https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:57:21 +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/2019/11/haim-hallelujah-review/ https://www.spin.com/2019/11/haim-hallelujah-review/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:23:54 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=346974 Haim sisters. The effortless symbiosis between Danielle, Este, and Alana informs their the entire compositional process, from writing, to recording, to performance. "They can break out into three-part harmony truly naturally," said frequent collaborator Rostam Batmanglij in a 2017 interview with The New York Times. "They don’t think about it. If one of them… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2019/11/haim-hallelujah-review/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/09/rostam-in-a-river/ https://www.spin.com/2018/09/rostam-in-a-river/#respond Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:30:50 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=303773 Rostam, or Rostam Batmanglij, is no longer in the noted band Vampire Weekend. Instead he's busy collaborating with other artists and releasing his own solo music. Almost exactly a year ago, he put out his debut album Half Light, which he followed up with a remix EP in June. Today, Batmanglij… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/09/rostam-in-a-river/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/06/rostam-half-light-remixes/ https://www.spin.com/2018/06/rostam-half-light-remixes/#respond Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:23:25 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=292183 Half-Light, Rostam Batmanglij has released an EP of remixes. The new collection from the former Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist features new spins on "Gwan" by Tourist, "Warning Intruders" by Jim-E Stack, "Half-Light" by Instupendo, and "Bike Dream" by Matsor Projects. (It's pretty safe to assume that last one is a remix by Rostam himself.) … ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/06/rostam-half-light-remixes/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/02/rostam-play-new-song-in-a-river-watch/ https://www.spin.com/2018/02/rostam-play-new-song-in-a-river-watch/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:49:58 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=279901 Vampire Weekend producer Rostam has released one solo album, last year’s Half-Light, since stepping out on his own, and lately he’s been spending his time doing stripped-down covers of classics like "Like A Rolling Stone," "Fairytale Of New York," and "Pink Moon." But he seems to have some new material of his own cooking, as… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/02/rostam-play-new-song-in-a-river-watch/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/10/rostam-north-american-tour-dates-2018/ https://www.spin.com/2017/10/rostam-north-american-tour-dates-2018/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:24:25 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=262805 Rostam will follow up his November European tour with a North American trek. The former Vampire Weekend member will kick off 2018 with a run of dates that kick off in Atlanta on January 29. He'll be touring behind his debut solo album Half-Light, which dropped last month. See the dates below and read our interview… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/10/rostam-north-american-tour-dates-2018/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/12/the-new-haim-album-is-coming-in-summer-2017/ https://www.spin.com/2016/12/the-new-haim-album-is-coming-in-summer-2017/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:49:50 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=220530 a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles retro-pop-rockers HAIM offered some details about the long-awaited sophomore LP they've been hinting at throughout this year. Most importantly, they pinpointed a time frame for its release: summer 2017. There are a lot of the vague descriptors they mentioned this past summer, when they… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/12/the-new-haim-album-is-coming-in-summer-2017/feed/ 1 https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-when-the-truth-is-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-when-the-truth-is-stream/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:28:54 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=206958 Rostam Batmanglij and ex-Walkmen vocalist Hamilton Leithauser have already shared a few tastes of their upcoming collaborative project, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, such as singles "In a Black Out" and "A 1000 Times." Now, the duo has released another track, the restless, waltzy "When the Truth Is..."]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-when-the-truth-is-stream/feed/ 2 https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-in-a-black-out-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-in-a-black-out-stream/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:50:17 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=204853 Rostam Batmanglij and onetime Walkmen singer  Hamilton Leithauser joined up for a new single called "A 1000 Times." Now, he duo have announced plans to release a full-length album called I Had a Dream That You Were Mine. It's out on September 23 via Glassnote and features Dirty Projectors member Angel Deradoorian… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/08/hamilton-leithauser-rostam-in-a-black-out-stream/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/01/vampire-weekend-rostam-batmanglij-leaving-best-band-2010s/ https://www.spin.com/2016/01/vampire-weekend-rostam-batmanglij-leaving-best-band-2010s/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:30:14 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=179173 Pitchfork recently observed to Rostam Batmanglij in an interview that "there are probably more young artists in Brooklyn who would rather produce a song for Carly Rae Jepsen than start an indie rock band at this point." This in turn led Batmanglij — who actually has collaborated with Ms. Jepsen — to… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/01/vampire-weekend-rostam-batmanglij-leaving-best-band-2010s/feed/ 5 https://www.spin.com/2016/01/rostam-batmanglij-vampire-weekend-quit/ https://www.spin.com/2016/01/rostam-batmanglij-vampire-weekend-quit/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:31:40 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=179039 Update: Ezra Koenig has responded to Batmanglij's departure via Instagram. Read what he has to say below. A couple years ago, Rostam and I sat down at his house & talked abt whether our collaboration was dependent on being members of the same band. We both firmly agreed that nope, it was… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/01/rostam-batmanglij-vampire-weekend-quit/feed/ 0