SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Green Day's secret show, Jack White's new band, Phil Spector convicted of murder, Rihanna's comeback, and more!
Billy Joe and Alison Mosshart

This week Green Day gave lucky fans a sneak peek of their summer tour, Jack White's new band, the Dead Weather, debuted live, Rihanna planned her comeback, and Phil Spector was convicted of murder. See all these stories, plus the week's top photo galleries, editor's blogs, audio/video, news, and reviews, below:

Hot New Band: Love Language Party Hard

PREMIERE: These North Carolina indie-poppers rock a booze-fueled houseparty in their new video for "Sparxxx." Watch here!

With a killer self-titled debut album and a seal of approval from SPIN, up-and-coming indie-pop band the Love Language has earned the right to make like Wayne's World and "Party on!"

Hot New Band: The Love Language

Heartbroken North Carolina boy fashions lo-fi indie-pop stunner at Mom and Dad's.
Photograph by Nathan Pazsint

The Love Language's Stuart McLamb insists he doesn't seek chaos for art's sake -- it just seems to find him. "It's funny how that works," he says over cigarettes and coffee at a java joint in his band's hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. "I'll have these periods where just nothing is in my head. Then it's like a phoenix, coming out under stress.

Syndicate content