Mariah Carey's Eminem Costume, Mark McGrath's Advice for Obama
Plus: Jens Lekman's Swine Flu, Amy Winehouse in Legos, Lil Wayne's psychotic fan, and more!
By Spin Staff 07.02.09 8:45 AM
Here's some of the strangest music news the Internet had to offer this week:
Is that Eminem… or Mariah Carey? Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? [Entertainment Weekly]
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New Albums from Wilco, Moby, and More
Get SPIN's take on the best and worst releases of the week!
By Spin Staff 06.30.09 8:49 AM
Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:
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Bonnaroo Day 3: The Best & the Worst
NIN are scary! Wilco help stoners! Jenny Lewis joins Elvis Costello! SPIN editors recap all the Tennessee mayhem.
By Spin Staff 06.14.09 11:07 AM
THE BEST
Best Audience Love: Jenny Lewis
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What Jay Bennett's Death Made Me Realize About Wilco
SPIN's Ellen Carpenter on the sad passing of the inventive musician -- and why she loves the new Wilco record anyway.
By Ellen Carpenter 05.29.09 7:48 AM
A few Sundays ago I hosted a Wilco listening session in my apartment.
The only guest was my husband, a casual listener more conversant in Jeff Tweedy's migraines and squabbles with sidemen than the band's actual musical catalogue. As a longtime Wilco fan -- who first heard A.M. on a dorm boombox freshman year at college in Chicago -- I took it upon myself to school him.
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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!
By Spin Staff 05.29.09 6:01 AM
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:
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Listen to Wilco's New Album!
The Chicago band is streaming its June 30 release right now! Click here for details.
By William Goodman 05.13.09 3:15 PM
Wilco's new album, the cunningly-titled Wilco (The Album), has been in constant rotation here at SPIN HQ. We love it. And now, in advance of its official June 30 release, you can hear it, too -- the Chicago band just posted a stream of the entire 11-track record to their website!
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