New Albums from Arctic Monkeys, Jet, Matisyahu, and More
Get SPIN's take on the best and worst releases of the week!
By Spin Staff 08.25.09 10:00 AM
Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:
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Mew, 'No More Stories...' (Columbia)
Floridly pop-rockin’ Danes progress by regressing.
By Stacey Anderson 08.25.09 9:48 AM
Forward, it’s enticing -- but in reverse, it’s sublime. Not just “New Terrain,” the vocal-looping and tape-rewinding opener of Mew’s fourth album, but
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20 Worst Album Titles of 2009
SPIN's editors pick the most embarrassing, ridiculous, and confusing record names. Click here to see who made our list!
By Charles Aaron 08.19.09 8:46 AM
Weezer can be counted on for a variety of things: Undeniably catchy choruses with gnomically nonsensical lyrics, disappointing post-2001 albums that exclude superior songs you'll eventually find on B-side collections, and somewhat amusing photos of a teenaged Rivers Cuomo sporting Aquanet metal hair.
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Mew to Release New Album in August
The Danish prog-rock trio experiment with song structures on third studio album. Click here to find out how the songs sound!
By William Goodman 05.15.09 7:51 AM
Danish prog-rock band Mew will return with their third studio album August 25, and its title is just as epic as the band's arena-filling anthems. Ready? It's called:
No more stories
Are told today
I’m sorry
They washed away
No more stories
The world is grey
I’m tired
Let’s wash away
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SPIN.com's Best of the Week
Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse make us wonder if the end is near. Plus: My Chemical Romance, Joaquin Phoenix, and more!
By Spin Staff 02.07.09 7:56 AM
Is it just us, or is the whole world going crazy? Thriller is headed to Broadway. Reformed drug addict Amy Winehouse is planning to record her new album in smoke-friendly Jamaica. And Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the world's best live band, used recorded tracks during their Super Bowl performance. Yup, the end is definitely near.
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Exclusive Album Preview: Mew
Singer Jonas Bjerre tells all about his band's just-finished new album, due out in June. Get the details!
By Peter Gaston 02.05.09 7:13 AM
Experimental Danish alt-rockers Mew, who broke through two winters ago with the U.S. release of their album And the Glass Handed Kites, have wrapped sessions on their fourth studio album. Recorded primarily in Brooklyn last summer and mixed in New York City, the as yet untitled album is on target for a June 2009 release.
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