Jessica Pratt Wants to Take You to the Hidden Realm Fans hoping to hear Usher perform his beloved 2004 album Confessions in full today (May 4) at the Lovers & Friends festival in Las Vegas will have to wait until it’s a lot less windy. The single-day mega event at the outdoor Las Vegas Festival Grounds was preemptively canceled last...

Jessica Pratt Wants to Take You to the Hidden Realm The feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake continues to grow at a rapid pace, with each rapper releasing diss tracks directed at the other last night (May 3). The flurry of activity followed Lamar having dropped the song “6:16 in L.A.” earlier in the day, furthering a weeks-long dispute....

SPIN First Drop: Adam Ten & Mita Gami Photography by Khris Cowley @asianprovocateur for Here & Now @wearehereandnow Whether joining forces on producing a track or sharing the decks on a live improvisational b2b (back to back) set, collaboration is definitely one of the most unique (and coolest) things about dance music....

Sunny Day Real Estate Reread Their Diary Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice Matador Records Mdou Moctar’s 2021 album, Afrique Victime, marked a crucial breakthrough for the acclaimed Nigerien guitarist. His trademark fusion of Tuareg music and modern psych-rock resonated with the English-speaking world, demonstrating a gradual yet...

Jess Cornelius on Why It's Important That Artists Use Free Speech Singer-songwriter Jess Cornelius has been passionately outspoken about social issues throughout her career. Sitting with SPIN backstage at SXSW, Cornelius discusses the challenges of navigating artistic expression as a musician. She also implores artists to be true to themselves...

SPIN Daybreaker: Peach Fuzz Music nostalgia is a beautifully complicated feeling. And it’s one that Rachel Chinouriri is skilled at harnessing in her music. The London-born Zimbabwean musician’s debut album, What A Devastating Turn of Events, is charged with that coming-of-age feeling where daily life’s only remedy is blasting...