Bonnaroo Day 1: The Best & the Worst

Passion Pit! Not Ryan Adams! Naked hippies having sex! SPIN editors recap all the mayhem at the Tennessee fest.
Passion Pit / Photo by Ian Witlen

THE BEST

Best Caffeine Substitute at Midnight: Passion Pit

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Beastie Boys and Chris Brown speak out, while former Wilco member Jay Bennett dies unexpectedly. PLUS: Eminem, Manson, and more!

This week Eminem scored the year's best-selling album, the Beastie Boys visited Jimmy Fallon, Chris Brown broke his silence, and former Wilco member Jay Bennett passed away unexpectedly. All these stories, plus the week's best editor's blogs, photo galleries, audio/video, news, and reviews, below:

Watch White Rabbits Perform at the SPIN Office

We're big fans of the New York indie-rockers, who stopped by to play us a pair of new tunes. Click here to watch!
White Rabbits / Photo by Eric Nowels

Brooklyn, NY, rockers White Rabbits' recently-released sophomore effort is titled It's Frightening -- but there was nothing scary about the band's recent mini-concert at SPIN's downtown Manhattan offices.

New Albums from Eminem, Green Day, and 8 More

Get SPIN's take on the best and worst releases of the week!
Eminem

Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:

Public Enemy and More Acts Added to Bonnaroo Lineup

PLUS: The festival's comedy lineup is unveiled -- click here for more!
Public Enemy

More performers have been added to the lineup for this June's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Hip-hop vanguards Public Enemy and West African duo Amadou & Mariam have joined the roster, along with indie rock up-and-comers White Rabbits and Passion Pit, underground rapper Murs, and roots-rocker Ani DiFranco.

White Rabbits Unveil New Songs at NYC Gig

The boys from Brooklyn previewed 10 tunes Wednesday night. Read more about their moody, refined new sound.
White Rabbits' Levinson, Even, and Patterson / Photo by Matt Kiser

"The Plot," a buoyant rave-up laced with a shout-along chorus of whoa-oh-ohs, was the high water mark of White Rabbits' impressive 2007 debut record, Fort Nightly, a dancefloor-ready romp that turned explosive at the band's rowdy live gigs.

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