SPIN • 31st March 2025

Stephan Jenkins Has a Cold

The Third Eye Blind frontman opens up about the music industry, protecting your true identity, and piecing together the past and present

SPIN • 11th March 2025

Minus the Bear Is Ready to Pick It Back Up

The Beloved Seattle indie rock band is touring for the 20th anniversary of ‘Menos El Oso’ with renewed appreciation.

SPIN • 11th March 2025

For Role Model, There Truly Is No Place Like Home

The indie-folk artist’s journey has taken plenty of turns, but he always finds his way back to himself, whoever that might be.

Paste Magazine • 25th February 2025

Cheekface: Political, Commentary

With the surprise release of their fifth album, Middle Spoon, America’s Local Band once again heckles the evils of the world from the cheap seats.

Esquire • 5th December 2024

The 26 Best Podcasts of 2024

Our picks this year run the gamut from insightful stories to some good old-fashioned absurdity.

SPIN • 13th November 2024

Wanna Sing Like Springsteen? Famed Vocal Coach Eric Vetro Shows Us How

The vocal coach to the stars, including for Jeremy Allen White’s upcoming Springsteen performance, magically gets a non-singing journalist to sing

SPIN • 5th November 2024

The Not-So-Subtle Genius of James Austin Johnson

The SNL star pokes fun at himself, Nashville, and show biz at large, but with plenty of love for all of the above

SPIN • 9th October 2024

Balance and Composure: No Pressure

The celebrated Philly band is back with new music and a new lease on life

SPIN • 9th October 2024

Glass Animals: Riders on the Storm

The celebrated Philly band is back with new music and a new lease on life

SPIN • 1st October 2024

Meet the Billy Joel Tribute Band Opening for Vampire Weekend at MSG

Ever heard of piano cases? Neither did we. It’s one of many essentials required to pay tribute to a piano man

Stereogum • 20th September 2024

Green Day's 'American Idiot' Turns 20

If 1994’s Dookie was the album that made Green Day the biggest punk band in the world, American Idiot is the album that transcended punk entirely, rocketing Green Day to new heights of visibility at a time when their career had seemed to be flagging. Even most hit pop albums don’t enjoy the kind of cultural saturation and statistical dominance Green Day achieved here.

SPIN • 13th September 2024

Not Sick But Not Well: The All-American Rejects Cover Harvey Danger’s ‘Flagpole Sitta’

One of the most beloved ‘00s bands tries their hand at the ‘90s for SPIN Records’ first major release — and an excuse to get back in a room together

SPIN • 3rd September 2024

Quantum Leaping with Cigarettes After Sex

Exploring space and time with one of the hardest-working acts in indie rock

SPIN • 12th August 2024

Anyone Wanna Start a Rumor About girlfriends?

The duo talk urban legends, nostalgia, manifestation, and pop-punk’s current trendy moment

Stereogum • 8th February 2024

Modern Baseball's 'You're Gonna Miss It All' Turns 10

Released 10 years ago this Sunday, You’re Gonna Miss It All, Modern Baseball’s first release for emo kingmaker Run For Cover Records, became the band’s statement piece — a statement that they were growing up, to some degree.

Spin • 4th October 2023

Yo Quiero Hardcore

Dave Navarro is standing on a rooftop in New York City. “Taco Bell is a brand that believes in Living Más,” he tells the contestants fidgeting before him. “Doing more and expecting more, and getting a little more out of every day.”

Esquire • 17th August 2023

One of Their Own

Tottenham Hotspur was a constant during my cancer treatment. But this isn’t some Harry Kane saved me from the horrors of cancer story. It's about a beauty I'd find long after my recovery.

Esquire • 19th July 2023

What I Learned From Studying Every MLB Player's Walk-Up Song

Bad Bunny is the most famous musician in the world, Houston is sleeping on Beyoncé, and quite a few ballplayers enjoy a problematic fave.

SPIN • 19th June 2023

Alaska: Rock's Final Frontier

Bring shoe spikes... Frank Turner, Screaming Females, and Portugal. The Man on the harsh realities — and thrills — of touring in the land of glaciers

Substack • 13th April 2023

Skateboarding and Narrative: A Conversation with Walker Ryan

There’s narrative in skateboarding, whether or not you’re aware of it. Walker Ryan is a novelist and pro skater, whose books "Off Clark" and "Top of Mason" tell the stories of skateboarders, but not skateboarding. I spoke with him about how writing influences skating (and vice versa), the media portrayals of skateboarding culture, and more.