Most people think of watching television as a way to relax, but in the streaming era—with multiple distinct services filled with dozens or hundreds of shows and movies each—the simple act of choosing what to watch might induce anxiety instead. With that in mind, we're introducing What We're Watching, a new column in which Spin staffers will champion the best thing they've seen on any streaming...

Despite his goofball persona, it’s clear there have always been depths to Mac DeMarco. Over the course of a decade, he’s refined a quietly innovative take on indie rock with an ear toward mellow introspection. On his early highlights, like “Ode to Viceroy” and “Freaking Out the Neighborhood,” DeMarco established his laid-back, wisecracking persona with a grounding in incisive songcraft;...

Back in 2013, SPIN published an exhaustive history of the relationship between rap and country music. It was the time of "Accidental Racist," when a country star (Brad Paisley) and old rapper (LL Cool J) coming together to talk about the state of prejudice in the American south was momentarily the hottest topic in pop culture—either because you found it productive, ridiculous, offensive, or some...