Grimes began the press tour for her upcoming album Miss_Anthropocene in the Wall Street Journal Magazine today with an interview in which she discusses her plans to ditch both her given name (Claire) and stage name. Saying instead that she prefers to go by c now, Grimes told WSJ reporter Ryan Bradley that she will kill her most famous persona off via "public execution." Mostly, though, we're just...

Welcome to Left Field, a new Spin column that aims to investigate and celebrate music at the fringes of genre, sensibility, and commercial appeal. Our focus, broadly stated, is on experimental music, and we won’t be pedantic about what that means. Abstract electronic technicians, flowery folk weirdos, serrated string quartets, improvisers of all kinds, punk deconstructionists, transcendental noisemakers,...

Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park on August 1 to 4 and although the full lineup hasn't been released, the festival released some of the marquee names that will occupy its stages. The Lollapalooza 2019 lineup will include: Lil Wayne, Tame Impala, Slash, Janelle Monáe, Tenacious D, J Balvin, Yaeji, Lil Baby, Calpurnia, Gunna, Madeon, and Lil Skies. The partial lineup was revealed in a video...