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March 2008

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Vampire Weekend: The Graduates

Thanks to the new speed of buzz, Vampire Weekend have gone from the Ivy league to the big leagues in record time. And everyone's impressed, it seems, but Vampire Weekend.

Paramore Is a Band

She's the flame-haired frontwoman for rock's most successful new act. But Hayley Williams just wants to be one of the guys.

The Spin Interview: Stephen Malkmus

Over the course of two decades, Stephen Malkmus has traded Pavement's inscrutable, self-reflexive wordplay for marathon prog-guitar solos. "I'm just not that much into words lately," he says. Yet he speaks to us anyway.

Chicago, Ill!

Crash a raucous house party with the brightest stars of the Windy City's underground hip-hop scene.

Bumbershoot '07: Welcome to Seattle

Welcome to Seattle from atop the Space Needle, towering above the grounds for Bumbershoot 2007.

The Hives, 'A Little Out of Context'

While on tour with Maroon 5, the Hives take a few minutes to chat with SPIN.com in NYC on Nov. 11, 2007.

SXSW '08: Los Campesinos! Interview

Los Campesinos! stopped by the SPIN and MySpace San Jacinto Saloon for a chat with William Goodman during South by Southwest 2008.

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