Every Jay-Z Album, Ranked Jay-Z performs at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on September 28, 2012, in New York City. (Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage) You may know him as Shawn Carter, Jay-Z, Hova, or simply one of the best rappers alive. Born in New York in 1969, Jay-Z spent his early adulthood on the wrong side of […]

SUMMA WUZZON: Tours + Festivals The simulation we live in could end at any instant, so have a musical summer. (Photo by Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A$AP Rocky Don’t Be Dumb TourTo Sep 30    asaprocky.com Only one man can rightfully boast of both winning Rhianna’s heart and having President Trump threaten […]

Snapped: Electric Forest Will Forever Be A Community of Love (A Photo Essay) 2026 Electric Forest Music Festival held in Rothbury, Michigan on June 25, 2026. (Photo by ALIVE for Electric Forest) Nestled in the forest of Michigan, music lovers from all walks of life congregate for a weekend of lasers, side quests, hammock naps, […]

Violet Grohl Finds Her Own Frequency (photo: Bella Newman) The two-building compound tucked into an industrial stretch northwest of Los Angeles looks nondescript from the outside, but inside it’s a rock’n’roll nerd’s dream come true. Rooms are full of gear stacked to the ceilings and giant road cases stenciled with the name of one of […]

Kelsy Karter is Obsessed with Obsession Singer Kelsy Karter during a recording session for a new album by her band, Kelsy Karter and the Heroines. The record is being recorded at Studio 606, the Foo Fighters private studio in Northridge, Calif. (All photos by Steve Appleford) In a recording studio deep in the San Fernando […]

The Passions of John Darnielle The Mountain Goats. (Credit: Alan Velasco) “I can write a song under fire,” says John Darnielle, from his home in North Carolina. “I don’t sit around waiting for lightning to strike me before I write. I write when I write as a matter of course. The whole process is a […]

The Music Business Has a New Music Problem The Music Business Has a New Music Problem July 1st marks halftime of 2026. What a disruptive year it’s been. I touched on it in Q1’s recap.  But in Q2, the era of great transformation is only accelerating, and success increasingly comes from a blatant disregard for […]

5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup Bowling for Soup. (Credit: Amy Russell) Name  Jaret Reddick Best known for  Pop-punk Icon / Phineas and Ferb guy. More from Spin: The Music Business Has a New Music Problem Play Time Play Hard Deep Cut Friday: “Hey, Johnny Park!” by Foo Fighters Current city  Prosper, Texas. Really want […]

Motown Records Is Creating a Legacy of Next Gen Music Execs Motown founder Berry Gordy in 1970. (Credit: Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images) The record label famous for defining the Motown Sound is making some new noise this month with the launch of a first-of-its-kind internship program that aims to connect students from Historically Black Colleges […]

Every Sade Album, Ranked Sade Adu in 1984. (Credit: Mirrorpix/Getty Images) Sade is a band. Nigerian-born singer Helen Folasade Adu, better known as Sade Adu, is the namesake of the British band formed in 1982 and its most visible member, photographed alone on the covers of all six studio albums. But Sade is a group […]