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1. The Scene Report: Pretty Ugly Play The Viper Room

   April 26, 2024 The Scene Rising LA indie-band Pretty Ugly, bring down a packed house at the iconic Viper Room in Hollywood. The Report Since opening its doors in 1993, The Viper Room has featured the likes of Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, Oasis, Queens of The Stone […]

2. You Gotta Keep ‘Em Alienated: Our 1998 Offspring Feature

   This article originally appeared in the December 1998 edition of SPIN. It’s been four years since the Offspring brought punk-rock and Mohawks to Main Street. Nowadays it’s getting a little lonely in the mosh pit. Fast-and-furious is about as fashionable as Doc Martens at a Cherry Poppin’ Daddies concert, and most alt-rock hits of late […]

3. NOBRO on Today’s Music Industry Culture and Brody Dalle’s Confidence

   Canadian garage-punk rockers NOBRO talk to SPIN about today's music industry culture and Brody Dalle's confidence.

4. Iron & Wine Find Hope in Despair in Hope in Despair

   On the lastest Iron & Wine album, 'Light Verse,' optimistic melancholy is omnipresent.

5. Gracie Abrams Tells Us All About Her ‘Secret’

   On her new single “Risk,” 24-year-old pop singer Gracie Abrams sings about a love interest with such tortured yearning—“I wake up in the middle of the night / With the light on / And I feel like I could die / ‘Cause you’re not here”—that you do a double take when she gets to the […]

6. Beyond The Sea

   Newcomer Jon Muq has been through a lot since he moved to the States from Uganda. Now, with a Dan Auerbach-produced album, he's ready to go

7. SPIN First Drop: Azzecca

   The vibes are always high at Coachella’s Do LaB stage – and with Azzecca taking to the decks on a sunny saturday afternoon, all is right in the dance world. From the drop, the Chicago-based DJ and producer brought the crowd to another level, pumping out her signature dark house and techno sounds, with deep […]

8. The Best Bob Dylan Documentaries

   The sheer number of documentaries about Bob Dylan suggests an unsolvable mystery, a massive event that demands interrogation. It’s a treatment otherwise reserved for the JFK assassination and World War II.  Dylan’s life is often seen in discreet, impactful events—going electric, his motorcycle accident, the country album, et al.—and tying them together is difficult when […]

9. Weezer, Flea, Beck Join John Mulaney’s Live Netflix Shows

   Mulaney will be joined by Weezer, Flea, Beck, Los Lobos, Warren G, Joyce Manor and St. Vincent during the 'Everybody's in L.A.' episodes.

10. Blacklite District Returns With a Transformative Approach That’s Amassing Millions of Views

    Given death’s prolificacy in Kyle Pfeiffer’s life – its recurring tendency to isolate and push him down varying paths alone – one might think the Chicago-born musician knows little about community. But that’s where you’d be wrong. In fact, Pfeiffer, perhaps better known as Blacklite District, knows exactly what it means to lead the charge […]