Death Cab Wage War Against Auto-Tune

Click here to find out about the band's Grammy protest against digitally manipulated vocals.
Death Cab For Cutie / Photo by Lester Cohen (WireImage.com)

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.

Grammys: Coldplay, Radiohead, Plant and Krauss Win Big

Plus: Chris Brown and Rihanna make headlines before the awards.
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant

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.

All 25 Grammy Performances -- Ranked!

Who's No. 1? Who's the worst? SPIN's Charles Aaron goes where only a true music obsessive would dare.
Radiohead / Photo John Shearer (WireImage.com)

It's Not Your Parents' Grammy Awards -- Or Is It?

SPIN's Charles Aaron on Springsteen, Reagan, Jay-Z, and every musician's need to please.
Bruce Springsteen / Ronald Reagan / Jay-Z

Aside from the Orwellian Reaganscape darkening the horizon, 1984 was a personal watershed for me -- a parent actually showed an interest in music that I listened to (well, sort of).

Grammy Predictions: Who Will Win?

SPIN's David Marchese on the relative merits of Lil Wayne, Coldplay, M.I.A., and …. the Jonas Brothers!
Lil Wayne / Coldplay's Chris Martin / M.I.A.

The 51st annual Grammy Awards feature an amazing roster of performers, including U2, Radiohead, Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers, and many more. (Watch the show Sunday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS.) And, it turns out, the Recording Academy is also giving out a few shiny awards.

Web Weirdness: Pearl Jam Goes Potty Onstage, and More

Plus: Lil Wayne gets gangsta with Katie Couric, Duff McKagan financial columnist, and more!
Duff McKagan / Mike McCready

Here are five wacky web bits that made us laugh this week:

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready admits to going potty onstage. Yeah, those long solos make us go too. [Seattle PI]

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