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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 [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , Q + A Chris Strong Mavis Staples began her singing career in 1950 as a God-fearing gospel belter alongside her sisters in a family band. But as America began confronting its racial demons in the following decade, the Staple Singers joined the uprising. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, a close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr and the [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , Spinner Interview , RPM , Q + A Brian Nevins Introducing their unique brand of rock-tinged big beat electronica in 1997 with their platinum debut 'Vegas,' the Crystal Method quickly became one of dance music's best-selling acts. Over the next three albums, the duo extended their sound to incorporate hard rock, rap and reggae, collaborating with artists like Tom Morello , Scott Weiland , Peter Hook [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , Spinner Interview , Q + A Joseph Llanes for AOL When last we spoke with Ben Lee , the Aussie singer-songwriter was wrapping up his eighth album, 'Deeper Into Dream,' which he released on Oct. 11 via Dangerbird Records. Several months later, we invited the soft-spoken 33-year-old into our Los Angeles studio to perform songs from the album for an Interface taping. Afterward, we sat down [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , New Releases , Q + A Kevin Mazur, WireImage When Keith Richards calls Spinner on a rainy Wednesday evening, he's in a jovial mood. The Rolling Stones are about to release a deluxe edition of their 1978 classic album 'Some Girls' on Nov. 21 and Keef recently revealed that he'll be jamming with bandmates Ronnie Wood [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , Book Club Roy Cox Guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers ' impressive and astounding musical credits reads like a history of popular music. In the mid '70s, with the late Bernard Edwards, Rodgers founded Chic , the great R&B/funk band who had a string of smash hits during the disco era, such as 'Le Freak,' 'I Want Your Love' and 'Good Times'; both he and [...]

Filed under: News , Spinner Interview , New Music Sion Fullana Marketa Irglova was just 19 years old when she was cast as the 'Girl' with mousy hair and a timid singing voice in a low-budget indie film called ' Once .' Four years later, the now 23-year-old has chopped off her blonde locks, and departed (for now) from the Swell Season and bandmate/co-star Glen Hansard to record her debut solo [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , RPM Redferns/Getty Images It's been quite sometime since Portishead crossed over to this side of the pond. The trio of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley made a quick headlining stint at Coachella in 2008 to celebrate the long-awaited release of their third studio album, appropriately dubbed 'Third,' but despite the excitement and acclaim surrounding the [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Mark McNulty Though he's played some of the greatest basslines in pop music with New Order , Peter Hook didn't exactly endear himself to fans when he announced in 2007 that the band had broken up for a second time. His colleagues in New Order as well as its predecessor Joy Division -- singer-guitarist [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview STEPHANE DANNA, AFP/Getty Images Though he recently had to postpone a handful US tour dates due to a foot injury, famed Stooges frontman Iggy Pop still had time to take Spinner on a walk back through some of his career's most notable moments, from 'Raw Power all the way up through 'American Idol' and his induction into the [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , RPM Courtesy of Tiesto The popularity of electronic dance music in North America may wax and wane, but over the past decade there has been one constant -- Tiësto . The Dutch DJ and producer known to his mama as Tijs Verwest, was a rising star at the turn of the millennium and has remained in ascension all decade. DJ [...]

Filed under: News , Spinner Interview , New Releases , Q + A Waterfront Entertainment Debbi Peterson , Vicki Peterson and Susanna Hoffs are a family: friends and colleagues united by their love of '60s pop, jangling guitars, the Beatles and now children. After 30 years of rock 'n' roll and a short hiatus in the '90s, these badass babes are back with the reflective and rootsy [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , New Releases Stephanie Pistel Unless you lived under a rock in the 1980s -- or somehow avoided the subsequent two decades of retro-'80s nostalgia -- you already know Duran Duran . They boasted countless radio and MTV hits like 'Rio,' 'Hungry Like the Wolf,' 'New Moon on Monday,' 'Girls on Film' and 'A View to a Kill' -- not [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Ben Stansall/AFP | Getty Images Afrika Bambaataa is a South Bronx legend. 30 years ago, he pioneered a sound and culture that's been co-opted into a billion-dollar industry: hip-hop. But Bambaataa, who began hosting parties to draw kids out of gang culture, says he wants a return to the original movement which encouraged b-boying and street art as well as MCing and DJing. "There are [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , New Music Gary Miller, WireImage Primus ' quirky blend of popping bass, atonal guitar and odd time signatures has impressed critics since day one, garnering the three-piece mainstream success in the early '90s -- this despite the fact frontman Les Claypool 's southern-fried storytelling (see 'Sailing the Seas of Cheese' and 'Pork Soda') relegated Primus to the dorms of adolescent humour. As it [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Dan Burn-Forti Nick Lowe has worn more than a few hats during his four decades in the music business. Though he's only scored one chart hit in the US (1979's 'Cruel to Be Kind'), he's released critically acclaimed albums like 1985's 'The Rose of England' and 1994's 'The Impossible Bird,' been a vital part of two [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview F. Scott Schafer Thirty-five years ago, Blondie released their self-titled debut album. It would inaugurate a memorable recording career of a band whose music has always embraced eclectic and different styles -- whether it's disco ('Heart of Glass'), reggae ('The Tide Is High) and hip hop (Rapture') -- while maintaining its New York roots. On the band's new studio album, 'Panic of [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview , New Releases Ash Newell As the frontman and driving force behind Def Leppard , Joe Elliott has spent most of his adult life leading stadiums full of fired-up fans in rousing, fist-pumping renditions of hits such as 'Photograph,' 'Let's Get Rocked,' 'Armageddon It' and 'Pour Some Sugar on Me.' Having just celebrated his 52nd birthday while mourning the passing of [...]

Filed under: Exclusive , Spinner Interview , Q + A Lisa Johnson Donning their charros and dusting off their accordion and guitarrón, Los Angeles punk band the Bronx have just released 'II,' their second album as alter-incarnation Mariachi El Bronx . Adapting more Norteño influence this time around, the band has progressed from their early YouTube-tutored attempts at imitating the complicated rhythms employed in authentic mariachi music, creating their own heartfelt style, punk-influenced [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview VALERIE MACON, AFP/Getty Images Cramming a four-decade career into one package is no easy task. For Loudon Wainwright III , curating the box set ' 40 Odd Years ' was such a painstaking experience that he compared it to "drowning kittens." But a few months after the May release from Shout Factory, Wainwright is as upbeat as ever. In a lengthy chat with Spinner, [...]