The Crying Game

For the past few years, Dashboard Confessional have been a relentless cult phenomenon, with fans who fill large arenas, bond online, and memorize painfully intimate songs as if they were smash hits. But who is the man behind Dashboard? Where did he come from? And why do kids break down in tears at his concerts? Now a new album backed by big money will try to make the cult go pop
For the past few years, Dashboard Confessional have been a relentless cult phenomenon, with fans who fill large arenas, bond online, and memorize painfully intimate songs as if they were smash hits. But who is the man behind Dashboard? Where did he come from? And why do kids break down in tears at his concerts? Now a new album backed by big money will try to make the cult go pop

Peaches: She's a Very Kinky Girl

Peaches makes dirty punk-rock dance music, but her first loves are mullets, hot pants, sex and body hair
Peaches makes dirty punk-rock dance music, but her first loves are mullets, hot pants, sex and body hair

The SPIN Record Guide: Essential Britpop

The swish and the swagger, the glamour and the gloom, the setting imperial sun glowing through your ninth pint of Harp. British rock in the '90s offered an endless supply of star-crossed fops, dance-pop cads, and ax-slinging ironists
The swish and the swagger, the glamour and the gloom, the setting imperial sun glowing through your ninth pint of Harp. British rock in the '90s offered an endless supply of star-crossed fops, dance-pop cads, and ax-slinging ironists

My Life in Music: Serj Tankian

The System of a Down frontman doesn't listen to much nü metal
The System of a Down frontman doesn't listen to much nü metal

Come Clean

Chris Cornell's superunknown secret

Chris Cornell's superunknown secret

I was only able to interview Chris Cornell for 20 minutes. This isn't much time, but I just assumed he was busy. And he was--sort of. The 38-year-old Cornell--who's been married for 12 years and is the father of a two-year-old daughter--had to get back to a place that nobody knew about.

Exposure: Uneasy Rider

Director Alexander Payne drives Jack Nicholson over the edge in About Schmidt
Director Alexander Payne drives Jack Nicholson over the edge in About Schmidt
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