Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl Goes Solo in NYC
The Southern siren unveils new material with her first-ever solo performance. Click here for photos and a review!
By Abigail Everdell 01.20.09 1:32 PM
"Back from the dead, motherfuckers!" declared Jemina Pearl, former frontwoman of Nashville, TN, punk band Be Your Own Pet, who premiered seven songs during her first-ever solo performance Saturday at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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The Ringleaders: The King Khan & BBQ Show
BIG IN '09: VIDEO! Watch the frenetic, flamboyant garage rockers give weird new meaning to the idea of crowd participation.
By Abigail Everdell 01.17.09 4:15 PM
Arish "King" Khan, 32, describes his current stagewear as "a mix between Cleopatra and Rick James." Just picture a long-limbed, beer-bellied, pencil-mustached Indian Canadian in sequin-belted hot pants, layers of chains, a pouffed black pageboy wig with a gold headband, foam genie shoes, and a gold lamé veil, duck-walking his guitar across the stage.
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Various Artists, '1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground' (Sublime Frequencies)
Wildly entrancing Arabic pop finally gets a legit release.
By Abigail Everdell 12.18.08 5:52 PM
Algeria's oppressive late-'60s and early-'70s social atmosphere forced rai --the country's edgy new pop music -- underground; its bands performed, but couldn't release records until the decade's close.
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The 20 Best Music Videos of 2008
From headbanging ballet dancers to a beach bonfire acid trip, watch the year's must-see clips.
By Abigail Everdell 12.15.08 8:13 AM
Top 5 San Francisco Bands
The Bay Area is hometown to lots of worthy up-and-coming musicians. SPIN's Abigail Everdell picks her must-hear faves.
By Abigail Everdell 12.03.08 7:11 AM
I spent five days over Thanksgiving happily soaking up the clear air and giant burritos of my hometown, San Francisco. The Bay Area is full of amazing bands who can only occasionally come up with the resources to tour the rest of the country. So I decided to bring them to you via SPIN.com. Below are the top five groups that make me wish I had never left home.
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Where Have All the Great Rock Singers Gone?
On the anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death, SPIN's Abigail Everdell considers the current woeful state of music's frontmen.
By Abigail Everdell 11.24.08 11:40 AM
Today, 17 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, I've found myself wondering: Where have all the great rock singers gone?
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