SPIN.com's Best of the Week

STP debut new album, Kanye drops a haunting video, and Steve Tyler reunites with Aerosmith. Plus: Hold Steady, Broken Bells, and more.
Steven Tyler / Kanye West/ Scott Weiland

This week, Stone Temple Pilots debuted their new album, Aerosmith reunited for a summer tour, and Kanye dropped a haunting new video. Meanwhile, Thom Yorke's supergroup will hit the road, and Vampire Weekend's guitarist spoke out about his homosexuality and music.

These stories, plus the week's top news, audio/video, and live reviews, below.

Watch: Kanye West's Haunting New Video

No, Taylor Swift isn't in it -- but "Cold Winter" features another young beauty in peril.
Video for Kanye West's "Cold Winter"

Following all of Kanye West's blog rants and award-snatching, it's easy to forget that the tabloid fixture actually makes music.

Kanye West: Voted 2009's Scrooge

A new survey recasts celebrities as famous holiday characters -- also starring Taylor Swift!
Kanye West / Photo by Matt Kiser

America has two words for Kanye West: "Bah! Humbug!"

Da Dreads: Shakira on TV, George Clinton in Court

PLUS: Kanye is gay friendly, Mick Fleetwood battles swine flu, and soccer stars play guitar hero -- with their balls!
Shakira / George Clinton

Here are some of the weirdest stories we've seen on the web this week:

Soccer stars use their balls to riff on Kasabian song in giant version of Guitar Hero called Football Hero! [Creative Review]

Lady Gaga and Kanye West's "Fame Kills" Tour Canceled

"It was a mutual decision," said the "Poker Face" singer. Click here for details!
Lady GaGa / Kanye West

Kanye West and Lady Gaga's massive co-headlining "Fame Kills" tour, which was scheduled to kick off Nov. 10 in Phoenix, AZ, has been canceled.

WATCH: Jack White Pulls a Kanye at Film Premiere

The White Stripes frontman crashes the stage as his band's new documentary screens in Toronto.
Jack White onstage at the Toronto Film Festival

Everyone from President Obama to Katy Perry has weighed in on Kanye West's bad behavior at the VMAs. The latest person to get laughs off Kanye's public buffoonery?

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