Pop Spotlight

As teenagers in their early days, they jammed together in their basement doing covers of Nirvana, Rancid and Rage. Today, they’re the epic force of indie electro-rock known as Jimkata. The trio of Evan Friedell […]

As one of the creators and producers of the original Electric Daisy Carnival in the early 90’s, electronic artist, producer and DJ Destructo has been a force in dance music for nearly three decades. He […]

As she prepared to lower herself into the kiddy pool full of cornstarch, red food coloring and glitter, Lindsey French was only a little concerned. “I was like ‘You guys, what’s going to happen if […]

The enigmatically named Alexa Dark is a Spanish-American singer-songwriter who grew up in Europe, the Old World spirit of which she has clearly absorbed. European influence notwithstanding, she admits she can’t cook — not essential […]

Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. Rap rewards groups, crews, and cliques. Semi-free Substacks, the back pages of semi-functioning blogs, and the few […]

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, […]

Ah, Metallica… Is there any metal band that’s more polarizing? Or any other that commands a fan base remotely as large while attracting a seemingly equal amount of haters? Metallica were my first favorite metal […]

Eddie Vedder once said that drummer Jack Irons saved Pearl Jam from wilting under the pressure of grunge-era superstardom, and you could also make a strong case that the band might not have ever existed […]

The look on Model/Actriz’s Cole Haden’s face lets me know immediately that I have butchered the pronunciation of “dionysian.” “We know what word you’re saying, it doesn’t matter,” he deadpans. Now, there are some words […]

When SPIN’s outdoor Stubb’s BBQ showcase at South by Southwest was evacuated due to lightning storms last month, a couple of hundred hardy souls packed into the venue’s small indoor room to wait out the […]

Korean/American artist Yaeji emerged in tandem with the 2010s lo-fi house boom, her atmospheric sound suited for both the club and the bittersweet 4 a.m. comedown. She hit the ground running in 2017, and has […]

For indie-rock supergroup Boygenius and the trio’s spectacular debut LP The Record, fascination runs several levels deep. First, there’s the timing. Singer/songwriters Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus all ascended around the same time […]