Marriage, Anyone? Top 5 Coolest Wedding Songs
Do you really want to start your married life with tunes that have been used a million times before? Try these offbeat choices instead, says SPIN's Abigail Everdell.
By Abigail Everdell 10.14.08 2:17 PM
As I enter my mid-20s, weekends marked off for weddings become more and more frequent. In the past two weeks, I've traveled to Vermont and Memphis to see my cousin and brother (respectively) tie the knot. And at least four friends of mine attended other weddings over these same two weekends.
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Chairlift, 'Does You Inspire You?' (Kanine)
Seductively askew dream-pop manifesto floats in from the ether.
By Abigail Everdell 10.11.08 6:24 PM
In 2007, Chairlift moved from Colorado to Brooklyn to pursue a strangely common 21st-century dream -- to create a thoroughly modern indie-pop album inspired by '80s synth-goth kitsch.
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What's Up With Guy Bands Who Call Themselves 'Girls'?
We've noticed a disturbing new trend in gender reversal -- but what can it mean? An investigation (um, kind of), by SPIN's Abigail Everdell
By Abigail Everdell 10.06.08 8:32 AM
Weird Trend Alert: Is it just me, or is it wildly unlikely that there are suddenly all these guy bands with the word "Girls" as part of their name? So who are these "Girls"? And where do they get off playing this devious gender trick? We investigate:
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Best & Worst of NY's All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
Our idiosyncratic SPIN.com Awards honor the stars of noise rock that performed September 19-21 at Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello, New York.
By Abigail Everdell 09.23.08 3:02 PM
Every fantasy you ever had of exploring the resort hotel from Dirty Dancing, every furtive wish that you'd someday get the chance to say hi to J Mascis face-to-face, and every hope that you could wander through a surreal reality for days sans chemical assistance came to life this weekend at Kutsher's Country Club, the once-thriving Catskills resort that hasn't seen a coat of paint since
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Brightblack Morning Light, 'Motion to Rejoin' (Matador)
Groovy teepee dwellers snap out of their stupor -- sort of.
By Abigail Everdell 09.19.08 2:41 PM
New Mexico-based folkie enigmas Nathan "Naybob" Shineywater and Rachael "Raybob" Hughes' second full-length as Brightblack Morning Light is the sound of a peyote comedown after their earlier astral journeys.
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