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  Jet Break Up: Ding Dong, 2003 Is Dead!

  March 26, 2012 – Either curse whatever devils have something against freaky teen-wolf-meets-Chewbacca videos or praise whatever gods guard against the tarnishing of the Beatles' and Iggy Pop's legacies: Australian quartet Jet have announced that, after a decade together, they will break up. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the band's management company made the announcement today that the foursome would split "to pursue separate creative endeavors. …
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  New Albums from Arctic Monkeys, Jet, Matisyahu, and More

  August 25, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Arctic Monkeys, HumbugGrown-up and roughed up Arctic Monkeys struggle to find their inner mannishness.Read Review >> Matisyahu, LightSpiffed-up beats test the mishpucha's patience. Read Review >> Felix Da Housecat, He Was KingClub legend bites historic styles to sharpen shtick. …
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• Jet, 'Shaka Rock' (Real Horrorshow/Five Seven)

  August 24, 2009 – Jet's third album, just like their second, is stuffed with swaggering, anthemic rock that you'll swear someone else already wrote, which rarely compromises its appeal. "She's a Genius" rejiggers the riff from "My Sharona" into a snarling rock blast; "Goodbye Hollywood" is the best cliché-smitten Stones rip-off you'll hear this year; and the stuttering, infectious "Let Me Out" imagines the Replacements with their shit together. …
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  Watch: Mile High Fest Artist Interviews

  July 20, 2009 – Those of us not fortunate enough to be out in Colorado for the Mile High Festival this past weekend watching Tool's first performance in eighteen months or Gogol Bordello's crowd-surfing gypsy-punk can catch up on the excitement with SPIN's artist interviews, filmed live at the Budweiser Lager Sessions area. Whether it's 3OH!3 dishing about Lil' Jon's condom collection or Galactic describing "gay-bounce" music, check out our video inte …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 26, 2009 – In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip blogger Perez Hilton. …
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  Blink-182, Weezer, Franz Ferdinand Play Free Festival!

  June 24, 2009 – Good news for penny pinchers: this year's installment of the Virgin Mobile Festival is completely free -- and the lineup kicks ass! Blink-182, Weezer, and Franz Ferdinand are scheduled to headline the event, which has been nicknamed the "Virgin FreeFest." The show will go down August 30 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, just outside the Baltimore and Washington, DC, areas. …
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  Watch: Jet's Dizzying 'Teen Wolf' Video

  June 24, 2009 – Hey, remember Jet? Those four shambolic Aussies whose ubiquitous, Iggy Pop-aping first single, 2003's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," appeared in TV shows, video games, movies, and commercials for iPod and Budweiser? …
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