Thom Yorke Celebrates Obama with Free Song

Click here to listen to the Radiohead frontman's remix of "Harrowdown Hill."
Barack Obama / Thom Yorke

Pleased by the hopeful political promise of Barack Obama's Presidential victory, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has offered a new remix of "Harrowdown Hill" -- a song off his 2006 solo record The Eraser -- via the band's official website. (To hear the track, click on the file in the November 5 blog post.)

How I Got Hooked on 'Twilight'

One woman's uneasy confession about the teen vampire novel that's about to become a blockbuster movie, by SPIN's Phoebe Reilly.
Twilight Cast

So I might have read Twilight.

Okay, I couldn't put it down and I'm not exactly sure why because the writing is atrocious. I could find excuses -- I was sick last weekend, I regretted having prematurely scoffed at Harry Potter -- but something about this book is appealing even when it shouldn't be.

SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 13-19

Read about Oasis, Feist, MGMT, Against Me! and more in our NEW EDITORS' BLOG. Plus: Check out the week's top stories and reviews!
Feist, Against Me!, MGMT and Oasis

This week we launched an all-new daily feature on SPIN.com -- an opinionated (and humorous) editors' blog. And SPIN editors certainly had a lot on their minds: Against Me!'s live performance, Feist's influence on childrens' musical tastes, Oasis' staying power, MGMT's seriousness (of lack thereof), and more -- but thankfully, Joe the Plumber isn't included.

Was Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' Web Experiment a Success?

The band releases sales figures -- sort of -- for their pay-what-you-want version of the album. Click here for details.
Radiohead

A full year after its industry-busting, pay-what-you-want online release last October, details regarding the sales for Radiohead's In Rainbows have finally been released. The verdict?

'Twilight' Author Reveals Musical Inspirations!

Can't wait for the release of the Twilight soundtrack? Click here to listen to Stephenie Meyer's playlist for the teen vampire series.
'Twilight' and Linkin Park

The lead single off the Twilight movie soundtrack -- Paramore's "Decode" -- hit the web yesterday, further fueling anticipation behind the upcoming film adaptation of the vampire-romance series and its soundtrack, out Nov. 4.

No Sound Causes No Fury as Radiohead Serenade Golden Gate Park

Despite two gasp-worthy sound failures at Outside Lands' main stage, Radiohead prove a fitting headliner.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke / Photo by Stefanie Michejda

With a damp, chilly mist settling onto the shoulders of some 60,000 patrons in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the ebullient grin on bassist Colin Greenwood's face summed it up: This Radiohead performance would be difficult to forget.

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