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Gloria Steinem speaks onstage during the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power at Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 16, 2023, in New York (photo: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women) Gloria Steinem, the writer, organizer and unmistakable public face of the modern feminist movement, died yesterday (Sept. 3) at her home in New York, according to her foundation. For more than six decades, Steinem turned journalism, public speaking and

Translation: “Poop emoji, crying laughing emoji.” (Photo by Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Imagine it’s the future. Paleographers at Harvard III University (New Earth) today announced a major breakthrough in their ongoing attempt to decipher the so-called “Trump Stone,” an enigmatic series of seemingly unrelated messages inscribed on magnetic media. More from Spin: Author, Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Dies At 92 Kacey Musgraves Welc

Kacey Musgraves and Troye Sivan at the Grammys in 2025 (photo: Francis Specker / CBS via Getty Images). Kacey Musgraves celebrated the second of two sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night (Sept. 1) by welcoming surprise guest Troye Sivan for the long-awaited live debut of their 2020 collaboration, “Easy.” Australian vocalist Sivan emerged 13 songs into the set to join Musgraves for the tune, which originally appeared on his EP In a Dream. Musgrav

The Avalanches The Avalanches are turning their fascination with the detritus of modern life into something unusually expansive. The Australian group has revealed the 31-track lineup for its fourth studio album, No Bad Memories, due Oct. 16, assembling a wild cast that includes Jamie xx, Panda Bear, Barry Can’t Swim, Rivers Cuomo, Mike Patton, Haruomi Hosono, Ryoji Ikeda, Vegyn, Portraits of Tracy and actor Haley Joel Osment, among many others. The group has previously shared the so

David Byrne (photo: Shervin Lainez). David Byrne is adding an unlikely new character to his already colorful 2026: Elon Musk. The Talking Heads frontman has written and performs “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” an original song for Alex Gibney’s forthcoming documentary Musk, according to Variety. The track, co-written with the controversial film’s Oscar-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton, plays during the 232-minute documentary and will be submitted for Best Original

Photo Courtesy of Kutie Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover.Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. More from Spin: Author, Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Dies At 92 Decoding the Trump Stone: Future Archaeologists Finally Translate Old E

Big Loud’s 2026 AMERICANAFEST Showcase Presents Six Ascending Artists Big Loud’s second annual AMERICANAFEST showcase will take over Nashville’s Aviator Nation Dreamland on September 15. The event will feature performances by six new and ascending artists with very distinct approaches to roots music. Rising stars Kashus Culpepper, Thelma & James, Alex Lambert, Coleman Jennings, Waylon Payne and Nathan Bess will each take the stage during the free, all-ages afternoon

Ruthie Foster. (All photos by Jody Domingue) Bam Bam restaurant and bar at Gate C5 inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston will always be a special place for Ruthie Foster. It’s where the blues/soul/folk star was in February 2025 when finding out she won her first Grammy at the age of 60. “Everybody around us exploded, and I was like, did she just say my name? She just said my name!” Foster shares, her mouth agape all over again as she remembers in full detail how pre

(photo: Mert Alas) Miley Cyrus is heading into a new era with Bass Persuades, her 10th studio album and first full-length release for Atlantic Records. The album arrives Sept. 18, with Cyrus also set to return to the stage for two Hollywood Bowl shows in Los Angeles on Oct. 16 and 18. However, the artist seems to have eliminated her last name for the upcoming promo cycle, without further explanation.Bass Persuades includes 10 tracks, with Model/Actriz joining on “Different Religio

Tupac Shakur (photo: Raymond Boyd / Getty Images). Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting, the long-running case has finally produced its first conviction. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former South Side Compton Crips leader who was the only person ever charged in the 1996 murder, was found guilty Monday (Aug. 31) of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon. The Las Vegas jury reached its verdict after less than three hours of deliberation. Davis

Olivia Rodrigo at Governors Ball in New York in June 2025 (photo: Marleen Moise / Getty Images). Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields is about to open its gates, and it’s already delivered a pretty remarkable encore. The inaugural festival has generated $10 million for its 10 nonprofit partners, with 100% of its net proceeds going toward organizations supporting women and girls. The announcement comes a day before the sold-out event takes over Great Park in Irvine, Calif. Rodrigo was

The Who's Roger Daltrey and Zak Starkey in June 2023 (photo: Carsten Koall / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images). The Who’s relationship with Zak Starkey appears to be entering yet another unlikely chapter. More than a year after the band fired, briefly reinstated and then fired its longtime drummer again, frontman Roger Daltrey says Starkey has rehearsed with the group for a possible return to the stage in Europe.Daltrey revealed the development during his Aug. 26 solo

Photo Credit: Greg Kolz There has never been a phenomenon quite like the polka dot-clad, math rock duo from Saguenay, Quebec. In case you haven’t heard: they were discovered at a Montreal conference last year and invited by Seattle public radio station KEXP to film one of their Tiny Desk-style 20-minute online concerts. Once that clip was posted last February, their combination of avant-garde costumes, alien characters, and complex, compellingly dissonant math rock triggered near-insta

The Edge, Gavin Friday, Bono and Shane MacGowan perform at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 4, 2009 (photo: Kevin Mazur / WireImage for (RED)). U2 is keeping its Shane MacGowan connection alive with a new recording of “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,” the late Pogues songwriter’s high-energy 1988 track. Released today (Aug. 28) by Rubyworks, the band’s driving, arena-sized interpretation is a standout from the previously announced, forthcoming tribute album 20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane M

(photo: Liz Hart) Daniele Luppi turns a trove of forgotten Italian film music into something new on Wilma, an album that treats vintage soundtrack fragments as raw material for a modern cinematic romance. The acclaimed Italian composer’s first volume in an experimental trilogy arrives Oct. 9 via Verve/slowplay. Lead track “To Some Degree” is one of several featuring U.K. singer/songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. Luppi says he was drawn to the artist’s “profound sen

Johnny Ramone's memorial statue at Hollywood Forever. (Credit: Susie Schwab) The final resting place of countless stars, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a showbiz shangrila, where lush lawns, marble-embellished mausoleums, tranquil ponds, and regal peacocks welcome visitors who’ve come to pay respect to their idols and loved ones. It’s also where thousands of locals and tourists come out for a bit of Hollywood history and a wide-ranging calendar of contemporary cultu

Image credit: Lucy Bullington There’s a particular shade of blue haunting the concert industry this year, and it has nothing to do with the music. Across ticketing sites, there are rows of pale blue dots where sold-out red ones used to be – a live, scrolling admission that not enough people bought in. The industry has taken to calling it “Blue Dot Fever,” and this spring it claimed some genuinely enormous names. Seats weren’t filling, and followings on the

Dolly Parton in 1970. (Credit: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns) Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series.More from Spin: Olivia Rodrigo Fest Raises $10M For Women, Girls Is Zak Starkey Returning To The Who? Angine de Poitrine at Ottawa Bluesfest Dolly Parton released her fifth solo album The Fairest of Them All in 1970, when she was 24 years old. Several of her duets with he

When Music + Art Collide “Art is how we decorate space. Music is how we decorate time.” I’ve always loved that idea. But what happens when the two collide?As a seasoned marketer and cultural anthropologist, I take it upon myself to see as many interesting ideas and experiences that intersect with music as possible.More from Spin: Olivia Rodrigo Fest Raises $10M For Women, Girls Is Zak Starkey Returning To The Who? Angine de Poitrine at Ottaw

Jim Ward. (Credit: John Carluccio) Name  Jim WardBest known for  I’m not really sure what I am best known for…depends on who knows me, I guess. I started At the Drive-In when I was 17-years-old with my friends in El Paso, TX. I am probably known for being the guitarist/backup vocalist for that band. It is how I grew up, with my friends discovering the world and making music. Now I am the guitarist/singer for Sparta, which people might know