September 1987
In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we present the first of a series of columns examining the past two decades as depicted in Spin.
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 08.29.05 3:00 AM
There are three ways to remember the not-so-distant past. The first is to remember how things actually were, which almost no one does. The second is to remember things the way we assume they must have been, which basically equates to making up plausible stories that (a) don't directly involve us and (b) are potentially true.
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Building a Broken Heart
Flush with love, money, and a new major-label album, Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard is no longer the saddest guy in indie rock. And now that his OC-approved cult band is rubbing shoulders with famous guys named Bruce, will their fans still recognize them? EXCLUSIVE! Go behind the scenes on Death Cab's Spin cover shoot!
By Brian Raftery; Spin Staff 08.22.05 3:00 AM
Cover photograph by Michael Lavine
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The New Pornographers, 'Twin Cinema' (Matador)
Can music be a conversation? The New Pornographers discuss.
By Douglas Wolk 08.18.05 3:00 AM
Brian Eno once surmised that most pop songs don't have backing vocals, but most hit songs do. People don't want to hear soliloquies -- they want to hear a conversation, or imagine themselves as part of one. (When you're playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the car, do you sing along with Freddie Mercury?
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Transplants, 'Haunted Cities' (La Salle/Atlantic)
Rap-rock supergroup: not so wicked gangsta.
By Charles Aaron 08.16.05 3:00 AM
While Transplants' self-titled debut caught the trio at that moment when the third-beer buzz kicks in, resulting in some boozy jollity and spirited yo-bro party chants, the new record seems to have picked up several pints and bong hits later, when shit starts to get grisly.
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Sons and Daughters, 'The Repulsion Box' (Domino)
Scottish murder ballads in the key of "Aieeeee!"
By Caryn Ganz 08.11.05 3:00 AM
Sons and Daughters didn't just title their first single "Johnny Cash" -- they somehow channeled Cash's dusty-trailed country folk, despite needing a time machine to examine the world he chronicled.
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Dead Ringers
Two controversial new movies try to replicate the spirit of rock'n'roll, but at heart, they're just fakes.
By Dave Itzkoff 08.09.05 3:00 AM
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