The SPIN Interview: Motörhead
As the mutton-chopped brains behind Motörhead, Lemmy has always rocked -- and lived -- by the credo "Everything louder than everything else." "Once, at soundcheck," he says, "this guy rang up from four miles away and said he couldn't hear his TV." Do tell...
By Matt Diehl 03.25.09 7:20 PM
Fuck Elvis and Keith Richards," Dave Grohl has said. "Lemmy's the king of rock'n'roll." And on this sunny L.A. February afternoon, the king is holding court. From his black cowboy hat and Civil War–reenactor duds to his sunken eyes, corpselike pallor, and questionable oral hygiene, Lemmy suggests the last of a dying breed.
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Bat for Lashes: Bat Power
She sprinkles her haunting chamber pop with Karate Kid references and landed a reclusive legend for a cameo. But is Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan ready to take flight?
By Phoebe Reilly 03.25.09 6:17 PM
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Identity Crisis: Are You Being Cyberstalked?
For the new breed of teenage microcelebs, exposure to hackers and predators is the price to pay for online fame. But as one attacker learned, Amor Hilton is not gonna take it lying down.
By David Kushner 03.25.09 6:11 PM
On Friday, December 28, 2007, Amor Hilton went to the North-ridge mall near Los Angeles with two friends. Petite and spacey with wide blue eyes, cotton-candy-pink hair, and a silver nose ring, the 17-year-old looked half-anime, half-emo. Maybe she'd buy another Hello Kitty purse for her collection, or some bright new nail polish to match her latest dye job.
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The SPIN Interview: Alex Kapranos
When Franz Ferdinand broke big, Alex Kapranos seemed older and wiser than many of his buzzy peers. Little surprise, then, that his band is still thriving five years on.
By Phoebe Reilly 02.26.09 4:32 PM
Either Alex Kapranos is hungry or the traditional English dish of beans on toast has played a pretty memorable role in his life.
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The New New York Cool
Meet three of Gotham's finest new bands: Lissy Trullie, Crystal Stilts, and School of Seven Bells. Freshness guaranteed.
By David Marchese 02.26.09 3:15 PM
LISSY TRULLIE
“I wanna punch the next guy who says that I ‘actually’ play the guitar well,” sneers Lissy Trullie. “When people are still surprised by something like that, I’m like, ‘Fuck you.’ ”
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Neko Case: Pet Sounds
Neko Case emerges from a rustic Vermont farm with the album of her life and a newfound outlook on love, meteorology, and chocolate chip cookies.
By Ellen Carpenter 02.25.09 8:57 PM
Neko Case's biggest fans bum-rush her at her front door. "Hi, guys!" she singsongs as four large dogs come clattering over floorboards to fill the entrance of her Tucson, Arizona home with sheer body-wiggling desperation. You'd think she'd been on tour for weeks, not at a local café for two hours.
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