The Year In Taylor Swift
For Taylor Swift, the past 12 months have been the moment when the always crossover-hungry country singer finally and unabashedly embraced pop. She also issued…
SPIN’s 2012 Hall of Shame
They made disappinting, often horrific art. They issued tone-deaf statements. They tattooed images of their battered ex-girlfriends on their necks. A look back at the…
The Year in Lana Del Rey
From the outset, 2012 offered few figures as divisive as Lana Del Rey. Some saw her as a desperate, pre-fab "indie" marketing creation. Others were…
SPIN’s 10 Best Music Books of 2012
James Brown's life was as deep and mythic as his celebrated groove. In the magisterial, rollicking biography The One: The Life and Music of James…
SPIN’s 20 Best Dance Albums of 2012
Last season's post-dubstep murmurs and moombahton grooves have ceded the spotlight to the class of 2012. This year's best dance albums move with the frenetic…
SPIN’s 40 Best Songs of 2012
Do you remember when you first heard "Gangnam Style" and the small child next to you looked up and went, "Really, man? Are you kidding…
