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February 2009

Lily Allen: The Girl Can't Help It

WATCH VIDEO: She's the oversharing pop urchin with a fine sophomore album and a newly sober outlook. But will the party ever really be over?

Animal Collective: The Scientists

By Andy Battaglia

BIG IN '09: Boundary-pushing, willfully abstract experimental noise pop for the rest of us.

Nine Bands to Watch in '09!

By Spin Staff

What do these nine stellar acts have in common? Not much on the surface, but this year expect them all to make a lot of noise.

The Lamentalist: Bon Iver

By Steve Kandell

BIG IN '09: Don't let the folksy, haunting breakup songs fool you -- Justin Vernon has plenty to smile about. Download a new MP3!

The Throwback: Andrew Bird

By Josh Modell

BIG IN '09: With thesaurus, violin, and compulsive whistling habit in tow, the dapper Chicago neoclassicist makes the album of his long, unlikely career.

The SPIN Interview: Brandon Flowers

By David Marchese

The fine, feathered Killers singer wants is to be a larger-than-life rock star, given to grandiose statements and office-unfriendly outfits. But he may have been born at the wrong time.

Album Reviews

Julian Casablancas

Phrazes for the Young

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New York's grooviest rocker spiffs up his sound.
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Weezer - Raditude

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Rock's most maddeningly hummable practical joke continues.
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Norah Jones - The Fall

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Don't know why she didn't do this before.
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Shakira - She Wolf

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Latin pop mami down for whatever, wherever.
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Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending

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King of emo-folk pain embraces two-state solution.
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Slayer - World Painted Blood

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The godfathers of thrash bleed for you again.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes

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Mars Volta mad scientist edits his experiments.
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Rakim - The Seventh Seal

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Unforgettable MC makes do with forgettable beats.
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The Rakes - Klang

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Stoking nostalgia for the Gang of Four revival.
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Nirvana - Live at Reading

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Ultimate rock gig from ultimate outsider-insiders.
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The King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl

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Trash-rock hullabaloo with a slurp and a burp.
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Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars

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Blackalicious MC stays begrudgingly grounded.
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Jack Johnson - En Concert

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In the European Union, they call him Jacques.
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Florence and the Machine - Lungs

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Flame-haired flamethrower sets alt-rock boys ablaze.
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