SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From NIN to Phish, we recap all Bonnaroo craziness. Plus: Eminem, Modest Mouse, Animal Collective, Lil' Wayne, and more!
Trent Reznor / PHOTO BY Ian Witlen

We've showered up, washed the mud out of our shoes, and properly detoxed -- yep, this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival is a wrap. We saw great sets from MGMT, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, NIN, Phoenix, and many others. Wax nostalgic with us and check out our Bonnaroo 2009 recap, plus the week's top news, audio/video, and reviews, below.

Listen: New Modest Mouse Song

Frontman Isaac Brock sings about a nightmarish court case in countrified banjo ditty "Autumn Beds." Plus: New tour dates!
Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse's new song, "Autumn Beds," sounds upbeat with its catchy, sing-along chorus, foot-stomping beat, and jangly banjo. But beneath the surface frontman Isaac Brock is painting a dark picture -- one of threatening legal action, a sinister DA, and the protagonist being found "guilty so many times." We're not sure we get it, but we like the tune.

Video Battle: Killers vs. Modest Mouse

Two new music videos. One's creepy, the other's gorgeous. Which is better? Watch here and decide!
The Killers' Brandon Flowers

Modest Mouse and the Killers both have new music videos -- and they both unfold in a forest. Whoda thunk it: Isaac Brock and Brandon Flowers actually have something in common… and that might be the only thing. Ever.

Shins Frontman Talks New Lineup, Album

James Mercer explains why he used Modest Mouse and Fruit Bats members to record his new album.
The Shins

Two longtime members of the Shins were notably missing from the band's recent Washington State tour-opener. Bassist/keyboardist Marty Crandall was replaced by Ron Lewis (Fruit Bats, Grand Archives) and drummer Jesse Sandoval by Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Springsteen to Lily Allen and Morrissey, it was a week full of big shows. Plus: Kurt Cobain, Green Day, the Ramones, and more!
Bruce Springsteen / Lily Allen / Morrissey

It was a big week for concerts: Bruce Springsteen and Lily Allen both knocked 'em dead at their U.S. tour openers, Chris Cornell rocked Soundgarden classics on his solo tour, and Morrissey wowed the crowd at New York City's Carnegie Hall.

All these stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, editors' blogs, audio/video, and reviews below:

Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry Top Bumbershoot Bill

Click here to find out who else is confirmed for the annual Seattle Festival.
Modest Mouse

The initial lineup for the 39th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival has been announced, along with the promise that there's "much more to come."

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