SPIN • 6th January 2026

Royel Otis: Reluctant Rockstars

The Australian indie pop duo became overnight sensations. Now they just want time to figure out who they actually are

Merry-Go-Round Magazine • 22nd December 2025

Thrasher’s Skater of the Year Proves There’s No Unanimity in Skateboarding - Merry-Go-Round Magazine

While Chris Joslin’s part will be remembered for one trick, Tom Schaar’s was full to the brim with equal parts innovation and reverence for the past. If you knew, you saw that he was pushing this into a new direction. And yet, Joslin tre flipped El Toro, so he won. Singular moment versus body of work.

Esquire • 22nd December 2025

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025

This year’s selection balances humor with existential dread, snark with sincerity, and intellectual rigor—all while hangin' out, of course.

SPIN • 6th November 2025

John Gourley Knows What’s In His Sled

The creative force behind Portugal. The Man made an album for himself, which means of course that it’s also for Alaska

Merry-Go-Round Magazine • 14th October 2025

WTF Do We Think About Maron’s Last Episode?

Ending a podcast series is like ending a TV show in some ways. Some do it well, some don’t. Much like how he pioneered the medium, Maron is the first of his kind to end it like this. How did he do?

SPIN • 14th October 2025

The Church of Militarie Gun

The not-so-hardcore band has amassed a cult following, but frontman Ian Shelton has no delusions of grandeur.

SPIN • 1st October 2025

Mike Frazier Traces Epilepsy and Brain Surgery Journey with ‘The Belly Is In the Brain’

After years of mystery symptoms and countless misdiagnoses, the Seattle singer-songwriter finally got his answer. What came next is a story of healing on a micro and macro scale.

SPIN • 29th September 2025

White Reaper Does It Again with ‘Only Slightly Empty’

After a few years in the Majors, the Louisville band proves that it always had the juice and always will.

SPIN • 29th September 2025

Seth MacFarlane Picks Up Where Sinatra Left Off on ‘Lush Life’

The ‘Family Guy’ creator draws on decades of study to faithfully bring unfinished Sinatra numbers to life.

SPIN • 24th September 2025

The Eternal Youth of the Starting Line

Just when they thought they were out, the Philly pop punkers pull themselves back in.

SPIN • 10th September 2025

The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Local Philly Legends Algernon Cadwallader

After calling it quits in 2012, the emo legends release a surprise new album.

SPIN • 21st July 2025

The Pirate Life of the Dirty Nil

The Canadian rockers don’t want to be anything other than lifelong friends who love loud music. The rest is packaging.

SPIN • 18th July 2025

Jakob Nowell Was Born For This

Sublime is back with new music, and it sounds like they never left

Paste Magazine • 3rd June 2025

Ben Kweller Is Still Here

Grief is central to the Texas singer-songwriter’s new album, Cover the Mirrors. But it’s not the whole picture.

Paste Magazine • 3rd June 2025

Behind the Music of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney

The Netflix program is reinventing what the talk show format can look and sound like one musical guest at a time. Here’s how it happened.

Paste Magazine • 3rd June 2025

Superheaven: 10 Years Away, But Never Out of Reach

TikTok stardom might change some people, but the Doylestown rockers are who they’ve always been on their first studio album in a decade.

SPIN • 29th May 2025

The Rumjacks Embrace Their History With ‘Dead Anthems’

Lead singer Mike Rivkees talks reconciling with Dropkick Murphys, honoring Shane McGowan, and navigating innovation.

SPIN • 21st May 2025

The Kooks Go Back to the Beginning

Founding members Luke Pritchard and Hugh Harris on the U.K. indie rockers’ seventh album, getting older, and creating a wormhole to the past.

SPIN • 7th April 2025

The Prodigy Is Finding Their Second Life

After the tragic loss of vocalist Keith Flint, Liam Howlett and the beloved electronic group are rediscovering their joy—and being rediscovered in the process.

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