The 40 Best Albums of 2005
Confetti. As Rip Taylor once snorted, "Why freakin' not?"
By Spin Staff 12.31.05 4:00 AM
After all, we're celebrating the fact that music (like that of the Killers) once again made a turbulent year bearable. (Besides, Kanye West will throw a fit if we don't host a respectful fete.) West, along with genre expanders like M.I.A., helped make hip-hop fresh. Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand kept rock thoughtful and fun. R.
Band of the Year: The Killers
What's all the Hot Fuss about? Leaving Las Vegas to take over the world, the new masters of dance rock land in New York for a heroes' welcome.
By Marc Spitz 12.23.05 4:00 AM
January 1995
Ethically pure grunge and cokehead Britpop prove that history is bunk half the time
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 12.23.05 4:00 AM
Whenever historians examine the past, they tend to put forth one of two points: They either want to show how things today are totally different, or they want to argue that things are pretty much the same.
Grizzly Bear, 'Horn of Plenty + The Remixes' (Kanine)
By Douglas Wolk 12.13.05 4:00 AM
Diplo, 'FabricLive 24' (Fabric) Mylo, 'Destroy Rock and Roll' (Breastfed)
Superstar DJs, here we go....
By Will Hermes 12.07.05 4:00 AM
In the postboom electronica scene, there are two sorts of DJs: the purists who preach to the converted in a bleep-world bubble (German passports are often a tip-off); and the kind of people who, artistically speaking, want hos in every area code -- happy to wallow through all sorts of flotsam to find the groove, used or new, that'll blow the largest number of minds.
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Remy Ma, 'There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story' (SRC/Universal)
Scrappy rapper says she's a lady -- and has the balls to prove it.
By Julianne Shepherd 12.06.05 4:00 AM
