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Filed under: News , Spinner Interview , New Music , Q + A Interscope Since the beginning of his music career, Tom DeLonge has maintained eternal youth and rebellion through his punk powerhouse Blink-182 . But when the band collapsed and announced an indefinite hiatus in 2005, the guitarist was left searching for a brand-new avenue -- a bigger picture. Angels and Airwaves have been DeLonge's main focus for several [...]

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins.​In the summer of 2003, the Darkness' eventual quadruple-platinum seller Permission to Land had just been released. Before anyone knew quite what to think about it, they

With hip-hop hitting a dull period, experimentation is full speed ahead. Many rappers, DJs and producers are testing new sounds and styles to push through the boredom of rapping a few lines and singin

Photos courtesy of Street Grapes . On a walk through the streets of New York City, you've probably seen and stopped to look at the trippy and visually pleasant art of Street Grapes . Maybe you didn't know the artist, but now that all changes! Read on to find out more about Street Grapes ! The Energy Field by Street Grapes According2G : Tell us a little bit about your background. Street Grapes : I immigrated [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Wendy Bevan In 1902, visionary French filmmaker Georges Méliès released 'Le Voyage Dans la Lune,' known to English-speaking audiences as ' A Trip to the Moon .' Considered the first-ever science-fiction film, the wildly inventive 16-minute silent feature follows a group of astronauts as they blaze a trail into the cosmos. After crashing their rocket into the moon's eye, they take a snooze, explore trippy [...]

Instagram​Heartless Bastards are gearing up for the release of their fourth album, Arrow on February 14. It just so happens that Arrow is the band's strongest record to date. It features a more versa

Filed under: Exclusive , RPM , New Music , Q + A Tim Saccent As genre-defying Minnesota-born, Brooklyn-based visual artist/producer Mux Mool prepares to release his sophomore LP, 'Planet High School,' he sat down with Spinner/RPM to discuss his beautiful, frenetic collection of melancholic synth-funk instrumentals, the fate of America's youth, his pursuit of happiness and why he'd rather remix Smokey Robinson than Lil Wayne or Drake . [...]

courtesy of Wikipedia​Twin Cities native producer Jimmy Jam took to the airwaves yesterday to discuss the legacy of the late Soul Train founder Don Cornelius. Speaking to KCRW's Steve Chiotakis in Los

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Knomia Usually, it takes something pretty severe to force a performer to stop their set cold and disappear from the stage for a few minutes. But in the case of Larkin Grimm , who had to press the pause button on a recent performance in Portland, Ore., it was something a little more personal: Her five-month-old son needed to be nursed. "That was unusual," [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Rob Shanahan Even when Ringo Starr is in a rush, he's still as happy as anyone can be. On Tuesday afternoon, Spinner caught up with the Beatles legend during a break in rehearsals for ' The Late Late Show ' to chat about his new album, 'Ringo 2012,' which is out now via Universal. Full of laughter and [...]

​Yes, Craig Finn week has arrived in the Twin Cities. In celebration of the release of his new solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, the Hold Steady's good-timing frontman is in town this weekend. He's g

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Herfitz PR On May 22, the Cult will be releasing 'Choice of Weapon,' the group's first studio album in five years. For the new collection, they started the project with producer Chris Goss ( Queens of the Stone Age ) and closed it out with their longtime collaborator Bob Rock ( Metallica , Bon Jovi ), who also [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Deborah Lopez Mike Doughty isn't going to kid you: "I can't renounce drugs. I love drugs," he writes early in his new memoir, ' The Book of Drugs .' It's a frank chronicle of the early part of Doughty's career, from working as a doorman at the Knitting Factory in the early '90s to assembling, almost by accident, the musicians who became [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , RPM , Movies , Q + A Adam Smith For the forthcoming Chemical Brothers concert film 'Don't Think,' shot at the 2011 Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, longtime visual collaborator Adam Smith used 20 cameras and employed avant-garde techniques. His goal was "to perfectly capture a fan's-eye view of the heightened emotional reactions of the audience seeing the band at their very best." As the Chemicals [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , RPM , New Music , Q + A Morten Gordestad Though they eschew the word "mature," after performing in front of tens of thousands of fans, partying around the world and subsequently growing "sick of seeing each other's faces," Norwegian rockers 120 Days have taken the better part of six years off to quietly regroup, work on independent projects and start families before announcing their return. [...]

I'm a sucker for weird band descriptions. For example: El Valiente is a band that blends Tex-Mex and spaghetti western influences into experimental, instrumental, indie rock.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

About five years ago, Mountain Sprout made playing gigs and slinging tunes its full-time job. The band hasn't wavered on that intention since.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Jeremy Balderson With some time off from the Hold Steady and his creative juices still flowing, frontman Craig Finn needed a challenge. Rather than stay home in Brooklyn, Finn traveled to Austin to work with a new set of musicians and producer Mike McCarthy ( Spoon , Trail of Dead). The result is is new solo album, 'Clear Eyes, [...]

"I can't hear you -- literally."​A hilarious exchange between two Minneapolis favorites unfolds in a new "interview" of sorts between Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn and Hüsker Dü/Sugar kingpin Bob Mo

The common perception of stand-up comedians as damaged weirdos that use humor as a coping mechanism seems to be true more often than not, and no exception is necessary in the case of Dov Davidoff, who was raised in a junkyard. No really, we asked — it was the family business.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]