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The Reissue Section: Spring 2021

A pair of classic comedy albums from a revolutionary standup, a previously unreleased live recording from one of Germany's most influential bands, a new collection…
Ron Hart / May 31, 2021
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The Reissue Section: Winter 2021

While it's been a challenge for bands to collaborate in person over the last year, archival releases have been booming. And over the course of…
Ron Hart / February 25, 2021
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SPIN’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

COVID-19 brought the concert industry to a screeching halt in 2020. But all that disposable income music fans generally spend on concert tickets…
Ron Hart / December 13, 2020
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Lenny Kravitz on New Memoir, Changing Musical Directions, Eddie Van Halen

There is so much to learn about Lenny Kravitz in his revelatory new memoir, Let Love Rule. One fascinating tidbit is how, with youthful wisdom,…
Ron Hart / November 18, 2020
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The Reissue Section: November 2020

This month's edition of the Reissue Section bounces all around the globe: from Athens, Ga. to Wales, from Berlin to Sacramento (and back to Athens…
Ron Hart / November 13, 2020
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Thurston Moore on New LP, 2020 Election, Meeting Our Publication’s Founder

Calling from England a few days before the release of his new LP, By the Fire, Thurston Moore admits the dire situation of…
Ron Hart / November 5, 2020
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Prince Collaborators Reflect on 1987 Opus ‘Sign O’ the Times’

By the mid-80s, Prince was a global superstar thanks to the worldwide success of 1984’s Purple Rain.  So when he started work on his…
Ron Hart / September 25, 2020
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The Reissue Section: September 2020

The whole reissue concept didn't come across my obsession desk until my first tour of duty at SPIN as an editorial intern in…
Ron Hart / September 18, 2020
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Time’s Up at 30: Living Colour Reflect on Prophetic Second LP

By 1990, New York City’s Living Colour were one of the hottest new rock bands in America following the success of their debut LP, 1988’s…
Ron Hart / August 28, 2020
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10 Best Finds for the First Record Store Day Drop Event

After COVID-19 pushed back the festivities twice this year, Record Store Day 2020 will be fragmented into three separate events starting this Saturday. The proposition…
Ron Hart / August 28, 2020
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The 5 Best Covers of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green-Era Songs

Few figures in English rock exhibited a scholarly grasp of North American blues quite like Peter Green, the co-founding singer-guitarist of Fleetwood Mac who died…
Ron Hart / August 27, 2020
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Patty Smyth Talks Doing the Theme Song for a Show She’s Never Watched

There isn't anything quite like hearing a radio hit from one's youth revamped as the theme to a hit TV show. Yet that is what…
Ron Hart / July 24, 2020
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Don’t Give Me Your Soul: The Oral History of Sonic Youth’s Goo

By 1990, Sonic Youth no longer belonged to the cool kids. Before Goo was released that June, they were a band you had to read…
Ron Hart / June 26, 2020
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The 10 Best Reissues of 2020 (So Far)

The record shops might have been closed up for the last 10 weeks (and plenty are reopening as I write, for better or worse). But…
Ron Hart / June 17, 2020
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Return of the Justice Keepers: Bad Brains’ God of Love at 25

It should have made headlines all over the American music press, from CMJ to Raygun. After spending the first half of the decade apart, the…
Ron Hart / May 27, 2020
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