SPIN's Week in Review, September 1-5
What we learned this week: Kings of Leon want to light your "Sex on Fire." Tegan Quin gets nervous around author Augusten Burroughs. And more.
By Spin Staff 09.05.08 6:01 PM
The kids may be headed back to school, but SPIN.com has been on a permanent rock vacation this past week; we've brought you musical dispatches from Seattle's Bumbershoot festival, given you the scoop about reunions and upcoming albums, and let you inside the pages of this month's SPIN cover story about alt-rock journeyman Beck. Check out this week's highlights below:
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New Kanye West Album Soon?
The cocky hip-hop maven may perform the record's tentative first single at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday night.
By William Goodman 09.05.08 3:41 PM
Sheesh, it appears this whole rushing-an-album-to-market thing really seems to be catching on.
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Coldplay Slate New EP, Discuss Next Album
Despite an already full plate, the mopey Brit rockers get back to work.
By William Goodman 09.05.08 1:06 PM
As if this summer's chart-topping success Viva La Vida and its supporting tour weren't enough, Brit mainstay and SPIN cover subject Coldplay have unveiled details for a forthcoming E
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Voodoo Music Experience Adds Major Bands to Lineup
Click to see if your favorites will be playing the upcoming New Orleans event.
By William Goodman 09.05.08 11:15 AM
It seems that not even hurricane Gustav can slow New Orleans' Voodoo Music Experience, as festival officials -- unfazed by the recent storm and others on the way -- have added even more bands to the event's lineup.
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Hawthorne Heights Announce U.S. Tour
Plus: Listen to "Rescue Me" from the emo-rockers' new album, Fragile Future.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 09.04.08 5:04 PM
Despite relatively recent label troubles and tragic setbacks, emo survivors Hawthorne Heights are still pushing into the future -- specifically, with the recent release of Fragile Future and today's announcement of a headlining U.S.
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Ben Folds Five to Reunite
The piano, drum, and bass trio will regroup to play first gig in nearly a decade.
By William Goodman 09.04.08 10:36 AM
Just as fans were finally accepting the death of '90s balladeers Ben Folds Five and embracing each member's respective solo projects, the piano, drum, and bass trio will reunite for the first time in 10 years to tape an installment of MySpace's newest show, Front to Back.
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