Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

Lily Allen, Wale, and Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste make our list of musician Twitterers you should be following this week!
Lily Allan / Wale / Edward Droste

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

This week's winners:

Twitter Trio of the Week: Lollapalooza Edition!

Diplo, Kings of Leon's Nathan Followill, and Asher Roth make our list of Lollapalooza performers you should follow on Twitter this week!
Asher Roth / Diplo / Nathan Followill (Photo: Yelena Yemchuck)

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

Los Campesinos! Begin Tour in New York City

Welsh twee-poppers cause a pleasurable panic as they prepare to bid adieu to a bandmember.
Gareth Campesinos! / Photo by Kathryn Yu

At more than a few points during Los Campesinos!' tour-opening performance at New York City's Webster Hall on Tuesday night, it seemed as though everyone's lives were in serious, immediate danger.

Green Day, Pink to Perform at 2009 MTV VMAs

The Bay Area punks and the Funhouse singer will join Taylor Swift and Muse at the 26th annual awards show, airing September 13.
Green Day

Green Day and Pink have been added to the list of performers at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, joining country star Taylor Swift and British rock band Muse.

Free Download: Violent Femmes Singer's New Song

Gordon Gano returns after seven-year break with a new album and band -- and he's still awesome!
Gordon Gano (center) and the Ryans

It's been nearly 30 years since folk-punk icons the Violent Femmes released their landmark self-titled debut, but nasal-voiced frontman Gordon Gano certainly hasn't lost his touch.

Green Day's Keyboard Cat, Jonas Bros. Channel Beyonce

Click here for our look at some of the Web's weirdest news of the week.
Billie Joe the Keyboard Cat / Joe Jonas

Now that YouTube sensation the Keyboard Cat has used up all nine of its lives, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is filling in for the furry feline! [Huffington Post]

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