A Wild Weekend at Portland's Music Fest NW
Check out photos and reviews of sets from heavyweights like Built to Spill and Les Savy Fav, plus many up-and-comers from the around-the-clock festival.
By Travis Greenwood 09.08.08 2:07 PM
Friday:
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SPIN's Week in Review, July 7-11
What we learned this week: The Smashing Pumpkins are turning 20. Beck may carry a little Guilt, but he's as good as ever. And much more.
By Spin Staff 07.11.08 6:29 PM
After the smoke cleared and the hangovers faded from the weekend's big bombs and bashes, the party raged on as the Smashing Pumpkins unveiled plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary, the fruits of Beck and Danger Mouse's partnership arrived, and Albert Hammond Jr. went to bat. Let's recap:
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Available Today: July 8, 2008
Get our take on new albums from Beck, Albert Hammond Jr., Ratatat, and more out today!
By Spin Staff 07.08.08 4:19 PM
Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:
Beck, Modern Guilt: Pop's two cleverest auteurs decide to carpool.
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Ratatat Add Dates to Summer Tour
Brooklyn's eclectic electronica duo return with more U.S. dates behind LP3, which drops stateside today (July 8).
By William Goodman 07.08.08 11:22 AM
Who? Guitarist Mike Stroud and multi-instrumentalist Evan Mast, who, together as Brooklyn's Ratatat, dig deep into the studio and spool a blip and blop fusion of electro-rock-and-pop, which at times, even ventures into hip-hop and reggae territory.
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New Ratatat MP3: "Shiller"
Electro instrumentalists go for the dark -- and the different -- on this track off their aptly titled forthcoming record, LP3.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 05.28.08 2:44 PM
Ratatat have never favored the complicated; their first two records (2004's self-titled debut and its follow up, 2006's Classics) relied heavily on their tried and true formula of gliding guitar hooks and low-rent beats. Thus, it's not hard to be surprised by this cut from their soon-to-be released third effort, LP3, which represents a noticeable departure in sound.
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