SPIN.com's Best of the Week
The music world was full of fighting this past week: Kanye West and Chairlift released dueling videos, Suge Knight got roughed by Akon's manager, the Brits Awards dissed Coldplay, and Lily Allen fought, well, everybody. All this, plus the week's top editors' blogs, news, audio/video, and reviews below!
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Video: Duffy, Kings of Leon Win, Coldplay Snubbed at Brit Awards
Sorry, Coldplay: The Brit Awards are just not that into you.
Although the English rockers scored three Grammys earlier this month, they walked away empty-handed at last night's Brit Awards ceremony in London, despite being nominated for four statues, including Best British Group and Best Album.
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Video Battle: Kanye vs. Chairlift
Do not attempt to adjust your monitor. The digitally manipulated images in Kanye West's video for 808s and Heartbreak track "Welcome to Heartbreak" are intentionally dizzying and psychedelic -- and they look pretty sweet!
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Chris Brown and Rihanna: The Whole Story
It's a sad, but well-documented truth that those who grow up surrounded by domestic violence will sometimes replicate the same destructive pattern later in life.
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Death Cab Wage War Against Auto-Tune
Maybe we're not giving them enough credit (who knows what crazy gun show is happening underneath those fancy suits), but frankly, we're skeptical about the odds of geek chic-tastic Death Cab for Cutie triumphing in a face-off against today's Auto-Tune devotees.
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Grammys: Coldplay, Radiohead, Plant and Krauss Win Big
This year, the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony was prefaced by a fair bit of drama -- and we're not just talking about T-Pain's suit.




