SPIN.com's Best of the Week
STP debut new album, Kanye drops a haunting video, and Steve Tyler reunites with Aerosmith. Plus: Hold Steady, Broken Bells, and more.
By Spin Staff 02.28.10 12:06 PM
This week, Stone Temple Pilots debuted their new album, Aerosmith reunited for a summer tour, and Kanye dropped a haunting new video. Meanwhile, Thom Yorke's supergroup will hit the road, and Vampire Weekend's guitarist spoke out about his homosexuality and music.
These stories, plus the week's top news, audio/video, and live reviews, below.
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The Best of Virgin Mobile Freefest
SPIN editors review the Maryland shindig, from Blink-182 and Weezer to Franz Ferdinand and Taking Back Sunday!
By WILLIAM GOODMAN & PETER GASTON 08.31.09 10:30 AM
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Stars Sing to Save Children's Lives
SPIN's Abigail Everdell on War Child's Heroes, a collection of classic songs covered by today's top artists.
By Abigail Everdell 02.19.09 5:58 PM
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Beck, Lily Allen, TV on the Radio Cover Rock Legends
See who Bob Dylan, U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder picked to rerecord their famous songs
By Larry Fitzmaurice 01.12.09 3:57 PM
File this one under "awesome idea combined with a great cause." The War Child International charity, which provides aid to children in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, recently asked 16 legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, to choose a song from their catalogue and a contempo
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Vampire Weekend, Hold Steady, and More Take Over Seattle
The Pac Northwest music hub's annual Capitol Hill Block Party was a neighborhood-sized success.
By KARALEE SARGENT 07.28.08 12:51 PM
A massive crowd of Seattle scenesters clogged the arteries of the main drag of one of the city’s most eclectic neighborhoods to celebrate the Capitol Hill Block Party this past weekend (July 25 – 26).
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