Charlie Daniels, the musician whose biggest hit is “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at the age of 83, SPIN has confirmed. The country star celebrated an over 60-year career and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2008, he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Daniels died from […]
Terrell Hines – “Get Up” (Feat. Vince Staples)
Over the last few months, the Georgia-born artist Terrell Hines has been building up to the release of his first mixtape, Portal One: The Mixtape, which is out next month. He’s put out a handful of singles from it already, including “Wu Dirt” and “St. Mark Road,” and today he’s sharing an updated version of his […]
Metallica's James Hetfield Pays Tribute to Ennio Morricone: "Part of the Metallica Family"
Metallica’s James Hetfield took to Instagram on Monday morning to remember Oscar-winner Ennio Morricone, who composed 1966’s “The Ecstasy Of Gold,” which has opened the band’s shows for over 30 years. Morricone died Monday at 91 years old, and Hetfield writes that the legendary musician’s work had become “part of our blood flow, deep breathing, fist […]
Aminé Announces New Album, Shares Track With Young Thug: Listen
Over the last few months, the Portland musician Aminé has dropped a handful of new tracks, including “Shimmy” and “RiRi” — last week, he also guested on a pretty good Disclosure track alongside slowthai. Today, he’s announcing a new album, the follow-up to his 2017 debut Good For You. It’s called Limbo and it’ll be […]
Aminé Drops New Single With Young Thug, Announces Upcoming Album
Back with the Young Thug-featuring single “Compensating,” genre shape-shifter Aminé is looking to give us the summer we so desperately deserve and has some big plans in mind. The track, which released Monday morning, finds Portland’s hip-hop hero admitting his wrongs and throwing them over a poppy instrumental produced by Canada’s T-Minus. #Compensating feat. @youngthug out […]
Kasabian's Tom Meighan Leaves Band
Tom Meighan of the British rock band Kasabian is leaving the band. Kasabian released a statement on Twitter: “Tom Meighan is stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent. Tom has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour [sic] for quite some time and now wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his […]
AKAI SOLO Releases New Album 'Eleventh Wind': Stream
In recent months, the Brooklyn rapper AKAI SOLO has jumped to the forefront of a murky, contemplative lo-fi rap underground. He’s a thoughtful, poetic lyricist with a strong ear for the kinds of fluttery, free-floating beats that fit his style best, and he’s also relentlessly prolific. Last year, he and Pink Siifu teamed up for […]
Dalai Lama Drops Debut Album
As promised, the Dalai Lama’s debut album is here, right in time for His Holiness’ 85th birthday. Inner World collects chants and mantras from the Tibetan spiritual leader and sets his words against music that was recorded by New Zealand musicians Junelle and Abraham Kunin, practicing Buddhists. “I’d never heard him speak like this,” Junelle […]
Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Composer, Dies at 91 | SPIN
Ennio Morricone, who won an Oscar in 2016 for The Hateful Eight, died on Monday (July 6). He was 91 years old. Morricone passed after being taken to a clinic in Rome because of a fall that caused a hip fracture, Giorgio Asumma, his lawyer, told the Italian news agency ANSA (via Variety). “We will […]
Bill Callahan's "Another Song" Is Not Just Another Song
Bill Callahan is releasing one song from his new album Gold Record each Monday until the whole thing drops in September. Last Monday he shared the first one, “Pigeons,” which we ranked as the week’s very best song. Today he has shared another song. Quite literally, he has shared “Another Song.” That’s what the second […]