K-Pop Fizz Fizz: Life After PSY
One year ago, Y.G. Entertainment, now South Korea's most successful incubator and purveyor of pop music, celebrated its 15th birthday with three "Family Concerts" in…
SPIN’s 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012
The anarchy of the Internet — and the major-label system's attempt to harness it — has fractured the hip-hop narrative into its most diverse smash-up…
SPIN’s 30 Best Live Photos of 2012
The most electric photos from 2012's live shows weren't taken on your Instagram. SPIN's crack team of photogs caught everything from some Cage rage, to…
SPIN’s 50 Best Albums of 2012
In 2012, R&B crooned underwater, metal went not-metal, and hip-hop fell into a K-hole, and these were just a few of the ways to make…