Writer Nik Cohn Collects 60 Years of Nonfiction Into ‘Corner Boy’
Writer Nik Cohn interviewed for his nonfiction collection, Corner Boy: Loiterings New and Old, for SPIN: Writer Nik Cohn Collects 60 Years of Nonfiction Into ‘Corner Boy’ The 80 year old’s … Continue reading
Say It Three Times Fast: Johnny Marr’s Guitars
Johnny Marr interviewed ahead of his “Marr’s Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection” auction at Christie’s and his album, The Age of Everything, for SPIN: Say It Three Times Fast: Johnny … Continue reading
Meshell Ndegeocello Is Just a Soul on a Planet
Meshell Ndegeocello interviewed for her covers album, Synonym, for SPIN: Meshell Ndegeocello Is Just a Soul on a Planet The triple Grammy winner on her latest album, ‘Synonym,’ a collection of … Continue reading
Worship at the Altar of Wasia Project
Wasia Project‘s Olivia Hardy and William Gao interviewed for their debut album, Nocturne, for SPIN: Worship at the Altar of Wasia Project Siblings Olivia Hardy and William Gao conjure wildfires, nightingales, … Continue reading
Oops! He Did It Again: The Man Behind Some of Music’s Most Iconic Videos Releases New Memoir
Director Nigel Dick interviewed about his memoir, Music Video Mischief: Ozzy to Britney, Oasis to Gn’R, McCartney to Cher: A Lifetime of Rock and Chaos, for SPIN‘s “Read Me” series: Oops! … Continue reading
Taylor Hanson on ‘Dancing With the Stars’: ‘This Is Very Personal’
Taylor Hanson interviewed about competing on Dancing With the Stars for Rolling Stone: Taylor Hanson on ‘Dancing With the Stars’: ‘This Is Very Personal’ The singer and musician talks about how … Continue reading
‘Googoosh: Made of Fire’ Documents the Iranian Pop Icon’s Life Under a Regime That Tried to Silence Her
Filmmaker Niloufar Taghizadeh interviewed about her documentary, Googoosh: Made of Fire for SPIN‘s “Watch Me” series: ‘Googoosh: Made of Fire’ Documents the Iranian Pop Icon’s Life Under a Regime That Tried … Continue reading
In Her New Book, Author Rachel Brodsky Offers Life Lessons Via Stevie Nicks
Rachel Brodsky interviewed about her book, Lessons & Lace: Everything I Know About Dreams, Heartbreak, and Magic I Learned From Stevie Nicks for SPIN‘s “Read Me” series: In Her New Book, … Continue reading
Kevin Rowland Reckons With His Past on New Album
Dexys Midnight Runners‘ Kevin Rowland interviewed for their album, LOVE, for SPIN: Kevin Rowland Reckons With His Past on New Album The Dexys singer opens up about his memoir, his relationship … Continue reading
“Don’t Look Back in Anger” Turns Old Tension Into New Joy
Personal essay/review of the documentary, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, for SPIN: “Don’t Look Back in Anger” Turns Old Tension Into New Joy The Oasis documentary shows the brothers’ private … Continue reading
Theo Bleak on Embracing Raw Honesty in Mixtape ‘Bargaining’
Theo Bleak interviewed about her mixtape, Bargaining, for SPIN Fall 2026 Issue: Theo Bleak on Embracing Raw Honesty in Mixtape ‘Bargaining’ The Scot lives up to her name, but the music … Continue reading
Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves
Sylvan Esso‘s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn interviewed for their album, Ow ∞, for the cover of FLOOD Magazine: Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves In our latest digital … Continue reading
Wendy Bevan’s New Album Was a Decade in the Making and Worth the Wait
Wendy Bevan interviewed for her album, Alone With the Unknown, for SPIN: Wendy Bevan’s New Album Was a Decade in the Making and Worth the Wait ‘Alone with the Unknown’ began … Continue reading
Soft Cell’s Marc Almond Never Says Never to Anything
Soft Cell‘s Marc Almond interviewed for their final album, Danceteria, for SPIN: Soft Cell’s Marc Almond Never Says Never to Anything The ‘80s queer icon on the duo’s new album, the … Continue reading
If These Walls Could Rock: The Untold Story of Music’s Most Legendary Hotel
Filmmakers Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams interviewed about their documentary, If These Walls Could Rock, for FLOOD: If These Walls Could Rock: The Untold Story of Music’s Most Legendary … Continue reading
Joan Baez: Dancing Queen
Joan Baez interviewed for her return to “The Soiled Dove” as Paloma Blanca for SPIN: Joan Baez: Dancing Queen At 85, the folk legend is starring in a circus and … Continue reading
Roland Orzabal Welcomes You to His Life
Roland Orzabal interviewed about his memoir, Welcome to Your Life: Life, Death and Tears for Fears, for SPIN‘s “Read Me” series: Roland Orzabal Welcomes You to His Life The Tears for … Continue reading
Megadeth: So Far, So Good, So Long
Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine interviewed for their final album, Megadeth, their global tour and Dave’s latest memoir, In My Darkest Hour, for the cover of Music Connection Magazine August 2026 Issue: Megadeth: So … Continue reading
The Islamic Republic Took My Religion and My Music. Now, Is It Taking My Friends?
Personal essay for SPIN: The Islamic Republic Took My Religion and My Music. Now, Is It Taking My Friends? For the Iranian diaspora, survival meant staying quiet, but that silence … Continue reading
Jason Newsted Is Betting on Himself After Throat Cancer and Bringing the Chophouse Band on the Road
Jason Newsted interviewed ahead of his tour with the Chophouse Band for SPIN: Jason Newsted Is Betting on Himself After Throat Cancer and Bringing the Chophouse Band on the Road … Continue reading
Electro-pop Legends Come Together to Create the Ultimate Covers Album
Erasure‘s Vince Clarke, Blancmange‘s Neil Arthur and producer Benge interviewed for their new project, Doublespeak‘s debut self-titled album of covers for SPIN: Electro-pop Legends Come Together to Create the Ultimate Covers … Continue reading
‘Karma’s a Bitch’: Boy George on Why Culture Club Recreated Their Biggest Hit With AI
Boy George and his manager Paul “PK” Kemsley interviewed about the AI-assisted rerecording of “Karma Chameleon” and the launch of their company, Artist Included, for Rolling Stone: ‘Karma’s a Bitch’: … Continue reading
Inara George Returns to Music With a New Album of Old Songs and a Tour She’s Looking Forward To
Inara George interviewed about her album, Songs of Douglass & Littell, and accompanying tour for SPIN: Inara George Returns to Music With a New Album of Old Songs and a Tour … Continue reading
“Fuck Being Cool”: Lati Kronlund of Brooklyn Funk Essentials Tells It Like It Is
Brooklyn Funk Essentials‘ Lati Kronlund interviewed for their album, Black Butterfly, for SPIN: “Fuck Being Cool”: Lati Kronlund of Brooklyn Funk Essentials Tells It Like It Is The BFE bassist reflects … Continue reading
Jordan Joy Is Taking Back Control
Jordan Joy interviewed for FLOOD Magazine‘s “Breaking” series: Jordan Joy Is Taking Back Control The songwriter talks shifting gears from a career in social activism to the family trade of … Continue reading
Rostam is Ready to Tell His American Story
Rostam interviewed for his album, American Stories, for SPIN: Rostam is Ready to Tell His American Story The former Vampire Weekend co-founder wanted to make the most Persian album he could, … Continue reading
Spiritbox Is Rewriting Metal’s Rules
Spiritbox‘s Courtney LaPlante interviewed for the digital cover of SPIN‘s June 2026 Issue: Spiritbox Is Rewriting Metal’s Rules “Long live the nerds”: Frontwoman Courtney LaPlante on vulnerability, success, and why … Continue reading
How Hrishikesh Hirway Stopped Comparing Himself to His Own Podcast Guests and Made an Album
Song Exploder‘s Hrishikesh Hirway interviewed for his album, In the Last Hour of Light, for SPIN: How Hrishikesh Hirway Stopped Comparing Himself to His Own Podcast Guests and Made an Album … Continue reading
Tommy Lee: “Quantity Over Quality. Everything’s Getting Fucking Stupid.”
Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee interviewed for the Dolby Atmos release of his 2005 album, retitled Tommyland Rides Again, for SPIN: Tommy Lee: “Quantity Over Quality. Everything’s Getting Fucking Stupid.” From Dolby … Continue reading
Queen Latifah on Hosting the AMAs: “Everybody Needs to Feel That Energy From Me”
Queen Latifah interviewed ahead of her hosting the American Music Awards for the Hollywood Reporter: Queen Latifah on Hosting the AMAs: “Everybody Needs to Feel That Energy From Me” The … Continue reading
Tomora: Aurora and Tom Rowlands’ Kaleidoscopic Playground
Tomora‘s Tom Rowlands, Aurora and visual artist Adam Smith interviewed about their debut album, Come Closer, and live presentation for the digital cover of FLOOD Magazine: TOMORA: AURORA and Tom Rowlands’ Kaleidoscopic Playground In … Continue reading
Villanelle’s Gene Gallagher: “I’d Be Happy to Play In-N-Out Burger”
Villanelle interviewed about their debut EP, Measly Means, for SPIN: Villanelle’s Gene Gallagher: “I’d Be Happy to Play In-N-Out Burger” Releasing their debut EP, ‘Measly Means,’ London trio Villanelle, including Liam … Continue reading
New Constellations Are on the Road With the Midnight Readying for Their Debut Album
New Constellations‘ Harlee Case and Josh Smith interviewed about their debut album, It Comes in Waves, for SPIN: New Constellations Are Touring With the Midnight and Debuting Their Album at the … Continue reading
Can a Focus on Fans Boost the American Music Awards?
Essay on the American Music Awards 2026 for The Hollywood Reporter: Can a Focus on Fans Boost the American Music Awards? The AMAs returned in 2025 from a two-year hiatus … Continue reading
Were the ’90s Really That Great After All?
Essay for SPIN Magazine Spring 2026 Issue: Were the ’90s Really That Great After All? Duh! Check out the Pictures of Lily Podcast for episodes on many of the artists … Continue reading
Kid Sistr’s Irreverent Humor Is The Trio’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
Kid Sistr interviewed ahead of their debut EP, American Teenage Prophecy, for SPIN: Kid Sistr’s Irreverent Humor Is The Trio’s Not-So-Secret Weapon The L.A. punk band digs into one of rock’s … Continue reading
ISTA’s Second Act: Surrender and Create ‘In Sound to All’ Is What Happened When ISTA Stopped Forcing It
ISTA’s Rex Costello and Diona West interviewed for their album, In Sound to All, for SPIN: ISTA’s Second Act: Surrender and Create ‘In Sound to All’ Is What Happened When ISTA … Continue reading
Working Class Heroes
Kneecap‘s rappers Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (aka Mo Chara) and Naoise Ó Cairealláin (aka Móglaí Bap) interviewed for their album, FENIAN, for SPIN Spring 2026 Issue: Working Class Heroes Kneecap court … Continue reading
Duran Duran is ‘Free to Love’
Duran Duran‘s Nick Rhodes interviewed ahead of their headlining appearance at BeachLife Festival: Duran Duran is ‘Free to Love’ Nick Rhodes on the band’s new single, their legacy, and … Continue reading
Deadmau5: Behind the Mask
Joel Zimmerman aka deadmau5 interviewed for the cover of Music Connection Magazine May 2026: deadmau5: Behind the Mask Keep up with deadmau5.
Grace Inspace Gives Us a Peek Inside Her Hair
Grace Inspace interviewed for her EP, Heavy Hair, for SPIN: Grace Inspace Gives Us a Peek Inside Her Hair Displaced by the Eaton Fire and writing with friends instead of strangers, … Continue reading
Utah’s Krooked Kings Drop Their Protective Barrier
Krooked Kings‘ Oli Martin and producer of their album, In Another Life, Yves Rothman, interviewed ahead of Krooked Kings‘ tour for SPIN: Utah’s Krooked Kings Drop Their Protective Barrier The … Continue reading
These Companies Are Making It Possible for Fans to Own the Gear Behind the Music They Love
Feature on the new asset class for musicians featuring ANALOGr, Julien’s Auctions, Wax Poetics, Reverb, Jane’s Addiction‘s Stephen Perkins, Isaiah Sharkey, Ken Kurson and an anonymous VC for SPIN: These … Continue reading
Nina Hagen Will Live Forever
Nina Hagen interviewed for her album, Highway to Heaven, for SPIN: Nina Hagen Will Live Forever At 71, the German singer-songwriter isn’t slowing down; she’s just thinking about changing dimensions Check … Continue reading
The Indomitable Belinda
Belinda interviewed for SPIN Summer 2025 Issue: The Indomitable Belinda She’s a Mexican superstar. She should be your superstar, too Read my first interview with Belinda.
Melissa Auf der Maur Is the Last Analog Girl
Melissa Auf der Maur interviewed for her memoir, Even the Good Girls Will Cry, for SPIN: Melissa Auf der Maur Is the Last Analog Girl Before the selfie, before the crowd … Continue reading
For Anjimile, the Truth Always Reveals Itself
Anjimile interviewed for his album, You’re Free to Go, for SPIN: For Anjimile, the Truth Always Reveals Itself On his new album, ‘You’re Free to Go,’ the singer-songwriter begins to trust … Continue reading
TRÍADA Will Teach the World to Sing
Argentinean trio TRÍADA interviewed for their EP, De Versiones y Alma for SPIN Summer 2025 Issue: TRÍADA Will Teach the World to Sing A young Argentine trio transport the listener Watch … Continue reading
The Vice Squad
Write-up on Discotchari‘s Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983 – 1993 for SPIN Winter 2025 Issue: The Vice Squad A recently released collection of subversive Iranian pop songs is a time … Continue reading
