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Ryan Castro Came Home to Medellín and Brought 47,000 People With Him

Following the past year of a grueling world tour, Ryan Castro has come home. The Colombian superstar sold out Medellín's Estadio Atanasio Girardot on April 25, with 47,000 fans waiting to dance to his unique mix of reggaeton.....(cont.)

SPIN Magazine Expands Into Canada With Localized Editorial Platform

SPIN Magazine is coming to the Great White North. For more than four decades, the music media brand has shaped American culture, but today, SPIN announces its expansion into Canada with a dedicated editorial presence focused.....(cont.)

I WAS A TEENAGE MURDERER

"That your guy?" asks my pal Easton, nodding out his store window to a muscle car that's pulled up — the driver a trim, capable, fortyish.....(cont.)

5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Mark Reznicek of Toadies

Best Known For: Being the drummer for the Toadies since 1991. I was also the drummer for Eleven Hundred Springs, the long-running North Texas country band from 2002 to 2008, while the Toadies were broken up/on.....(cont.)

MC Eiht's 'Streiht Up Menace' at 30: The Making of a West Coast Classic

Less than 48 hours after speaking to SPIN, MC Eiht learned his Compton's Most Wanted brother, DJ Mike T, had died. As one of its earliest members, Mike T had formed a tight friendship with Eiht that endured decades. Mike T is the first of the CMW clique to die, a sobering blow to Eiht.....(cont.)

New York Listening Tour

My mother always told me, "With one behind, you can't sit on the whole world," and I really took it to heart. She was memorialized this weekend in The New York Times (skip to 9:10 for my tribute to her and.....(cont.)

Laurie Anderson and Sexmob Let X=X (Live)

By this point in her career, Laurie Anderson has become a national treasure of sorts. Her work is the apex of the avant-garde made accessible, high-minded and emotionally charged without being alienating. Anderson has spent.....(cont.)

ISTA's Second Act: Surrender and Create 'In Sound to All' Is What Happened When ISTA Stopped Forcing It

Chatting with ISTA's vocalist-guitarist Rex Costello and bassist-vocalist Diona West in their home studio in New Jersey feels like being inside a Mark Rothko exhibition. The colorful acoustic panels in this space—butter yellow.....(cont.)

Kevin Lyman Still Has Plenty of Warped Ideas

For 30 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been instantly recognizable by its iconic logo: a giant yellow arrow pointing to the side, suggesting you follow.....(cont.)

Snapped: Ultra Music Festival Miami Is a Dance Music Crown Jewel and It’s Here to Stay (A Photo Essay)

Bookended by the Miami skyline and the waters of the Biscayne Bay, Ultra Music Festival Miami is a vibe unlike any other. Its seven stages are mindfully bento-boxed within Bayfront Park's topography, allowing for relatively short.....(cont.)

Every Cocteau Twins Album, Ranked

"Sugar hiccup makes the earth tough and tumble."

"Ruby suns and ruddy cups / Rows of pearly dewdrops’ drops."

"Still being cried and laughed at from behind me."

'You’re really both bone-setters / Thank you for mending me.....(cont.)

Deep Cut Friday: 'Footsteps' by Pearl Jam

Eddie Vedder didn't just make a demo tape to get his life-changing gig as Pearl Jam's lead singer. He made an entire rock opera in the style of one of his heroes, the Who's Pete Townshend.

After the 1990 death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew.....(cont.)

Ralph Steadman Made Gonzo History With Thompson. Now a Book and Museum Expo Tells His Story

When artist Ralph Steadman does an impression of his late gonzo co-conspirator Hunter S. Thompson—as he often does—the sound he.....(cont.)

Graduates, William S. Burroughs Has Some 'Words of Advice'
For You

So, you might think to yourself, why would anyone recommend taking advice from a heroin addict who once shot his wife in the head? Valid question. And those are good points. It's true that the Beat Generation icon's 1953.....(cont.)

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