Two years ago, Against Me! were celebrating the release of SPIN's favorite album of 2007, the excellent New Wave. Last year, they were on the verge of breaking up.

Against Me! have finished recording their new album with producer Butch Vig in Los Angeles -- and it's got a title: White Crosses.

Courtney Love made news this week, threatening to sue over Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero. Her rants on Twitter remain incoherent, so we talked to her unofficial translator to figure out what wild girl is trying to say.

This week's top stories had us thinking that summer couldn't come soon enough: Green Day announced their summer tour plans, while officials unveiled the lineup for this year's Lollapalooza festival. Meanwhile, Eminem unveiled the pilled-out cover of his summer release and Oasis announced plans to take a summer vacation -- for five years!

Against Me!'s 2007 release New Wave nabbed SPIN's Album of the Year stamp, and thrust the foursome into the rock limelight with its politically-charged lyrics and punk ferocity.

Mastodon interpreting ZZ Top? The Black Keys playing Captain Beefheart? The Flaming Lips covering Madonna's "Borderline"?