Week in Review

SPIN.com's Best of the Week, December 1-7

From tour openers to strange drug habits, Britain dominated the news this week. Plus: Metallica, Tom Gabel, Rivers Cuomo, and more!
Lily Allen / Oasis / Coldplay / Snow Patrol
Lily Allen / Oasis / Coldplay / Snow Patrol

As we here at SPIN.com sit back and look at the past week, we can't help but wonder: Is the U.K. planning a musical takeover? Oasis and Snow Patrol both kicked off massive North American tours; Lily Allen premiered a brand new single and video; Coldplay was slapped with a new lawsuit; and Robbie Williams revealed his, uh, weird drug habits. It appears the invasion has already begun.

Below, check out the week's top stories, MP3s, videos, reviews, and more!

TOP STORIES:



The Gallagher Bros. impress Oakland with new tunes, obscure B-sides, and classics. Click here for photos and a review! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Snow Patrol Open U.S. Tour Read >>
  • Coldplay Sued For Plagiarism Read >>
  • Lily Allen Wants to be Rich! Read >>
  • Robbie Williams Reveals Drug Habits Read >>

 

EDITORS' BLOGS:




SPIN's Ellen Carpenter on the flamboyant frontman's use of feathers, glitter, mascara, and more! Read >>

PLUS:
  • 10 Thoughts About the Grammys Read >>
  • Welcome to Stardom, K-Stew! Read >>
  • When Did Kanye's Music Stop Being Fun? Read >>
  • Top 5 San Francisco Bands Read >>
  • Album Review: Kanye West's '808s and Heartbreak' Read >>

 

AUDIO/VIDEO:




Watch the Weezer frontman talk to SPIN.com's Ben Lashes and jam with 100 fans on classic songs. Read >>

PLUS:
  • Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Plays Acoustic Read >>
  • All-American Rejects in the Studio Read >>
  • Brody Dalle's Spinnerette Read >>
  • Exclusive Stream: Mark Ronson & Mary J. Blige Remix Maroon 5 Read >>
  • Listen: The Killers and Elton John's New Song Read >>
MP3's:
  • Grampall Jookabox, "The One Thing" [MP3]
  • Grampall Jookabox, "The Girl Ain't Preggers" [MP3]
  • Howlies, "Chimera" [MP3]
  • Anathallo, "The River" [MP3]

 

NEWS:



The hard rock heavyweights plot a course to yet-to-be-formed nations, polar ice caps, and galaxies far away! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Hayley Williams Talks New Paramore Album Read >>
  • 'Twilight' Actress Kristen Stewart to Play Joan Jett Read >>
  • Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Kanye Lead Grammy Noms Read >>
  • Fall Out Boy's Extravaganza Hits Chicago Read >>

 

REVIEWS:




When he was so cool that burning out was for losers. Read >>

PLUS:
  • Cat Power, Dark End of the Street (Matador) Read >>
  • Common, Universal Mind Control (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen) Read >>
  • Justice, A Cross the Universe (Atlantic) Read >>
  • Mark Kozelek, The Finally LP (Atlantic) Read >>
  • EPMD, We Mean Business (Ep Records) Read >>

 

Comments

Sinibaldi

Season of love.

Over a dreamland
there's the sound
of a delicate
sadness, and over
the way there's
a light that
invites you to
discover the sun.

Francesco Sinibaldi

monicaw

Thanks Francesco,

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