Caring (Too Much) Is Creepy
At last night's Flight of the Conchords gig, fans awkwardly showered the Kiwi duo with items inspired by their lyrics, and we began to think: Is there a line for fan participation?
By Peter Gaston 05.08.08 12:35 PM
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, the clever New Zealanders known as Flight of the Conchords, were owning a rambunctious crowd at NYC's Town Hall, running through a cheeky version of their song "Robots," in which the duo sing from the perspective of two robots who've recently eliminated the human race by using "poisonous gases" to "poison their asses." As the song concluded and the audience (w
Follow SPIN at Coachella Live!
Watch a live webcast of our Coachella party, starting at 11 P.M. PST, plus check out video from our Coachella crib, posted as it happens.
By Peter Gaston 04.26.08 1:25 AM
You can read about it. You can watch live performances streaming on AT&T blue room. And now, you can follow along with SPIN.com's Coachella adventures with SPIN Live, our new video feature, powered by Kyte.
Scarlett Johansson Talks Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton
In our May issue, out next week, the actress-turned-singer talks about other Hollywood gossip girls.
By Peter Gaston 04.17.08 6:34 PM
Since her star turn in Lost in Translation, Scarlett Johansson has always managed to keep a foothold on the classier, cool side of Hollywood. But now, with her Dave Sitek-produced debut album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, due out May 20 on Atco/Rhino, the comparisons to fellow musically-inclined young actresses were sure to follow.
Cut Copy
DFA lends a helping hand to this never-in-the-States-enough Aussie dance trio.
By Peter Gaston 04.07.08 2:54 PM
What's the Deal? Every time we listen to Cut Copy, it feels like someone's DJing, mainly because they effortlessly slip from silky, early-'90s dance pop to dark wave to French pop house all in one record.
New MP3: Aimee Mann, "Thirty One Today"
With a track tailor-made for the season finales of any number of hour-long network dramas, one of our most treasured (and oft-embittered) songwriters returns.
By Peter Gaston 04.03.08 9:58 AM
Aimee Mann, the queen of dour arias like "Going Through the Motions," "Deathly," and (co-written with Elvis Costello) "The Fall of the World's Own Optimist," offers up a grim portrait of third-life crisis on this, the first single of her forthcoming album, @#%&! Smilers, out June 3.
Ian Dury
The cleverest of late-'70s punk lyricists, the witty, frank, and genius-like Ian Dury died today in 2000.
By Peter Gaston 03.27.08 10:35 AM
What's the Deal? If you like Blur, Art Brut, and/or Pulp, then please raise a glass for Ian Dury today, as it's the eighth anniversary of his death in 2000.
