Out of Their Tree

After a conflict nearly tore them apart, Red Hot Chili Peppers return with an insanely ambitious double album. Here’s how they managed to turn over a new leaf.

Love Is All, 'Nine Times That Same Song' (What's Your Rupture)

31 minutes of pissy Swede-punk bliss.

Morrissey, 'Ringleader of the Tormentors' (Attack/Sanctuary)

Moz goes out for Italian.

Guns N' Roses, 'Chinese Democracy' (Interscope)

The endless wait is over.

[Editor's note, Nov. 17, 2008: This review appeared in our April 2006 issue as an April Fools joke. Now, 'Chinese Democracy,' Guns N' Roses' decade-in-the-making opus, is finally here. Seriously. And SPIN.com's on top of it.

The Flaming Lips, 'At War With the Mystics' (Warner Bros.)

Wayne Coyne -- bad-trip survivor, self-help guru.
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