Holiday Album Guide: GNR, Killers, Kanye, and More
In a week of major record releases, SPIN's Abigail Everdell plays Santa for everyone on your music shopping list.
By Abigail Everdell 11.19.08 12:42 PM
You know the holidays are near when the music biz releases new albums by Kanye West, the Killers, Scott Weiland, and Guns N' Roses all in one jam-packed week. GNR's 15-years-in-the-making Chinese Democracy arrives Sun., Nov.23; the others drop on the more-traditional Tues., Nov. 25.
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In Defense of Tender Man Love
Devendra Banhart and friends make a case for male sensitivity and friendship in Barack Obama's America, says SPIN's Abigail Everdell.
By Abigail Everdell 11.10.08 10:48 AM
Megapuss' first video is more than a goofy, half-assed George Michael tribute party. The collaboration between Devendra Banhart, his pal Greg Rogove, and the Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti is a sweetly endearing, jokingly homoerotic display the likes of which hasn't been seen since, well, the latest Judd Apatow movie.
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Crystal Stilts, 'Alight of Night' (Slumberland)
Joy Division nursery rhymes for sleepwalking on the beach.
By Abigail Everdell 11.06.08 10:41 AM
Brooklyn's Crystal Stilts filter trembling surf guitar and tambourine shakes through echoing chambers of effects until their wistful, barely-there tunes seem to dramatically float out of murky, cavernous depths. The eerie centerpiece is singer Brad Hargett's off-key mumble, which glides through buoyant anthems ("Prismatic Room," "Shattered
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The Sorry State of Reunions
GN'R, Smashing Pumpkins, the Jackson Five, and Led Zeppelin are four major offenders, says SPIN's Abigail Everdell.
By Abigail Everdell 11.05.08 7:43 AM
Reunion tours, dinosaur acts, cash factories…call them what you want, but these days, gettin' the band back together (for fun and profit!) has become a disturbing trend, especially so when vital original members are missing.
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AC/DC Are Back! Live Concert Review
SPIN's Abigail Everdell catches a VIP bus from Manhattan to rural Pennsylvania to write about the band's exclusive first gig.
By Abigail Everdell 10.27.08 3:28 PM
In my confirmation email from the record label representative, I was told that travel from Manhattan to Wilkes-Barre, PA, ("Wilkes-Berry?" "Wilkes-Bar?" Actually, it's "Wilkes-Bear-Uh") and back for an exclusive AC/DC performance Sunday night would be by VIP Bus.
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'Gossip Girl': The Music Grows Up -- OMFG!
The show has moved smartly from radio hits to indie discoveries. But SPIN's Abby Everdell says the new soundtrack album proves there's still room to mature.
By Abigail Everdell 10.20.08 8:02 AM
In anticipation of this week's episode of Gossip Girl, I spent a few minutes surfing its music channel on YouTube, where the featured songs of each episode are posted along with a short description of the various scenes (e.g. "Chuck and Nate lounge in grass").
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