way into the charts and the public’s consciousness, only for their […]

Top 20 Rare & Collectable Records
From the affordable, through to the eye-wateringly expensive and the virtually unattainable, we present our Top 20 Rare & Collectable records… Words by Barry Page While streaming may have had a substantial impact on the […]

Top 40 80s pop artists
It’s the ultimate face-off as we count down our favourite 80s pop artists… It is, of course, the impossible task: distil music’s most creative and varied decade down to a mere 40 artists. The Classic […]

Jeff Rosenstock: HELLMODE
Jeff Rosenstock doesn’t want your money. In the 2000s, as the mastermind of Bomb the Music Industry!, he turned down record label offers, gave away his music for free, and spraypainted his fans’ shirts instead […]

Bully: Lucky for You
Even before reinventing her band as a solo operation in 2020, Alicia Bognanno wrote, composed, produced, and mixed every Bully record herself. That’s on top of singing and shredding. In control behind the microphone and at […]

April 2023’s Best Punk: It’s Brutal Out Here
Welcome to Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN will spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, […]

SPIN SETS Presents: Kaleena Zanders
By the end of 2021, Kaleena Zanders had already clocked over 200 million streams as a top house vocalist, songwriter and producer, working with artists like Chris Lake, AC Slater and countless more. She had […]