Ken Bachor

A congregation of Jam bands and EDM stars converged for the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan this weekend. Eclectic pothead favorites Dispatch and the…

Forget earthquakes, thrash metal was the biggest, loudest tectonic shift to hit California in the early '80s. Led by Slayer and Metallica, the bands combined…

Stick some smart, passionate kids near the halls of power and you'll probably end up with some amazing punk. Proof of that can be seen…

Brooklyn's Great GoogaMooga hasn't had the greatest luck. In its debut last year, attendees bitched about long food lines. This year, the Prospect Park fest…

The fourth annual Hangout Fest was another beachside blowout of eclectic sounds and sandy toes. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bassnectar, Kendrick Lamar, and many more turned…

RZA and Odd Future's Taco DJ'd while members of Bon Iver and Sigur Ros chilled at Levi's exclusive Haus Party last week. See what you missed…

From hand-stapled zines, to show posters, to album art and inserts, the punk press was just as creative, roiling, and edgy as the music that…

SPIN's SXSW 2013 takeover wasn't limited to our annual Stubb's throwdown with Kendrick Lamar. This year the SPIN House hosted an array of amazing night…

SPIN returned to Stubb’s for the eleventh consecutive year for what has become one of the highlights of SXSW. Fans packed the legendary amphitheater to…

The SPIN House was a fresh face on the Austin scene offering an escape from the hustle and bustle of the festival. While bands played…

Look back at the mag started in '76 that didn't just document the music it was named after, but helped define what that sound was…

The second annual Holy Ship electronic music cruise set itself booming and wubbing into the Atlantic Ocean on January 4 with landlubbers like Justice, Boys…

Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, and more artists who worked on NYE…

Check out the wild, waterlogged, drunken, hedonism-on-the-high-seas of the inaugural voyage of the S.S. Coachella, the mega-fest's first trip to the Atlantic Ocean. Join Pulp,…