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Filed under: News , New Music , In House Gino DePinto, AOL When Marky Ramone and Andrew W.K. stopped by our New York office to discuss their upcoming Blitzkrieg tour, we had an idea: What if Andrew conducted the interview instead of us? After thinking our request over for a second or two, Mr. W.K. decided he loved the idea. Marky did too, and now you can see the results below. [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , New Music , New Releases , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Natalie and Eliot Bergman avoid the White Stripes -esque ambiguity of their brother-sister-bandhood. No manufactured mystery is needed for Wild Belle to thoroughly enchant you; their rocksteady-influenced, rhythmic pop sound does that just fine. If the band's self-titled three-track EP was love at first sight, Isles , their first full-length album out today (March 12), satisfies this [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Aaron Neville was made for doo-wop. The singing legend's latest project My True Story hinged upon signing with Blue Note records, under the direction of producer extraordinaire Don Was and Keith Richards . Thanks to their partnership, we get to hear this son of New Orleans sing pop standards like an [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL First things first: We have no idea what Frank + Derol means. And the duo -- insisting of singer/keyboardist Codi Caraco and singer/guitarist Brandi Cyrus (yes, older sister of Miley , daughter of Billy Ray ) -- are determined to keep it that way. "We could have been Brandi and Codi, but that's not that [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Music Alex Ridha, the DJ better known as Boys Noize , lounges on the couch of the Spinner offices like a relaxed tiger -- at ease for now but ready to spring viciously into action at any moment. The prolific producer, who's worked with the likes of Santigold , Spank Rock and the Scissor [...]

Filed under: Spinner Interview , In House Noam Galai, AOL Talking to Tilly and the Wall feels more like talking to a family than a band. After 10 years together, the group of five are tight-knit and welcoming, relating stories and exchanging knowing smiles with an ease that one mainly sees within a band that's truly happy. Of course, two of their members, Jamie and Derek Pressnall, are really family, but the band as [...]

Filed under: Spinner Interview , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Tori Amos and I are having a staring contest. OK, maybe not. But as the flame-haired icon sits across from me on a rainy Tuesday in New York City, her piercing and unwavering gaze won't allow me look away, blink, disengage. Not that I want to. As an admittedly huge Tori fan, I jumped at the chance to speak with her about her latest effort, Gold [...]

Filed under: Spinner Interview , In House Noam Galai A Fine Frenzy sounds like a punk band gone rogue, but giggling Alison Sudol, who took the name from a verse in A Midsummer Night's Dream , is anything but a delinquent. The LA-based songwriter has been releasing records under the moniker since 2007, but her dream was always to be a writer, not a singer. So in conjunction with her third record, Pines , [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL The old adage goes "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" but in the case of Tristan Prettyman , fury has been transformed into something more palpable, something more palatable -- a new record. When her fiancée Jason Mraz unexpectedly told The Daily Beast that he and Prettyman were no longer an item , Prettyman was left with little [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , RPM , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Diamond Rings is the glittery stage name of John O'Regan, a 6'4" Canadian pop star on the make. Sitting down with John is especially interesting after witnessing his mesmerizing performance the night before at a packed industry show at New York City's Le Baron. While Diamond Rings onstage is a powerhouse of makeup, MIDI and moves, John [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , In House Amanda Palmer Technology is funny. It can create wonderful connections and destroy your faith in all that is hardwired, sending three grown music writers into a tizzy of fear and tears. Before Amanda Palmer walked into Spinner's offices, we experienced a brain-jarring shock set off by the accidental deletion of an entire photo shoot. It was awful, and thankfully, we had Amanda to commiserate [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Andrew W.K. is looking out the window of our office at the street below through his dark sunglasses, remarking on how he used to live nearby. When we ask that he sit down on our leather sofa for our interview, he claims he'll sweat on it too much. So we wait. Even at 1 in the afternoon, Mr. Party himself is [...]

Filed under: News , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Bright blue eyes and a teetering beehive of blonde are the first things you'll notice about Selah Sue . The petite Belgian singer walks into Spinner's offices like it's the first day of school. Already a star in much of Europe, Selah is trying her luck overseas; so far, it's going extremely well. Her English is excellent, but sometimes, a word or a thought is [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL There are few people that I have been more immediately impressed with than Lianne La Havas . She greets everyone in the room with a kiss on each cheek, in the French fashion, but with more heart behind it. Besides being beautiful, she's also casual, graceful and has killer style. "Have you seen [...]

Filed under: New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL Brian Fallon is exhausted. The Gaslight Anthem singer is running on two hours of sleep when he shows up at Spinner's New York office on the release day of his band's fourth album, Handwritten . Later that night, the group will play a sold-out show at Webster Hall -- but Brian's plans to celebrate their major-label debut don't involve parties [...]

Filed under: In House Damon Dahlen, AOL In House is AOL Music's series in which we welcome artists into our offices to play some music, chat with our staffers and, generally, just hang out. For our latest visit, Spinner sat down with British up-and-comers 2:54 . Hannah and Colette Thurlow are having the time of their lives. The British sisters of 2:54 have traveled across the Atlantic in order to [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL When Matisyahu decided to make a break with Hasidic Judaism, shaving his hair and beard and no longer wearing a yarmulke, there was an unlikely institution that helped him go through with this huge moment. "Supercuts was calling my name," he says, relaxing on a couch in our New York office. "I couldn't turn it down. It [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , RPM , In House Noam Galai, AOL In House is AOL Music's series in which we welcome artists into our offices to play some music, chat with our staffers and, generally, just hang out. For our latest visit, Spinner sat down with Duran Duran 's Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor to discuss their latest concert film, the Olympics and singer Simon LeBon 's beard. [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A , In House Gino DePinto, AOL In House is AOL Music's series in which we welcome artists into our offices to play some music, chat with our staffers and, generally, just hang out. For our latest visit, Spinner sat down with the Darkness to discuss their comeback album, Hot Cakes , innuendo, Lady Gaga [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , In House Gino DePinto, AOL In House is AOL Music's series in which we welcome artists into our offices to play some music, chat with our staffers and, generally, just hang out. For our latest visit, Spinner sat down with blues singer Susan Tedeschi and her husband, guitar god [...]