SPIN.com's Best of the Week

From Chris Brown to blink-182, this week's stories got people talking. Plus: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, No Doubt, U2, and more!
L to R: Chris Brown, Jack White, Kanye West, and Mark Hoppus

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

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)

Radiohead to Perform at Grammy Awards

Plus: Justin Timberlake, T.I., Kanye West, Jay-Z and more have been added to the show. And Paul McCartney will perform with Dave Grohl on drums!?!
Radiohead

Though Radiohead have been nominated in the Album of the Year category three times -- in past years for OK Computer and Kid A (both of which bagged Best Alternative Album wins) and this year for In Rainbows -- the British band is going to make their first Grammy performance at this year's ceremony, set for Feb.

Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued with Extras

LISTEN: Click to hear a song from each of the seminal records -- and get the full tracklists!
Radiohead

In 2007, Radiohead stepped away from their longtime label, Capitol, and moved on to more independent pastures. Luckily for Capitol, the major label's ownership of Thom Yorke and Co.'s back catalog means they can issue and re-issue their discography until the cash stops rolling in.

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Covers Radiohead

Watch Tweedy lead members of Radiohead and Wilco through a rendition of "Fake Plastic Trees."

Now here's a supergroup we would love to see perform regularly.

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