Chris Brown is begging fans to help put his music back on the radio, insisting stations across America are denying him airplay. Brown has been working to rebuild his image ever since his infamous f...

  Chris Brown has written to his fans, begging them to save his music career. After he attacked his former girlfriend Rihanna last year, many radio stations are reportedly refusing to play his music. Chris has now issued a video message to fans via SayNow, saying: "I ain't never really did this but right now I need all of my fans' help. "It's crazy because a lot of radio statio...

After two years of endlessly successful independent 7 inch and tape releases, London's Male Bonding recently signed to the legendary label Sub Pop Records. Attending SXSW for the first time on Sub Pop's roster they'll be bringing their own specific brand of lo-fi party punk. Spinner fired some quick questions to drummer Robin Silas Christian. Can you describe your sound in your own ...

Embattled R&B singer Chris Brown is having a tough time. Pleading with fans in a message released Wednesday, the "Transform Ya" singer says "My si...

The musical snobbery of Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie (pictured, right) is being singled out as one of the reasons for the poor sales of the alternative Haiti charity single, 'I Put A Spell On You'. As previously reported on Spinner, Pogues singer Shane MacGowan assembled a stellar cast of alternative rockers including Nick Cave, Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde and former Sex Pis...

South America hear brand new songs by Chris Martin and co.

Because radio stations won't play his music anymore

Check out this great interview with Paul Motian over at WNYC. His latest — Lost In A Dream with Jason Moran and Chris Potter — released yesterday and sounds great from the samples I’ve heard.

Lackadaisical New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate are more suburban New Jersey than you. Sorry. If their wistfully twanging, Best New Music'd debut album didn't convince you, perhaps their new video will. The clip finds the foursome playing for a bunch of buffet-eating, big hair-sporting suburbanites at what looks like a Christmas office party. Kicker: The whole shindig takes place in a...

We will be attending the Berks Jazz Fest next week in Reading, Pennsylvania. (That is pronounced Redding for all of you non Central Pennsylvanians) We will be there through the weekend with tickets to catch Chris Botti, Earl Klugh, Wynton Marsalis, and some great artist doing a tribute to Grover Washington on Saturday. We would love to take in the whole thing but it runs for 2 weeks and we have to...