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Dinosaurs once again roam the Earth in the seventh entry of the Jurassic Park series, which has officially been titled Jurassic World Rebirth. With the movie set for release on July 2nd, 2025, Universal has shared a first look at the humans who will have to face their prehistoric cohabiters: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and

“The band refers to me as Zef,” bassist Alex Zefron tells me, of the nickname he inherited from his father.  Here at SPIN we’ve considered Alex—“Zef”—one of our own since he joined our sales team back in December. We can’t take credit for his catchy alt five-piece Provider, though—that all started with Zef and three

Vice President Kamala Harris is known for being a hip-hop, soul, and jazz fan, but now we know she has dabbled in punk rock on at least one occasion. In a recent interview with EFE, Harris’ younger cousin Sharada Balachandran Orihuela recalled the two of them attending a Bad Religion show in the early 2000s. Orihuela’s

We’re back! After 12 years, SPIN has returned as a print magazine, with Lainey Wilson serving as the first country music artist on the cover in our 39-year history. Other SPIN favorites featured in the issue include Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Rakim and Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard. There’s also an extensive feature penned by Jane’s

Kanye West (now known as Ye) has found a buyer for the Malibu mansion he stripped down — albeit at a loss of roughly $36 million. Real estate investment company Belwood Investments announced in a press release earlier this month it was under contract to acquire the property in the $21 million range. As previously reported,

Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard uplifts and reminiscences on the music video era that is the ’80s. Talking to SPIN for our collaboration with Bose, Gibbard says it is his favorite decade of sound, even though he missed out on being part of it. “I would’ve enjoyed being at

Looking for a guitar but don’t have the funds to purchase a spanking-new model? Fender is now selling certified pre-owned guitars via the brand’s official Reverb shop. What makes the certified pre-owned instruments stand out among other used guitars is that these guitars have been professionally inspected by Fender and come with a one-year limited

Jeff Lynne didn’t want there to be any confusion over what we were witnessing as the Over and Out Tour kicked off Aug. 23 at Acrisure Arena. “This is our last tour ever,” insisted the Electric Light Orchestra legend, coming across like one of the few classic rockers who actually mean it when they say

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are amidst the final leg of their 2024 stadium tour, marking the 52nd year of their legendary career. But during a concert in Philadelphia on Friday night, Springsteen rejected any notion that the band’s time on the road is coming to an end. “We’ve been around for 50

This August, global online retailer boohooMAN will reveal an exciting apparel partnership with Major League DJz, a South African music duo. Through their carefully curated collection of ready-to-wear items, inspired by the everyday wardrobe of their dynamic twin brothers, Bandile and Banele Mbere, this relationship represents a significant marriage of fashion and music. With its

Days after posting TikTok videos asking for reasonable boundaries from her fans, Chappell Roan has doubled-down on calling out “predatory behavior” in a new statement, writing, “I’ve been in too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions and I just need to lay it out and remind you: women don’t owe you shit. I chose this

In the ever-evolving landscape of pop music, few names have risen as quickly and compellingly as Tyler Bragoli. His latest single, “Selfish,” has catapulted to the #8 spot on iTunes, contending with some of the most formidable releases of the season. This achievement is not just a testament to Tyler’s undeniable talent but also to

Neil Young has announced four of his classic albums are receiving vinyl reissues. Freedom, Ragged Glory – Smell the Horse, Weld, and Arc will all be back in print on October 4th. Notably, 1989’s Freedom includes “Rockin’ in the Free World,” which was played with Young’s permission while vice presidential nominee Tim Walz took the stage at DNC 2024 earlier

Pop starlet Griff sat down with SPIN as part of our Decades of Sound collaboration with Bose, celebrating 60 years of the speaker and music equipment company. The UK-born singer-songwriter, who opened for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in June, discusses all things the 2000s, or the “noughties” as they say in the UK, which is

Beatles fans can now party and sleep like the band at the Casbah Coffee Club, where they often played during their early days, by booking it on Airbnb. Over six decades after original drummer Pete Best’s mother opened the basement Liverpool venue in their family home, Best and his brother Roag have converted the property into

“The process of music is from brain to someone’s ear, basically. The less that gets in the way of that little journey, the better,” Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones once said. “Strings are the link between you and the guitar. If they are slowing you up or giving you too much friction or impeding you

Rob Zombie welcomed back bassist Rob “Blasko” Nicholson for his first show with the band in 18 years, kicking off a co-headlining tour with Alice Cooper. Blasko made his return on Tuesday (August 20th) when the trek commenced with a gig at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a repeat of last year’s

With the Beatles a thing of the past and the counterculture revolution aging into different forms of expression, rock music in the 1970s evolved into an even more sophisticated and album-oriented art form. Bands such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones dominated the scene for the entirety of the decade, producing albums

Lucius have joined forces with The War on Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel for their new song “Old Tape.” They’ve also shared a visualizer for the track, which features comedian, actor, and musician Fred Armisen. The song arrives as a standalone single ahead of Lucius’ tour opening for The War on Drugs and The National, which

SAN MARCOS, Tex. — Texas rapper S7GMA knew at a young age that he needed to get away from his birthplace if he was going to survive, and he’s putting that story into song for everyone to hear in his upcoming EP ‘Mine of Me,’ coming out before the end of 2024.  Among the seven

Modest Mouse have announced a 2024 North American tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album, Good News For People Who Love Bad News. The trek kicks off in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 28th and continues on with shows in Seattle, Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Omaha, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, and

Donald Trump bizarrely and falsely claimed an endorsement from Taylor Swift on Sunday via a series of AI-generated images posted to his Truth Social account. One of the images depicts a photoshopped picture of Swift dressed in an Uncle Sam-style outfit reminiscent of classic military recruitment posters, with text reading, “TAYLOR WANTS YOU TO VOTE

Bob Dylan has recorded a cover of Cole Porte’s “Don’t Fence Me In” for the end title credits to the upcoming biopic Reagan, in which Dennis Quad portrays the former actor and U.S. president. Ironically, Quaid is a third cousin of the late Gene Autry, who popularized “Don’t Fence Me In” in the 1940s. In

Coal Chamber were set to launch a headlining US tour featuring Fear Factory, Twizted, and Black Satellite next week, but the outing has been postponed after frontman Dez Fafara experienced a near-death medical emergency. The “Fiend for the Fans Tour” was supposed to launch on August 23rd, but is now set to kick off on

The Smashing Pumpkins, the Chicago quartet comprised originally of singer/guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D’arcy Wretzky, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, were one of the most exciting bands in the world for a sizeable stretch of the 1990s, infusing the era’s dominant grunge sound with touches of shoegazing psychedelia, goth, metal, and dream pop.

Every week, Consequence’s Songs of the Week column looks at great new tunes from the last seven days and analyzes notable releases. Find our new favorites and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for other great songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, we try and parse out if Lady

Apt to mix the erotic and the romantic, a woman for whom an empty bed is an existential hostility, Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe is the Christine McVie of modern R&B.  The late Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, poet of the twilight hour, understood how the space between anticipation and fulfillment can fuck with the brain as much as

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars have officially unveiled their new collaborative single, “Die With a Smile.” Described by the two powerhouse artists themselves as a “timeless ballad,” “Die With a Smile” marks the first-ever team-up from Gaga and Bruno, while also acting as their first new music releases since 2021 and 2022, respectively. Get Bruno