Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Covers Radiohead
January 8, 2009 Now here's a supergroup we would love to see perform regularly. …
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January 8, 2009 Now here's a supergroup we would love to see perform regularly. …
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January 5, 2009 Jay-Z is no stranger to involuntary collaborations with the rock'n'roll elite; remix wizards across the web have mashed his tunes with those of bands from Oasis to Pavement and beyond. …
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December 4, 2008 Last night, in the first-ever TV concert to celebrate the unveiling of the Grammy nominees, Lil Wayne, who's already poised to walk with 2008's best selling album, led the pack with eight nods, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for his blockbuster Tha Carter III.
Brit rockers and former SPIN cover boys Coldplay followed close behind with seven noms (including Album of the Year for Viva La Vida), while Kanye West and Jay-Z …
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November 24, 2008 Today, 17 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, I've found myself wondering: Where have all the great rock singers gone?
On Rolling Stone's list of the greatest vocalists of the rock era, the Queen frontman comes in at No. 18. I'd argue him up a few notches, but that's me. What's much more interesting about the list is that, out of one hundred entries, only five are still arguably in their recording heyday. …
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November 17, 2008 Sheesh, and we thought Fat Boy Slim mastermind Norman Cook had a few friends!
Crowded House singer/vocalist Neil Finn has announced some pals set to join him in the studio for the follow-up to 2001's 7 Worlds Collide: Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, bassist John Stirrat, drummer Glenn Kotche, and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone will join the sessions, as will returning Collide contributors like Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway, ex- …
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November 8, 2008 No doubt about it, this week belonged to newly-minted President-Elect Barack Obama. But that doesn't mean the music world lay dormant: Fall Out Boy, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Decemberists all kicked off their respective U.S. tours, while the Killers treated fans to new tracks in London. …
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November 7, 2008 Considering his not-so-nice comments in SPIN's October issue, it's safe to assume that Oasis' Noel Gallagher isn't exactly Radiohead's biggest fan. …
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November 6, 2008 Pleased by the hopeful political promise of Barack Obama's Presidential victory, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has offered a new remix of "Harrowdown Hill" -- a song off his 2006 solo record The Eraser -- via the band's official website. …
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October 23, 2008 So I might have read Twilight.
Okay, I couldn't put it down and I'm not exactly sure why because the writing is atrocious. …
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October 18, 2008 This week we launched an all-new daily feature on SPIN.com -- an opinionated (and humorous) editors' blog. And SPIN editors certainly had a lot on their minds: Against Me!'s live performance, Feist's influence on childrens' musical tastes, Oasis' staying power, MGMT's seriousness (of lack thereof), and more -- but thankfully, Joe the Plumber isn't included. …
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