This week's top stories had everyone talking: Kanye West mouthed off about Thom Yorke, the White Stripes disappointed on Conan's last night at Late Night, Chris Brown and Rihanna continued to cause controversy, and SPIN's Ellen Carpenter had some eyebrow-raising ideas about how to spend the $787 billion economic stimulus -- and blink-182's Mark Hoppus had something to say about it on his

Noel Gallagher's latest entry in the music industry slambook known as his personal blog is, once again, spraying verbal bullets at a who's-who of rock and pop.

We know Oasis can take a bashing. But in this new video for Dig Out Your Soul gem "Falling Down," the boys switch roles and take a stab at the British Royal Family!

This week the music world caught a powerful case of Obamamania. Arcade Fire rocked a party for the President's staff, Daft Punk and Will.i.Am tipped their musical hats (or, in Daft Punk's case, robot helmets) to the Commander in Chief. Even Be Your Own Pet's Jemina Pearl and Animal Collective embraced Obama's message of change.

Bad news for people looking to take a shot at mouthy Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher: The man responsible for attacking the guitarist onstage at last September's Virgin Mobile Festival in Toronto is facing up to 14 years in prison.

It's freezing outside, but here at SPIN.com HQ we're combating frostbite with hot new tracks courtesy of our favorite artists, including Justin Timberlake, Neil Young, the Decemberists, and Kelly Clarkson, all of which were unveiled just this week. Throw in news about Metallica, Lil Wayne, and Ryan Adams, and 2009 is shaping up to be a pretty hot year -- take that Old Man Winter!