With a chart-topping record and a supporting tour underway -- including a triumphant gig in New York -- Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard is certainly one busy man.

"What a dump this place is," quipped Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, perched atop the magnificent stage at New York's Radio City Music Hall last night. Then, unsure if people caught his sarcasm, he added, "No, really, this is an honor."

Every fall, Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert goes down in Mountain View, CA, featuring an illustrious lineup of performers.

The financial sector may be in meltdown, but here at SPIN.com we've witnessed the music business in full swing, including long-awaited reunions and triumphant comebacks, as well as a certain hip-hop visionary in the throes of writer's block. Check out this week's highlights below:

If you couldn't catch Seattle's Death Cab for Cutie parade their chart-topping new record, the SPIN-praised Narrow Stairs, across the country this summer don't fret -- SPIN.com has you covered.

After 25 years, it's finally happened: There's essentially no relation between actual music videos and MTV's annual VMA extravaganza.

Who's even seen the video for 2008 Best New Artist winner and German emo-glam quartet Tokio Hotel? Wait… who? Exactly.