Reigning Sound, 'Love and Curses' (In the Red)
A rocker's manual of maturity, sideburns intact.
By Charles Aaron 10.21.09 1:19 PM
Garage-punk mensch Greg Cartwright has been refining the Reigning Sound's frayed, soulful bleat since the band's 2001 debut (after his rowdier crew, the Oblivians, screeched their last). And here he's at his most tenderly heartworn yet.
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5 Reasons Against a Ramones Biopic
SPIN's Charles Aaron responds to news that a feature film about the influential New York punks is in the works.
By Charles Aaron 10.01.09 5:32 PM
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Jay-Z's 'Blueprint 3': A Track by Track Review
SPIN's Charles Aaron examines all 14 cuts on the leaked album and asks, "But will it rock a Labor Day barbeque?"
By Charles Aaron 09.04.09 10:28 AM
Once again, the enormous and increasingly joyless shadow of Jay-Hova has been cast over the vast, still-Auto-Tuned expanse of hip-hop.
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Slaughterhouse, 'Slaughterhouse' (E1)
Serving lyrical revenge hot, cold, and otherwise.
By Charles Aaron 09.01.09 2:00 PM
Even if the industry wasn’t totally FUBARed, this feistily gifted MC foursome -- Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9”, and Crooked I -- would be a hard sell. Each comes with a mixed bag of previous releases and a history of nagging fallouts and feuds.
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First Listen: Drake's All-Star Collabo with Eminem, Kanye, Lil Wayne
STREAM NOW: Charles Aaron breaks down the hot new track off new, LeBron James-inspired compilation.
By Charles Aaron 08.28.09 10:04 AM
Hyped by some Kool-Aid-gulping outlets as "one of the greatest collaborations in hip-hop history," the four-MC weave of Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem on a remixed version of the track "Forever," available Aug.
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Nine Inch Nails: What Does 'Goodbye' Mean?
SPIN's Charles Aaron attends the band's first "final" show and ponders its past, present, and future.
By Charles Aaron 08.25.09 7:48 AM
Being confined in a small dark room snout-to-snout with Trent Reznor and his music for two-and-a-half hours -- which was the case at Nine Inch Nails' "goodbye tour" show Saturday at New York City's tiny Bowery Ballroom -- is a rather startling experience for everyone involved.
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