https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:23:49 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/2018/02/david-byrne-the-beautiful-shitholes-playlist/ https://www.spin.com/2018/02/david-byrne-the-beautiful-shitholes-playlist/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:58:13 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=276999 David Byrne is releasing a new album, American Utopia, on March 9. Yesterday, he released the second single, "This is That," featuring Oneohtrix Point Never, and it's pretty good. Today, the former Talking Heads leader posted a playlist of music via his website called "The Beautiful Shitholes," which consists entirely of African and Carribbean music, including songs by Wizkid,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/02/david-byrne-the-beautiful-shitholes-playlist/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2013/02/grammys-2013-who-should-win-muse-diplo-fiona-apple/ https://www.spin.com/2013/02/grammys-2013-who-should-win-muse-diplo-fiona-apple/#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:33:54 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2013/02/grammys-2013-who-should-win-muse-diplo-fiona-apple/ 55th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living-room side bets with some sure-thing, Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong about this stuff (we'll get you yet, Esperanza Spalding). So, once again, here are some completely arbitrary critical decisions… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2013/02/grammys-2013-who-should-win-muse-diplo-fiona-apple/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-folila-nonesuch/ https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-folila-nonesuch/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:45:47 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2012/04/amadou-mariam-folila-nonesuch/ 8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: March 29, 2012Label: NonesuchFor all we know, there's a guitarist on every Bamako street corner who can outplay Amadou Bagayoko. Over the past decade, caravan-loads of superior shredders, trained by Hendrix and Qaddafi, have emerged from the Sahara and Sahel to expand our notion of African desert blues. Likewise,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-folila-nonesuch/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-tvotr-and-santigold-assisted-folila/ https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-tvotr-and-santigold-assisted-folila/#respond Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:41:11 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2012/04/amadou-mariam-tvotr-and-santigold-assisted-folila/ Folila, Malian guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and his singing wife Mariam Doumbia exploit Western pop with as much cross-cultural savvy as Paul Simon, David Byrne, or tUnE-yArDs glomming onto African sounds. Already unapologetically of two worlds — Mali griot culture and Euro-American blues-rock — the fiftysomething couple borrowed some contemporary indie rock… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2012/04/amadou-mariam-tvotr-and-santigold-assisted-folila/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2009/03/public-enemy-and-more-acts-added-bonnaroo-lineup/ https://www.spin.com/2009/03/public-enemy-and-more-acts-added-bonnaroo-lineup/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:05:39 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2009/03/public-enemy-and-more-acts-added-bonnaroo-lineup/ https://www.spin.com/2009/03/public-enemy-and-more-acts-added-bonnaroo-lineup/feed/ 0