SPIN's Week in Review, August 18-22
What we learned this week: Following Radiohead on tour is a full-time job. Heavy Heavy Low Low are worth a listen. And more.
By Spin Staff 08.22.08 5:40 PM
It was a busy week in SPIN.com-land, as we deployed our fearless rock'n'roll vagabond Zack on the road with Radiohead; hosted a stream of the entire new LP from Heavy Heavy Low Low; and debuted tracks from the Verve, Mercury Rev, and School of Seven Bells, among others. Check out this week's booty below:
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Members of the Format, Steel Train, Anathallo Unite as Fun
Ex-Format leader Nate Ruess spills the beans about his new indie rock project, Fun, an ambitious new collaboration with Steel Train vocalist/guitarist Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost of Anathallo.
By Matt Kiser 08.20.08 1:02 PM
After seven months of silence following the demise of the Format, former frontman Nate Ruess returns with Fun, his pastoral and rollicking proclamation that alongside Steel Train's Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost of Anathallo, he can once again have, ahem, fun as a musician -- proven here with
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From the Eastsport Cafe at Lollapalooza '08: Steel Train
VIDEO! Jack Antonoff and Evan Winiker of Steel Train speak with SPIN.com's Peter Gaston about Conan O'Brien and their friends and family.
By Joe Coscarelli 08.08.08 5:30 PM
The festivities at this year's Lollapalooza raged on for three days and nights last weekend (Aug. 1-3) at Chicago, IL's Grant Park, but sheltered from the raging sun, SPIN.com set up camp in the breezy Eastsport Cafe to catch up with some of the fest's hottest acts.
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