SPIN

Spin, which is sometimes written as SPIN, is a music publication that was established in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr. Although it ceased its print edition in 2012, it continues to operate as an online magazine today.

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The Vernon Spring Finds Clarity in Haze

2 days ago | spin.com | Reed Jackson

Sam Beste has played with Amy Winehouse, Beth Orton, and MF Doom, but as the Vernon Spring, the British pianist-composer-producer takes a more experimental route. On his second album, Under a Familiar Sun, Beste layers, loops, and strings together field recordings, vocal samples, spoken word, and spare piano melodies, forming an allusive/elusive collage.
Swamp Dogg: ‘We Did Damn Good. Success Just Came’

5 days ago | spin.com | Steve Appleford

The music career of the man called Swamp Dogg has been like no other, with highs and lows, big hits and weird side trips, sometimes getting himself dropped from one label or another. He always bounced back. He’d begun in the 1950s playing traditional R&B, releasing his first record at 12 as Little Jerry Williams from Portsmouth, Virginia. What followed was an unlikely career as producer, songwriter, manager, A&R man, and hit-maker.
A Day in the Life of…Maddox Batson

6 days ago | spin.com | Charles Moss

Fifteen-year-old breakout country artist Maddox Batson has always been surrounded by music. Growing up, his father sang and played the guitar all the time. Batson, however, was much more into sports, playing baseball, basketball, and football. But when he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease in his right knee in 2022, his life took a different direction. Unable to play sports anymore, he turned to music, playing and singing with his dad on TikTok Live.
Adam Duritz: ‘It’s My World and I Love It’

6 days ago | spin.com | Charles Moss

“Connection is a hell of a thing…it’s the life jacket we all need,” says Adam Duritz, frontman of Counting Crows, a band that’s built their 30-year career through heartfelt live performances, emotional lyrics, and recurring, world-building themes in their songs. Ironic, then, that growing up, Duritz says he didn’t know how to make connections with other people. “When I was younger, I was so stuck inside myself,” he tells me from his New York City home.
The Songs That Made Me a Songwriter: Dan Wilson's Sunday Night Ritual

1 week ago | spin.com | Lily Moayeri

You can’t judge a songwriter by their first hit. That’s certainly true for Dan Wilson, who topped the charts and earned his first Grammy nomination with Semisonic’s 1998 earworm “Closing Time.”In the 27 years since that song’s release, Wilson has written for a wide range of artists, including Adele, LeAnn Rimes, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Taylor Swift.
THE ORIGIN STORY

1 week ago | spin.com | Joe Mandese

On March 19, SPIN Magazine turned 40, marking four decades of redefining music and cultural journalism. Launched in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr., SPIN didn’t just cover music — it challenged the status quo, reshaped how artists were covered, and ultimately became the voice of a generation.
Every INXS Album, Ranked

1 week ago | spin.com | Al Shipley

Andrew Farriss invited high school classmate Michael Hutchence to join his band Doctor Dolphin in Sydney, Australia in the mid-’70s. Over the next few years, Farriss’s brothers Jon and Tim joined the band along with Garry Beers and Kirk Pengilly, as the sextet changed their name to the Farris Brothers, the Vegetables, and finally the name the world would know them by, INXS. The band were still playing the Sydney pub circuit when they began opening for the city’s biggest band, Midnight Oil.
The Song That Connected: Stereo MC's Reflect on Their ‘92 Global Hit

1 week ago | spin.com | Lily Moayeri

Stereo MC’s belonged to those of us who spent our nights into mornings at illegal underground raves—the extraneous apostrophe in their name be damned. When mainstream radio stations in Los Angeles started playing the British act’s song “Elevate My Mind” from their sophomore album Supernatural, it felt like our mildly illegal behavior was being exposed. At first, it was jarring; then it felt like something was being taken away from us, something we wanted to keep for ourselves.
Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels ‘Walks This Way’ For A Good Cause

1 week ago | spin.com | Charles Moss

Named after his group’s hit 1986 collaboration with Aerosmith, Run-D.M.C.’s Daryl “DMC” McDaniels’ Walk This Way fundraiser will be held May 17 at Pier 45 in New York’s Hudson River Park. Proceeds from the 5K walkathon will benefit the Felix Organization, a nonprofit supporting children in New York’s foster care system. Beyond the 5K, the event will offer a picnic celebration with a live DJ and raffles. The Felix Organization was founded by McDaniels and Emmy-winning casting director Sheila Jaffe.
From Notebooks to New Songs: Suzanne Vega's Creative Compost

1 week ago | spin.com | Lily Moayeri

Suzanne Vega is solely responsible for why so many of my Gen X contemporaries named their firstborn “Luka,” after her 1987 song of the same name. When Vega joins me via video call, I share this anecdote with her, but she doesn’t seem impressed. “It’s a little early in the morning for me,” she says, stern but prepared. Her stick-straight blond hair, cut with severe bangs, sets off her black-rimmed glasses and blood-red lipstick. She looks camera-ready.