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Sparta Rocks With J. Robbins, Frank Iero On New LP

(photo: John Carluccio). Sparta has never been a band content to linger in the past, even when that past looms large. More than two decades removed from the post–At the Drive-In explosion, the group has set a May 29 release for its sixth album, Cut a Silhouette, out May 29 via Equal Vision Records and Dine Alone Records.When SPIN last caught up with frontman Jim Ward in 2021, he spoke […]

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The Temper Trap ‘Gaze’ Again On New Album

(photo: Alberto Zimmerman) For a band whose songs once felt inescapable to those coming of age in the early 2010s, vanishing for nearly a decade is a risky move. For Australia’s the Temper Trap, it seems to have been a necessary one. The group has announced its first LP in 10 years, Sungazer, which will be out July 10 in Mushroom Music.Its soaring, deeply personal title track is out now, […]

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Maggie Rogers Salutes Colbert, Launches Foundation

Maggie Rogers at the March 28, 2026, No Kings protest in Minneapolis (photo: Astrida Valigorsky / Getty Images). Ten years ago, a grainy classroom video turned Maggie Rogers into an overnight phenomenon. Now, she’s using that same origin story as a blueprint for what comes next. To mark a decade since the viral moment that launched her career — when Pharrell Williams famously heard “Alaska” for the first time — […]

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Ex-Turnstile Member Brady Ebert Arrested For Attempted Murder

Brady Ebert performing with Turnstile in 2021 (photo: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images). Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert has been arrested for hitting lead singer Brendan Yates’ father with a car, resulting in severe injuries to both of his legs. The 33-year-old musician, who left Turnstile in 2022, was taken in custody yesterday (April 1) on attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault; a bail hearing is scheduled for later today.According […]

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Olivia Rodrigo Details Third Album

Olivia Rodrigo at Governors Ball in New York in June 2025 (photo: Marleen Moise / Getty Images). Olivia Rodrigo will be back in time for summer. The 23-year-old pop phenom’s third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, will be released June 12 through Geffen, although no new music is out yet. It was recorded with longtime producing and songwriting collaborator Daniel Nigro.“I am so proud […]

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No Foolin’: U2 Surprise Releases Another New EP

U2 (photo: Anton Corbijn). If last month’s surprise EP felt like U2 reacting to the outside world, their latest drop turns sharply inward. Released today (April 3) on Good Friday, Easter Lily is the band’s second unannounced EP in as many weeks, following Days of Ash, which arrived on Ash Wednesday. But where that earlier collection channeled global unrest, Easter Lily a six-song meditation on friendship, grief, faith and the […]

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