'New Moon' Stars Kick Off Mall Tour

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Death Cab, Anya Marina, and more host a true Hollywood event!
Robert Pattinson and Anya Marina / Photos by Andrew Herrold

The scene was electric outside of Los Angeles' Hollywood & Highland open-air mall on Friday evening. A huge line snaked out into the streets, and much of the crowd looked strikingly similar: gaggles of teenage girls (plus guys, moms, dads, and little ones) in black T-shirts emblazoned with five key words: The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Chris Brown to blink-182, this week's stories got people talking. Plus: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, No Doubt, U2, and more!
L to R: Chris Brown, Jack White, Kanye West, and Mark Hoppus

This week's top stories had everyone talking: Kanye West mouthed off about Thom Yorke, the White Stripes disappointed on Conan's last night at Late Night, Chris Brown and Rihanna continued to cause controversy, and SPIN's Ellen Carpenter had some eyebrow-raising ideas about how to spend the $787 billion economic stimulus -- and blink-182's Mark Hoppus had something to say about it on his

Exclusive Video: Hot New Singer Anya Marina Performs!

SPIN tapped the Californian songstress as one to watch. Now, check out her performance of a song she contributed to Grey's Anatomy!
Anya Marina

Singer/songwriter, radio DJ, and SPIN Breaking Out alum Anya Marina just dropped her sophomore album, Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II. You may have heard its first single, "Move You," on an episode of Grey's Anatomy -- but below you can watch Marina perform the song exclusively for SPIN.com!

Discover Anya Marina's Lauper-Like Warble

With help from Spoon and Louis XIV, a former radio DJ finds her inner rock chick.
Photographed for SPIN by Darren Ankenman

Before she moved to Los Angeles to concentrate on her career as a musician, Anya Marina spent her days spinning other people's records -- lots of 'em -- at a series of San Diego radio stations. So it's probably safe to assume that she knows what she's talking about when she says she hates singer-songwriter music.

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